Below is the latest news from Pocket PC Forms
June 27, 2008-PocketPCForms today launched the latest version of the PocketPCForms software. This latest version sees a dramatic re-design to the PocketPCForms suite of tools.
PocketPCForms for PocketPC has been improved and now goes under the name of PocketPCForms Viewer and the server component has now been re-branded PocketPCForms Server.
This latest version of PocketPCForms includes numerous User Interface and Technical enhancements:
New end user features:
- Template Designer includes new Property Grid which provides more properties for each control
- New properties for all controls including "Required", "Dock", and others
Template Designer includes new option: Required fields must be filled out in order.
- New Hidden Field control may be used to carry hidden information
Signature control adds ability to lock and set stroke thickness/color
- Image Capture control now allows sketching over imported image
- DatePicker control allows for empty dates
- Numeric entry control allows for empty numbers
- Mobile software includes option to jump directly to a tab on detail form
New technical features:
- New xml format for PocketPCForms (.xpf and .xpt) documents are much easier to parse
- New FormBuilder class allows programmers to create and modify forms
- Images and Signatures on device now saved in a much smaller jpeg format instead of the large bmp format
- Various performance improvements including form caching on device.
Now leveraging .Net 2.0 Framework on device.