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Overview

This document contains information about which features will become or have been marked as deprecated/removed and will NO longer be supported or available in future versions. Each deprecated feature section contains a workaround to help users achieve the same functionality without major issues.

Take into consideration that from the moment a feature is declared as deprecated, no new functions will be added to the feature, and bugs will not be fixed.

Wiki Information

The ProcessMaker wiki page of the deprecated/removed feature will contain a warning message at the top of the page or at the beginning of the feature section. The warning message indicates when the feature was deprecated, and what to use instead.

Deprecation Mark in a Dynaform

As of ProcessMaker 3.4.0, to make deprecated features easily recognizable inside the ProcessMaker designer, a red exclamation icon displays on the deprecated feature's button, as well as in the Dynaform designer, as shown in the images below.

In the Web controls palette, users can click this icon to display a message with additional information about the feature.

This message includes:

  • Deprecation Version: The version of ProcessMaker in which the feature is marked as deprecated.
  • Reason: A brief description of why the feature is being marked as deprecated.
  • Alternatives: Possible alternatives or workarounds.

Inside the Dynaform, users can see an information tooltip by hovering the control.

If the feature is included in a Dynaform, the deprecation icon displays in the Dynaform in design mode, and a warning message displays at the top of the Dynaform to inform ProcessMaker architects about the deprecated feature.

Deprecated Features in a Dynaform

This section lists all deprecated features in Dynaforms.

Feature Deprecated Version Reasons for Deprecation Use Alternatives Graphic
File control ProcessMaker 3.4.0
  • Cannot upload more than one file at a time.
  • Doesn’t work correctly in grids as it is not shown in the next steps.
  • Files are uploaded synchronously at the time of saving the form, making it too slow to move to the next step, especially where there are multiple files to be uploaded.
  • The file uploaded cannot be removed from the control.
  • Variable structure doesn’t support versioning.
Multiple File Control

Deprecated Plugins

To know deprecated and not supported plugins, see Supported plugins for ProcessMaker version.

Other Deprecated/Removed Features

This section lists other deprecated features out of Dynaforms.

Feature Deprecated Version Reasons for Deprecation Use Alternatives
The User Experience feature ProcessMaker 3.6.0 ProcessMaker will not provide support to this feature as of August, 2023. Use the Enhanced Home Experience plugin.
The Single Dynaform ProcessMaker 3.6.0 To display correctly Multiple File Uploader controls and the Print Dynaform in Web Entries. Use Web Entry Forms with a single Dynaform instead
The cases list date format ProcessMaker 3.6.0 To fit the new view in the Home - Cases List. ProcessMaker uses the Global Date Format from the Regional Settings instead
The Memory Limit option ProcessMaker 3.5.0 Guarantee the functioning of all operations within ProcessMaker using a top memory limit of 256. It is guaranteed by modifying this setting by an IT administrator in just the php.ini file. Edit the php.ini file instead
The memory_limit setting ProcessMaker 3.5.0 Guarantee the functioning of all operations within ProcessMaker using a top memory limit of 256. It is guaranteed by modifying this setting by an IT administrator in just the php.ini file. Edit the php.ini file instead
The HTML2PDF generator ProcessMaker 3.3.0 The HTML2PDF generator does not work on installations over PHP 7.X. The TCPDF Generator
ProcessMaker Bitnami Installer ProcessMaker 3.2.3 ProcessMaker no longer provides support for Bitnami Installers. Use the ProcessMaker Community Edition instead
ProcessMaker Google Integration Google deprecation Google has changed how their services function that impacts ProcessMaker's Google Integration functionality, including how Google Drive functions. Google Services and Enterprise Connectors
Ad Hoc Users ProcessMaker 3.0.1.8 Due to the user interface deprecation, the Ad Hoc Users does not work anymore. Use the Reassign function instead