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Howdy folks! 🙂

We’ve been working hard since our last update on January and I’m happy to let you know that we’ve added several exciting new features into MachForm!

New and Improved Signature Field!

We have rewritten the entire Signature field code and it’s now better than ever. The new signature field generates a smoother signature and compatible with more devices. Fully support display with High DPI and works great with Tablet PC (Microsoft Surface Pro), either using a mouse, touch screen or stylus pen.

Also, the new signature field allows you to either draw the signature or just type it and MachForm will generate the signature image!

Audit Trail

Digital signatures are just as legally binding as handwritten signatures. Now that we’ve improved the signature field, we also went further and provide you with the tool to ensure the integrity of your data: Audit Trail

When you update any form’s entry, MachForm will automatically log the complete information (Name, Email, IP Address, Browser information, Timestamp) of the person who modified the entry.

Embed PDF Document

Need to display large contract document to your client? Or display complex infographics data? Just put them into PDF document and then embed the PDF directly into your form!

We’ve improved the Media field and you can now use it to embed PDF documents directly into your forms.

Easy Export/Import Form Template

This feature was a bit hidden and now we’ve moved it to the Form Manager page so that any users could easily export or import form template.

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) support for Stripe

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), a new rule coming into effect on September 14, 2019 as part of PSD2 regulation in Europe, will require changes to how your European customers authenticate online payments.

When it goes into effect, a form of two-factor authentication will be required for many card payments. Unless you update your integration, your customers’ banks will decline many transactions.

We’ve updated our Stripe integration to fully support Strong Customer Authentication. Updating your MachForm with this version (v12) will make you comply with the SCA rule.

Customizable PDF Content

Yes, finally, just like the email content template that is fully customizable, you can now also customize the content of the PDF attached to the notification emails!

These new features are part of the latest version of MachForm (Version 12) which we’ve just released today and it is now available for downloads on Billing Area.

This update added several new features, improvements, and bugfixes. We recommend you to upgrade due to improved functionalities within this release.

Changelog

• Feature: New and Improved Signature Field
• Feature: Embed PDF Document into form using Media Field
• Feature: Audit Trail for Entries
• Feature: Customizable PDF Content
• Feature: Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) support for Stripe
• Improvement: Export/Import form template from the form manager page
• Improvement: Removed days limit from the max/min date property
• Bugfix: Connecting to Google Calendar after connecting to Google Sheet within the same form generates error message
• Bugfix: On certain conditions, deleting one field would delete other field logic rules
• Bugfix: Some encrypted field type (address, name) won’t saved correctly when review page is enabled
• Bugfix: Choice limit is not validated correctly upon form submission
• Bugfix: Added ‘Gibraltar’ into the country list
• Bugfix: Matrix fields hidden due to logic shouldn’t be displayed within email
• Bugfix: Google Calendar integration generate error message upon empty date values
• Bugfix: Uploaded files name having quotes as part of the filename can’t be deleted from the form
• Bugfix: When logic to display success page enabled, the default form redirect is not working
• Bugfix: Internal image captcha won’t be displayed using PHP 7.2
• Bugfix: Password reset option generates error message using MySQL 5.7
• Bugfix: PDF Export doesn’t display decrypted data when key is available

How to Update

This update is FREE for all users having an active support contract.
As mentioned above, you can download it on Billing Area.

Follow this upgrade instruction:
Upgrading MachForm Self-Hosted 

MachForm Cloud Users

If you’re subscribed to any of our MachForm Cloud plans, there is no further action required on your side. We’ve automatically updated MachForm version on all our cloud users with the latest version. You can use the new features right now!

Howdy folks! 🙂

Two weeks ago, we released MachForm 8, which add Apple Pay functionality to your form. Today, we have several important news that we would like to share with you.

I’m sure you’ve heard it a lot, our focus today will be on GDPR.

 

MachForm and GDPR COMPLIANCE

The new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect on May 25, 2018. We can assure you that MachForm Cloud will be in full compliance with GDPR by this date.

To help you understand what this means for you, and the steps we have taken to ensure the protection of personal data, we have created a new GDPR section on our website.

