FormSuite for Structured Forms v6.0

Released: Nov 2, 2021

Updates in v6.0

Features

  • Product Updates for FormSuite:
    • PDF Xpress is now included with paid FormSuite licenses. Use PDF Xpress for loading files from PDF forms.
  • Product Updates for Forms API:
    • Instead of a Microsoft Windows installer, a NuGet package is now included as well as a ZIP file.
    • The included source for Forms API and its demos now use NuGet Packages for dependencies on other Accusoft products.
    • Updated command line demos to wait for keyboard input before exiting.
    • Updated the FormsProcessingServer demo to accept option -copyinput to copy (rather than move) processed images to the output directory.
    • Added Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 projects to build Forms API and demos from source. Visual Studio projects older than 2015 have been removed.
    • Upgraded the SmartZone component to version 6.1.
    • Upgraded the FormFix and FormDirector components to version 6.0.
    • Upgraded the ScanFix Xpress component to version 9.0.
  • Breaking Changes for Forms API:
    • Removed support for barcode fields since Barcode Xpress is not sold with FormSuite for Structured Forms.
    • Existing form sets with barcode fields tagged as "Recognizer/Barcode" are now ignored during processing with the Processor class.
    • The following API has been removed:
      • DebugOptions.BarcodeXpressErrorLevel property.
      • LicenseKeychain.BarcodeXpress property.
      • FormTimingResults.TotalBarcodeTime property.
    • The assembly file name has been renamed from Accusoft.Forms1.Net.dll to Accusoft.FormsAPI.Net.dll. Project references must be updated to use the new assembly.
      • The default value for DebugOptions.LogFile has been changed from Accusoft.Forms1.Debug.log to Accusoft.FormsAPI.Net.Debug.log.
  • Documentation Updates:
    • Consolidated Forms API help documentation into FormSuite help documentation.
    • Updated Installation topic to reflect the new ZIP distribution.
    • Added new topics:
      • NuGet Packages.
      • Upgrading FormSuite 4 and 5 to FormSuite 6.
    • Added a new "Is this page helpful?" question to the bottom of each page, allowing you to send "Yes" or "No" feedback with a single click.