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[Brendan]

Hi Ryan,

Adding a setting is a bit involving because although we both speak English, the text of anything in Tap Forms has to be translated into a dozen different languages and that always makes me think twice about adding settings for this and settings for that. Plus the more settings you have in an app, the more difficult it is to use.

But I’ll see about adding a back-door setting that you can toggle using the Terminal in a command-line. So anybody that really needs it can set it that way without it having to be translated for display or needlessly complicating the app.

Thanks,

Brendan

[LeoC2]

That’s right Brendon, exactly the problem. That’s why I’m asking if anyone knows a program that will be able to read the data from the IOS device if it’s plugged into the USB port. Or some way to get the Export files wirelessly.

[Sharon Egan]

Hi there,

I finally jumped from the burning wreck that was Bento to Tap Forms on my iMac and so far I love it. My database transferred flawlessly and in no time I had the layout sorted. But now I’m having problems with new fields. I can create them just fine, for example, a calculation field to count the number of checks. It works in default layout, but when I try to add the new field to a layout, it places a web address field or check mark, or some other field there that seems to be linked to existing fields on other layouts. I’ve tried it on a new form and it worked OK, until I added more fields. I’ve probably missed something and I’m still learning the program, but I’d be very grateful for any light you could shed on this.
Thanks

[Brendan]

Could you please email me your form template so I can try it with your template? I don’t think that should matter how the template is constructed though. I am able to fully adjust the divider between the groups on the left and the contact names on the right. You’re saying that it’s not working for you? You don’t see the mouse cursor change to the left/right arrow when you hover over the divider line?

I really wish I could reproduce this issue, but so far it’s worked flawlessly for me. Not saying it’s not working for you of course because you’re not the only one with this problem. I just wish I knew what was causing it.

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[Brendan]

I know I should really take the time to figure out what to do with those darned Simple List fields :-)

Sorry that this is such a hassle for you.

Thanks,

Brendan

[David Butenhof]

Bento started behaving unreliably on Yosemite. For some, it apparently doesn’t run at all. For me, it runs, albeit with some occasional odd dialog boxes or hangs. Clearly, it’s time to jump ship — even if it’s still not entirely clear there’s a safe place to land.

Most of my Bento forms imported into TapForms flawlessly, so thanks for that! However, the two main forms where I made use of Bento Simple Lists remain problematic. They’re too big to re-enter manually. I can’t shut down Bento for good without moving them. And I’ve still got no handle on how to do it.

I had written a Python script that would strip out the Simple Lists from a Bento CSV export into separate forms which, in theory, could be imported into TapForms. Having been unable to accomplish this, I’d resorted to round-trip TapForms export/import; and as recorded in this thread back in the Spring, I’d had trouble even getting that to work. But that was a demo version.

Now I’ve gotten around to trying again with the released TapForms 3.0.2; and it’s not working any better than it did back then.

I created a simple Movies form, with a linked Movie Viewings form. I entered two movies, more or less randomly, with one viewing each, and this seemed to be working just fine.

So I exported the parent (Movies), and TapForms created a Movies folder containing Movies.csv and Movie Viewings.csv. Each shows two records, as expected, with all the UUID columns apparently intact. In the attached archive file, you can see the Movies folder and the contents.

I then Deleted both forms from TapForms, and imported the Movies.csv parent.

First oddity: it imported the form just fine, but with no records. I have to import a second time to get the data.

Now I go on to import Movie Viewings. The form imports fine, with data. Now I go back to Movies, and edit the fields, selecting Movie Viewings form the Link to Form popup on the appropriate record. The embedded table appears; however, no matter what I try, I can’t seem to get it to actually find the data in in the child form. The table is empty. This obviously doesn’t do me any good; and if I can’t re-import exported TapForms data, it’s no surprise that I can’t make my converted Bento data work.

Note that if I export the imported data, the Movie Viewings.csv file shows no data, only the headings. Clearly the linkage didn’t work correctly. This is the Movies1 folder in the archive file.

So am I missing something, or does this just not work?

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[LeoC2]

Interesting reading Brendan. I just posted this same request before finding this old thread. iCal is not the only program that syncs automatically and seamlessly… what about Pages, Notes, or Numbers. Third party apps such as 2Do also are seamless. I don’t think any of these use CalDev servers.

Can’t you just have an optional setting in the iCloud sync preferences to perform a sync every user settable number of minutes? Say every minute, or every 5 minutes, or whatever.

Also automatic upload sync when quitting the app would also be a big help.