Please check it below for more details:

MachForm and GDPR Compliance

In addition, we have updated our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service to comply with the new requirements of GDPR.

The updated Privacy Policy and Terms of Service automatically comes into effect for all MachForm Cloud users on 25 May 2018. So your continued use of the MachForm Cloud from that date will be subject to it.

 

MACHFORM 9 RELEASED

One of the vital points in GDPR is Data Retention, and I’m happy to let you know that we’ve just released MachForm version 9 that will allow you to control the data retention of your form entries easily.

Using this new feature, you can specify how long MachForm retains form data before automatically deleting it (go to Settings -> Advanced Options to activate it). Thank your for your feedback regarding this in our community forum!

MachForm version 9 is now available for downloads on Billing Area.

Changelog

• Feature: Data Retention control

How to Update

This update is FREE for all users having an active support contract.
As mentioned above, you can download it on Billing Area.

Follow this upgrade instruction:
Upgrading MachForm Self-Hosted 

MachForm Cloud Users

If you’re subscribed to any of our MachForm Cloud plans, there is no further action required on your side. We’ve automatically updated MachForm version on all our cloud users with the latest version. You can use the new features right now!

Howdy folks! 🙂

It’s 2018 already and I’m happy to let you know that MachForm version 7 is now available for downloads on Billing Area.

This update added several new features, improvements, and bugfixes. We recommend you to upgrade due to improved functionalities within this release.

What’s new in MachForm 7

MEDIA FIELD

Yes, finally! You can now add images or videos (Youtube or MP4) to your form without any single coding! Just go to your form builder and click the new Media field button.

 

a) MEDIA FIELD – image

To add images to your form, click the media field button, choose Image and then upload your image. That easy!

 

B) MEDIA FIELD – VIDEO

Enter Youtube URL or direct MP4 URL and the video will be embedded to your form.

Changelog

• Feature: Media Fields (Add Image/Video)
• Feature: Support for “Approval Status” condition for webhook logic.
• Feature: Added “Form is submitted” condition for email and webhook logic.
• Improvement: Support negative pricing for PayPal Standard
• Improvement: When ‘UK’ is selected as default country on address field, the state & zip label are adjusted to county & postcode
• Improvement: Added ‘Send Customer Email to Authorize.net’ to support email field requirement when using European payment processor
• Improvement: Added INR currency to payment settings page for check/cash option
• Improvement: Resume link is now clickable
• Improvement: Default CHMOD changed to 755 for increased security
• Improvement: Added new custom CSS class ‘hide_cents’ to hide cents from Price field
• Update: Removed support for reCAPTCHA v1 (Deprecated by Google)
• Bugfix: Changing the file type limit to ‘allow’ and then turn off the file type limitation setting will block any upload
• Bugfix: Matrix fields hidden due to logic shouldn’t be displayed within email
• Bugfix: Price field incorrectly populate ‘0’ as default value
• Bugfix: Removed entry number from the generated PDF on email
• Bugfix: Distorted form logo on mobile devices
• Bugfix: Duplicate emails being sent when skip-page logic to success page being used and delay notification until paid is set to off
• Bugfix: The ‘save and resume’ button is not being checked against accidental double submissions. Same bug as on 4.7 resurfaced, since v5.0
• Bugfix: Default values on the last page of the form won’t be displayed after the first form submission
• Bugfix: In some cases, editing entry on a form with payment enabled will generate error ‘Subquery returns more than 1 row’

How to Update

This update is FREE for all users having an active support contract.
As mentioned above, you can download it on Billing Area.

Follow this upgrade instruction:
Upgrading MachForm Self-Hosted 

MachForm Cloud Users

If you’re subscribed to any of our MachForm Cloud plans, there is no further action required on your side. We’ve automatically updated MachForm version on all our cloud users with the latest version. You can use the new features right now!

We’re releasing v6.1 today, which is a maintenance release that contain several bugfixes and some minor improvements.

