Overview

The Form Entry module is currently the main mode of data entry for OpenMRS.

Form Entry allows end user managers to design a form's content and look and then allows for end users to fill out the form and submit it to OpenMRS.

Other Resources

• Administering Forms
• Administering FormEntry
• FormEntry Technical Overview
• FormEntry Module Taskpane Widgets
• InfoPath Notes
• Sample FormEntry XSLT
• Publish.py Script for converting an xsn to be used on a non Microsoft server. These functions are performed by the OpenMRS when an xsn is uploaded. This is only provided for posterity's sake.
• [archive:InfoPath Intro]
• DirectFileOpener - A Firefox Addon to directly open forms in InfoPath without any nags

Example Usage

• Screencast of creating a simple Infopath form
• archive:Demo XSNs
• For someone to do: throw up some screen shots of creating a form

Download

• Download Module
• [View latest formentry code]
• Download latest formentry code

Release Notes

• 4.5.4
• Fixed problem with duplicating forms - FORM-103
• 4.5.3 (unreleased)
• Improved speed for loading the patient dashboard - TRUNK-1615
• 4.5.2
• Added InfoPath taskpane widget for offline relationship selection - FORM-1
• Enhanced InfoPath encounter taskpane widget to inject more data into the form - FORM-91
• 4.5.1
• Added ability to add relationships to form schemas - #1740
• Added a way to insert InfoPath widgets into forms
• 4.5
• Made formentry Sync Module compliant. Xsns objects are now sync-able - #1983
• Fixed duplicated form from being overwritten when using Sync module - #2351
• 4.4.3
• Changed to copy the standard openmrs-infopath javascript file into all XSNs upon publish - #270
• 4.4.2
• Fixed fix for formentry admin screen error - #2263
• 4.4.1
• Fixed formentry admin screen error - #2047
• 4.4
• Adding in fixes for formentry taskpane to point at user instead of person - #2033
  -New line of releases for all OpenMRS 1.6+ versions-
• 4.3.2
• Fixed fix for formentry admin screen error - #2263
• 4.3.1
• Adding in fixes for formentry taskpane to point at user instead of person - #2033
• 4.3
• Fixed a remoteformentry incompatibility with xforms bug archive:TRAC-1934
• 4.2.1
• Fixed relationships object to contain patient objects if they exist
• 4.2
• Added "relationships" velocity scripting option to form schema
• 4.1.2
• Fixed InfoPath schema incorrectly storing the selected name in both sides of the HL7 sextuplet archive:TRAC-1594
• 4.1.1
• Fixed taskpane js to load the DWRUserService property correctly. See archive:TRAC-1689
• 4.1
• Reverted infopath files to just use triplets. See archive:TRAC-1404
• 4.0
• Added compatibility with the new FormEntryHandler extension point that combines the multiple form-entry type of modules forms into one place
  -New line of releases for all OpenMRS 1.5+ versions-
• 3.7
• Fixed a remoteformentry incompatibility with xforms bug archive:TRAC-1934
• 3.6.9
• Fixed InfoPath schema incorrectly storing the selected name in both sides of the HL7 sextuplet archive:TRAC-1594
• 3.6.8
• Fixed taskpane js to load the DWRUserService property correctly. See archive:TRAC-1689
• 3.6.7
• Reverted infopath files to just use triplets. See archive:TRAC-1404
• 3.6.6
• Fixed utf-8 characters in basic form
• 3.6.5
• Fixed taskpane concept name error
• 3.6.4
• Fixed call to deprecated method so method works in 1.5
• 3.6.3
• Added global property formentry.infopath_taskpane.showAllUsersOnLoad to turn on/off automatic user display in the infopath taskpane
• 3.6.2
• Fixed form searching on dashboard to not show garbled text when no forms are found
• 3.6.1
• Added a few helpful error messages if errors occur while rebuilding a form
• 3.6
• Added changes for concept name searching/saving to obs
• Added fix velocity errors from forms
• Fixed required text fields error in Infopath
• 3.3.2
• Added delay to Infopath taskpane user search page to fix a bug with the latest trunk code
• 3.3.1
• Fixed startup options to actually look at the global properties before warning about their deprecation
• 3.3
• Added taskpane widget to select past encounters - How to use the encounter widget
• Added taskpane widget to add relationships to patients - How to use the relationship widget
• 3.2
• Adding option for extra information for question concepts being filled in by normal infopath form (non-taskpane)
• 3.1
• Upgraded formentry module to work with OpenMRS version 1.3

Troubleshooting

• When using FormEntry Module in a non-Windows environment (one that uses cabextract), do not adjust Tomcat memory usage to greater than 4GB. See archive:Ticket # 1987.

Developers

[Ben Wolfe], [Burke Mamlin]