Leo

[Welles Goodrich]

I just purchased Tap Forms for Mac and iOS today because Bento kept crashing on a newish iPad upgraded to 8.1. My Mac is running Mavericks and I prefer not to update to Yosemite. I have not turned on iCloud Drive. Documents and Data are still viable on the iPad. I found the post about the encryption key business and added one in my KeyChain access. The iPad seems to be set up properly. On my Mac, however, I keep getting this notice (see attachment)

I’m perplexed because in the iCloud pref pane Tap Forms is listed and checked in the options window of Documents and Data. I’ve even shut down two-step verification for the moment. Any guess what the issue might be? I’m at a loss.

Oh, the Bento import went flawlessly and I was able to figure out the few tweaks needed to have everything just right. Now when sync is working I’ll be one happy camper!

Thanks,
Welles

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[ssitari]

Hey Brendan,

It took about 30 minutes to load to my iPhone (importing via DropBox). It works flawlessly otherwise, albeit slightly slow (most likely due to the size). I may try to break it into a few smaller databases and see if that’ll speed things along.

I think your trick worked BTW — thank you for that!!

[Brendan]

Hi Michael,

Understood. I would love to have full auto-sync too. I understand the limitations of the current implementation. I know it’s definitely an area ripe for improvement. It should “just work” without all the hassles.

iCal (aka Calendar) works the way it does because it’s not really iCloud sync you’re dealing with, even though it’s under the umbrella of iCloud. Your device is talking to a CalDAV server which handles specific information about calendars and appointments. Plus there’s very little information being synced and they have server processes which can handle conflict resolution, etc.

Tap Forms uses “Documents & Data” from the iCloud suite of services. There’s no logic on the server that I can implement that can handle things like baselining a bunch of syncs into a single file to reduce the number of sync files lying around and such.

There’s also no third party website integration available to offer an iCloud web based version of Tap Forms.

Thanks!

Brendan

[Frank Tikket]

So basically if you have an encryption set you don’t need the passlock?

I have a fingerprint/passcode to get into my iPhone 5s as it is, now having to put the encryption password everytime I open TF is going to be a hassle. If there is no other way around this, then I will have to decrypt my database unfortunately.

I use TF back to back with another app, so everytime I switch back between apps entering a password slows down productivity tremendously. I hope there’s a workaround soon, I wish I could only enter it only once to authorize the database and that’s it.

[Brendan]

Hi Joel,

Yes, you are correct. Tap Forms uses the SQLCipher database engine for encrypting the database and for encrypting any sync files (which are just mini copies of the database containing only the changes since the last sync) that get uploaded to iCloud. The actual encryption and decryption routines are provided by Apple’s Common Crypto library which is part of their Security framework. Consequently, it does not use the OpenSSL crypto library which has been in the news recently because of the Heartbleed bug.

Thanks!

Brendan

[Tom Winter]

Hi Brendan,

Thanks for the detailed reply, it was indeed very helpful and pointed towards the solution to my problem.

I was too brief in my description of the problem in my first email, I didn’t want to send a two page essay on the subject. To clarify…

After deleting the app from my iPhone and reinstalling, I could finally see all of the registered devises, but only 7 of the 24 records in 1 form were down loaded. None of the 400+ records in 7 other forms ever appeared on my iPhone, even after 24 hours. Oddly, changes made on my iPad & Mac did appear on my iPhone, but none of the missing records. The fact that my iPad & Mac continued to function flawlessly made me think something was corrupted on my iPhone, but probably not in Tap Forms. So…

I deleted Tap Forms from my iPhone, turned of “Documents & Data”, and shut down (press the off button and swiped to “Power Off”). Then rebooted, turned on D&D, downloaded TF Lite, installed the upgrade, and enabled iCloud Sync. All is functioning properly now.

Thanks for your help. It’s a nice piece of software. Keep up the good work.

Tom

[Tom Winter]

I downloaded Tap Forms Lite then upgraded to full version within the app. I’ve had nothing but problems with syncing with iCloud. The app does not see other registered devises or does not download all of the records from iCloud.

I purchased Tap Forms HD through iTunes and Tap Forms Mac from the App Store. These function flawlessly. I suspect the upgrade to the full version on my iPhone is incomplete or corrupted. I have deleted the app from my phone and downloaded a fresh version, as well as rebooting, etc. etc., but the problems persist.

Are there are any known issues with the upgrade and any recommended solutions?

[Tom Copeland]

Okay. I really am grateful. Perhaps this is the moment to mention that a man in Singapore translated the records in the file we are working on, from an ancient DOS program called Professional File. The file I have attached began as his translation of my DOS file. I have followed his lead, and the second set of records you will see in the screen shot is my own importation of over 9000 records, with something like 49 fields. It works flawlessly in Tap Forms, but it contains no images.

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