Changelog

• Improvement: Removing choice from Multiple Choice, Checkboxes and Dropdown won’t remove the associated data any longer. You now have the option to hide or permanently delete the choice.
• Improvement: Updated front-end forms jQuery library to v3.2.1
• Bugfix: Pagination header getting cutoff when the form title is set to hidden
• Bugfix: Importing form from previous version of MachForm (< v6) doesn't work
• Bugfix: Unable to export filtered entries having quote within the keyword filter
• Bugfix: Download links (image file) showing with double slash when machform installed on root domain
• Bugfix: PayPal payments with tax configured from PayPal account directly won’t marked as ‘paid’
• Bugfix: Turning off the choice ‘other’ option doesn’t remove the preview on the form builder page
• Bugfix: Minor preview issues on the form builder page
• Bugfix: Delay notifications until paid option doesn’t work for webhook logic
• Bugfix: Page logics having rules more than 10 is not being evaluated using correct order

How to Update

This update is FREE for all users having an active support contract.
As mentioned above, you can download it on Billing Area.

Follow this upgrade instruction:
Upgrading MachForm Self-Hosted 

MachForm Cloud Users

If you’re subscribed to any of our MachForm Cloud plans, there is no further action required on your side. We’ve automatically updated MachForm version on all our cloud users with the latest version. You can use the new features right now!

Howdy folks! 🙂

It’s been a while since we released our last MachForm update (really sorry for the delay! — we’ll change this, explanation below) and I’m happy to let you know that MachForm version 5 is now finally available for downloads on Billing Area

This update added several new features, improvements, and bugfixes. We recommend you to upgrade due to improved functionalities within this release.

Here’s what’s new in MachForm 5

Approval Workflow

Create a powerful form with advanced approval functionality. Read more.

 

Section 508 Compliance

WCAG 2.0 AA Compliance on all forms. Section 508 & ADA Compliance. Section 508 Compliant Forms means your forms can be read and completed by users with disabilities.

 

Form Filters

Easily group your forms into categories. Read more.

 

Form Info Panel

Get detailed insight into your form. Check statistic and user access.

 

Changelog

• Feature: Approval Workflow
• Feature: Section 508 Compliance. WCAG 2.0 AA Compliance. ADA Compliance.
• Feature: Form Filters
• Feature: Form Info Panel
• Feature: New Excel Library and Improved Compatibility
• Feature: The “other” field on checkboxes now can be used to specify custom price by the end-user
• Feature: Updated Chart/Grid Widgets with more Themes and full Section 508 Compliance
• Feature: Added option to specify Merchant ID on Braintree
• Bugfix: Non admin users don’t get ‘Edit Report’ access for any new forms
• Bugfix: Checking ‘remember me’ when using LDAP generate error on login
• Bugfix: Exporting entries on form having no title will result to un-named file
• Bugfix: Duplicating a field generate warning messages on browser console
• Bugfix: Duplicating choice field having ‘other’ and then changing the type to dropdown is causing issue with report widget
• Bugfix: Deleting a live multiple choice option and saving the form is causing error
• Bugfix: Google Fonts preview on theme editor is not being loaded on HTTPS page
• Bugfix: Resuming the form immediately after saving, using the same session, is impossible. People are getting an infinite loop to the first page.
• Bugfix: Enable-test-mode checkbox on payment page for PayPal is not aligned correctly on chrome
• Bugfix: Checking for double submissions shouldn’t be done on edit entry page
• Bugfix: PDF file shouldn’t include admin-only fields when being sent to the end-user of the form
• Bugfix: TLS/SSL should be separated on reset password script
• Bugfix: Uploaded files having quotes is generating error message when the “send file as attachment” turned on
• Bugfix: Enforce TLS 1.2 on PayPal IPN Listener
• Bugfix: Total payment amount shouldn’t be displayed on password page
• Bugfix: The password field on password-protected form is not mobile friendly
• Bugfix: Reset entry number should delete records on ap_form_payments as well
• Bugfix: Email containing ‘+’ character is incorrectly considered invalid
• Bugfix: Using Chrome on embedded form having custom redirect URL, clicking the back button after submission display success message instead of the form
• Bugfix: Hidden/admin fields aren’t being populated for merge tags on receipt email
• Bugfix: When LDAP is not being used exclusively, it’s not possible to add users from MachForm panel
• Bugfix: Entries page doesn’t display the payment amount correctly in some case when there were deleted entries previously
• Bugfix: Removed uploadify (Flash based) library. File upload now using HTML5 completely.
• Bugfix: Importing a form shouldn’t import the theme as well

How to Update

This update is FREE for all users having an active support contract.
As mentioned above, you can download it on Billing Area.

