Highlight Features MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
[User Experience] Improved performance
MAKERS CHOICE 25-01 improves performance by more than 5% on all requests to the Server (e.g. Data Service Calls, Connector Calls, or Server-Side Business Object Function Calls from your Application). This speeds up especially applications with a high integration rate or many concurrent accesses.
[Integration] Captcha Widget now supports Google reCAPTCHA v3
Our Standard Content for MAKERS CHOICE now comes with an enhanced Captcha-Widget and a new Standard Server-Side Business Object for Google reCAPTCHA v3 integration. This enables you to add modern bot detection in your forms by using Google’s reCAPTCHA v3 technology. (Read more)
Changelog MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
App Building
- [User Experience] The references dialog of a variable now also displays data sources that use the variable (Read more)
- [User Experience] If a data source is changed within Application Designer, all designed Bindings in child Widgets are revalidated now
- [User Experience] Designed Bindings in properties of widgets or screens are now validated again when the item is copied or moved. Manual Bindings are not affected
Business Objects
- [User Experience] Business Object Editor is not automatically closed on ‘Esc’-press anymore. On changes, there is now a prompt that has to be confirmed by the user to prevent unwanted data loss
Data Privacy and Security
- [Governance] Enhanced user permission checks are now implemented on direct calls on API for deploying and releasing Applications
Standard Content
- [Integration] Added Google reCAPTCHA v3 to Captcha-Widget and added corresponding Server-Side Business Objects for checking results (Read more)
Server
- [User Experience] CORS Headers are now set by Simplifier Server and do not need to be set within Reverse Proxy anymore (Read more)
- [User Experience] Improved performance on all requests sent to Simplifier Servers (Admin-UI and Apps)
- [Governance] You now need to set a default password for user Admin on new installations (Read more in the installation/upgrade guides)
- [Integration] Upgraded com.googlecode.owasp-java-html-sanitizer to version 20240325.1
System Requirement Changes MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
There are no changes in System Requirements.
General Upgrade Instructions for MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
We have installation instructions prepared based on the versions you are upgrading from:
- Upgrade from MAKERS CHOICE 24-11 to MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
- Upgrade from LTS Release Simplifier 9 to MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
If you are setting up a new instance, please follow our installation guide for MAKERS CHOICE 25-01.
Manual Changes that should already be done before upgrading to MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
Activate enhanced security (optional)
Activate enhanced security for Business Objects, Templates, and Plugins, if you have deactivated them. (See documentation)
Please check if your roles are set up accordingly and contain execution permission for all required Server-side Business Objects, read permission for all the necessary Templates as well as the relevant Plugin Permissions. Take care that you explicitly use your app-relevant/project roles during testing (and not Standard-Roles like SF_Developer or SF_Administrator).
Manual Changes after upgrading to MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
Replace Captcha Plugin
Our Captcha Plugin is deprecated and will be removed with Simplifier 10 from the plugin list in our default installation/upgrade guides. If you are using the Plugin, you should start replacing it now so you do not have to change your applications under time pressure.
AI and similar techniques can already solve captchas. So check if other solutions like rate limits fit your use case better. If you want to stick to captchas, check our Knowledge Base on ‘How to use Google reCAPTCHA v3 Essentials‘ for an alternative solution (Read more).
Deprecated Features MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
[Integration] Simplifier Mobile Client for Android on Windows
Unfortunately, Microsoft has announced the end of support for Windows Subsystem for Android on March 5th 2025. With the end of support, our Simplifier Mobile Client for Android won’t work on Windows anymore. If you have already installed the Simplifier Mobile Client in Windows Subsystem for Android before March 5th 2024 you will continue to have access to the Simplifier Mobile Client until the end of support. (Read more on microsoft.com)
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 2; Removal March 5th 2025
[Interaction] Event tab in UI Designer
Our UI designer still has the legacy feature to add scripts to events directly in the Event tab. As we want to provide a consistent App Building we will remove this feature with Simplifier 10. Simply use our Process Designer instead.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 3; Removal before Simplifier 10
[Integration] Captcha Plugin
Our Captcha Plugin won’t be updated anymore and was removed from the plugin list in our default installation/upgrade guides.
See our Knowledge Base article on ‘How to use Google reCAPTCHA v3 Essentials‘ for an alternative solution.
Deprecated since MAKERS CHOICE 25-01; Removal from the plugin list in our default installation/upgrade guides with Simplifier 10; Final removal with Simplifier 11
[Integration] Javascript execution in PDFs created by PDF Plugin
Currently, it is possible to add Javascript to PDFs created by PDF Plugin. This is a potential risk for Server Side XSS (PDF Injection) and Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). The option to add Javascript to PDFs in PDF Plugin is now deactivated but can be activated at its own risk. The activation is subject to be removed in later Releases.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 3; Removal tbd
[System requirements] Support of Oracle for Simplifier databases
Oracle support for your Simplifier instances has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 4; Removal tbd
[Integration] Removed setting to activate deprecated Connector API
The settings to activate deprecated Connector API will be removed with Simplifier 10 LTS. Please make sure you do not use the deprecated Connector API anymore.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 4; Removal tbd
Removed Features MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
There are no removed features with MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
Release Date: January 15th, 2025
End of Maintenance: March 12th, 2025
All Simplifier releases and updates are provided on Docker Hub Repository.