If you are currently using v4.x or v3.x, follow this upgrade instruction:
Upgrading MachForm 3.x/4.x to 5

If you are still using v2.x, follow this upgrade instruction:
Upgrading MachForm 2.x to 5

MachForm Cloud Users

If you’re subscribed to any of our MachForm Cloud plans, there is no further action required on your side. We’ve automatically updated MachForm version on all our cloud users with the latest version. You can use the new features right now!

Version Numbers Change

As of today (July 7th, 2017) we’ll be changing our version numbering to allow us release updates more often.

Previously, when we change the major version number (e.g from v3.x to v4.x) this means many of new features and updates. While the minor version number (e.g. from v4.7 to v4.8) indicate small changes or single new feature. The main drawback with this approach is when we need to release new major version, it will require significant amount of time (more than several months or even years), which we hate.

Now, we’re planning to release new updates more often (our goal is to have new update every 1-3 months). So, any new update that contain one or more features, it will change the major version number up (e.g v6, v7, v8). While any new update that contain only bugfixes, it will change the minor version number up (e.g v5.2, v5.3).

Confusing? Well, just ignore the above technical stuff. The most important point is you’ll get more updates every year! 🙂

During the last week (effective as of April 21st, 2016), Appnitro Software has undergone some major changes and this post is a recap of those changes.

 

1) MachForm Cloud

In addition to the existing self-hosted MachForm, we released MachForm Cloud service, which is the same as self-hosted MachForm (feature-wise) but hosted on our cloud servers.

You can check the pricing plan of MachForm Cloud here.

 

FAQ regarding MachForm Cloud:

 

a) I’m using self-hosted MachForm already. Does this mean I’m being forced to use MachForm Cloud?

Of course not! MachForm Cloud is an additional service we provide in addition to the self-hosted MachForm.

 

b) Does this mean my self-hosted MachForm will stop working?

No. Your self-hosted MachForm will still work just fine.

 

c) Why are you releasing MachForm Cloud?

Our goal is to provide wider deployment options to all our customers.

Self-hosted MachForm is suitable for those who have full control over their website server while the cloud is appropriate for those having sites that don’t support the installation of PHP applications.

 

d) Do you plan to stop self-hosted MachForm development?

Absolutely not! MachForm Self-Hosted and MachForm Cloud are technically using the same codebase. We’ll keep releasing new updates for both MachForm Self-Hosted and MachForm Cloud.

 

2) New Domain and Website Redesign

MachForm site is now moving to https://www.machform.com and we’re redirecting most of the links from our previous site http://www.appnitro.com to the new domain.

 

3) Support Policy

There is no actual change to the support policy itself. Our support policy remains the same. Each license comes with 1-year technical support.

 

However, we’re now enforcing this 1-year support period. Previously we always provide support to all users, regardless of this 1-year period. We provided free support without limiting the support period on a voluntary basis.

Unfortunately, due to limited resources and users growth, we won’t be able to provide free support after the 1-year support period any longer.

 

To keep receiving technical support after 1-year period, all users will need to renew their support contract.

 

4) Version Updates

We have major change with our version update policy.

Our old policy: Minor version updates are free, while major version upgrades would cost some upgrade fee.

Our new policy: Minor and Major version updates are free, as long as you have an active support contract.

 

This new policy is effective as of April 21st, 2016 and applicable to those who purchased MachForm after that date.

 

For users who purchased MachForm before April 21st, 2016, we still honored our previous policy.

If you still have active support contract, you can download the latest version on Billing Area (previously called Member Area).

If your support contract has been expired, you won’t be able to download it from Billing Area, but you can get the latest version update (v4.8) by requesting a download link to this email: download_request [at] appnitro.com

 

Simply send a request to the above email address and include your License Key. We’ll send you the download link to v4.8.

We don’t plan to release v4.9 (unless there’s a security update), and our next release will be v5.0

We’re releasing v4.8 today, which is a maintenance release that contains several bugfixes and minor improvements.

You can download it by logging in to Billing Area.

Changelog

• Improvement: Added option to change system timezone
• Improvement: Better password reset mechanism using reset link
• Improvement: Added warning message when deleting choice option, to prevent accidental deletion
• Bugfix: Transparent field highlight color on dark pages still generate a flash of highlight
• Bugfix: {resume_url} is not available when re-sending incomplete entries
• Bugfix: Saving a form with resume functionality turned on and having file upload will display an error ‘stat failed’ message
• Bugfix: Can’t display/download uploaded files on incomplete entries
• Bugfix: Name field and some other complex fields not being highlighted using red font color when error happened
• Bugfix: Custom logo on admin panel is incorrectly set to a fixed width
• Bugfix: Resuming a form using the same browser window won’t work correctly and loop into ‘your progress has been saved’ message
• Bugfix: When logic success being enabled, form is not being sent to PayPal
• Bugfix: Changed the password field on the form properties tab to use plain text to avoid browser auto-filling

How to Update

This update is FREE for all users having active support contract.
As mentioned above, you can download it on Billing Area.

If you are currently using v4.x or v3.x, follow this upgrade instruction:
Upgrading MachForm 3.x/4.x to 4.8

If you are still using v2.x, follow this upgrade instruction:
Upgrading MachForm 2.x to 4.8

MachForm version 4.7 is now available for downloads on Billing Area!

This update added several new features, improvements and bugfixes. We recommend you to update due to improved functionalities within this release.

Here’s what’s new in MachForm 4.7

 

Changelog

• Feature: Compatibility with PHP7
• Feature: Generate random default value for Single Line Text field
• Feature: Set default value for Time field
• Feature: Use payment receipt templates from Stripe directly
• Feature: New ‘Edit Report’ permission setting for user
• Improvement: Minor UI adjustments
• Improvement: When being embedded using javascript, automatically scroll into top of the form upon submission
• Improvement: Save and resume email field is now required by default
• Bugfix: Using payment status as filter on widgets caused query error
• Bugfix: Prev/Next navigation on entry page doesn’t display the Entry Info correctly
• Bugfix: Remove any HTML tags from payment settings page, particularly choice fields
• Bugfix: Query failure (missing condition_element_id) when field logic enabled on MySQL 5.7
• Bugfix: jQuery library not being loaded on resume page success
• Bugfix: Payment amount not being updated on edit entry page when the items are being updated
• Bugfix: Incorrect merge tags for checkboxes field on logic settings page
• Bugfix: Merge tag for hidden fields aren’t being populated when sending form data to another website
• Bugfix: Null/empty values might cause some logic being evaluated incorrectly
• Bugfix: Discount amount missing decimals on round values
• Bugfix: The ‘save and resume’ button is not being checked against accidental double submissions
• Bugfix: Signature field is not rendered correctly when form is having left-aligned/right-aligned labels
• Bugfix: Billing and shipping address aren’t included within export results
• Bugfix: ‘select files’ button for uploading file is now translatable
• Bugfix: ‘Enable choice limit’ should display warning when no more option available
• Bugfix: Conditional logic doesn’t work when keywords contain HTML tags

PHP Version Requirement

As of v4.3, MachForm requires the minimum version of PHP on your server to be at least PHP 5.3.0. If you’re still using older version (PHP 5.2), you need to upgrade your PHP version first.

How to Update

This update is FREE for all users having active support contract.
As mentioned above, you can download it on Billing Area.

If you are currently using v4.x or v3.x, follow this upgrade instruction:
Upgrading MachForm 3.x/4.x to 4.7

If you are still using v2.x, follow this upgrade instruction:
Upgrading MachForm 2.x to 4.7