- Highlights
-
Highlight Features MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
[User Experience] Improved performance
MAKERS CHOICE 25-01 improves performance by more than 5% on all requests to the Server (e.g. Data Service Calls, Connector Calls, or Server-Side Business Object Function Calls from your Application). This speeds up especially applications with a high integration rate or many concurrent accesses.
[Integration] Captcha Widget now supports Google reCAPTCHA v3
Our Standard Content for MAKERS CHOICE now comes with an enhanced Captcha-Widget and a new Standard Server-Side Business Object for Google reCAPTCHA v3 integration. This enables you to add modern bot detection in your forms by using Google’s reCAPTCHA v3 technology. (Read more)
- Changelog
-
Changelog MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
App Building
- [User Experience] The references dialog of a variable now also displays data sources that use the variable (Read more)
- [User Experience] If a data source is changed within Application Designer, all designed Bindings in child Widgets are revalidated now
- [User Experience] Designed Bindings in properties of widgets or screens are now validated again when the item is copied or moved. Manual Bindings are not affected
Business Objects
- [User Experience] Business Object Editor is not automatically closed on ‘Esc’-press anymore. On changes, there is now a prompt that has to be confirmed by the user to prevent unwanted data loss
Data Privacy and Security
- [Governance] Enhanced user permission checks are now implemented on direct calls on API for deploying and releasing Applications
Standard Content
- [Integration] Added Google reCAPTCHA v3 to Captcha-Widget and added corresponding Server-Side Business Objects for checking results (Read more)
Server
- [User Experience] CORS Headers are now set by Simplifier Server and do not need to be set within Reverse Proxy anymore (Read more)
- [User Experience] Improved performance on all requests sent to Simplifier Servers (Admin-UI and Apps)
- [Governance] You now need to set a default password for user Admin on new installations (Read more in the installation/upgrade guides)
- [Integration] Upgraded com.googlecode.owasp-java-html-sanitizer to version 20240325.1
- Migration Notes
-
System Requirement Changes MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
There are no changes in System Requirements.
General Upgrade Instructions for MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
We have installation instructions prepared based on the versions you are upgrading from:
- Upgrade from MAKERS CHOICE 24-11 to MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
- Upgrade from LTS Release Simplifier 9 to MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
If you are setting up a new instance, please follow our installation guide for MAKERS CHOICE 25-01.
Manual Changes that should already be done before upgrading to MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
Activate enhanced security (optional)
Activate enhanced security for Business Objects, Templates, and Plugins, if you have deactivated them. (See documentation)
Please check if your roles are set up accordingly and contain execution permission for all required Server-side Business Objects, read permission for all the necessary Templates as well as the relevant Plugin Permissions. Take care that you explicitly use your app-relevant/project roles during testing (and not Standard-Roles like SF_Developer or SF_Administrator).
Manual Changes after upgrading to MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
Replace Captcha Plugin
Our Captcha Plugin is deprecated and will be removed with Simplifier 10 from the plugin list in our default installation/upgrade guides. If you are using the Plugin, you should start replacing it now so you do not have to change your applications under time pressure.
AI and similar techniques can already solve captchas. So check if other solutions like rate limits fit your use case better. If you want to stick to captchas, check our Knowledge Base on ‘How to use Google reCAPTCHA v3 Essentials‘ for an alternative solution (Read more).
- Discontinued
-
Deprecated Features MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
[Integration] Simplifier Mobile Client for Android on Windows
Unfortunately, Microsoft has announced the end of support for Windows Subsystem for Android on March 5th 2025. With the end of support, our Simplifier Mobile Client for Android won’t work on Windows anymore. If you have already installed the Simplifier Mobile Client in Windows Subsystem for Android before March 5th 2024 you will continue to have access to the Simplifier Mobile Client until the end of support. (Read more on microsoft.com)
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 2; Removal March 5th 2025
[Interaction] Event tab in UI Designer
Our UI designer still has the legacy feature to add scripts to events directly in the Event tab. As we want to provide a consistent App Building we will remove this feature with Simplifier 10. Simply use our Process Designer instead.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 3; Removal before Simplifier 10
[Integration] Captcha Plugin
Our Captcha Plugin won’t be updated anymore and was removed from the plugin list in our default installation/upgrade guides.
See our Knowledge Base article on ‘How to use Google reCAPTCHA v3 Essentials‘ for an alternative solution.
Deprecated since MAKERS CHOICE 25-01; Removal from the plugin list in our default installation/upgrade guides with Simplifier 10; Final removal with Simplifier 11
[Integration] Javascript execution in PDFs created by PDF Plugin
Currently, it is possible to add Javascript to PDFs created by PDF Plugin. This is a potential risk for Server Side XSS (PDF Injection) and Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). The option to add Javascript to PDFs in PDF Plugin is now deactivated but can be activated at its own risk. The activation is subject to be removed in later Releases.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 3; Removal tbd
[System requirements] Support of Oracle for Simplifier databases
Oracle support for your Simplifier instances has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 4; Removal tbd
[Integration] Removed setting to activate deprecated Connector API
The settings to activate deprecated Connector API will be removed with Simplifier 10 LTS. Please make sure you do not use the deprecated Connector API anymore.
Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 4; Removal tbd
Removed Features MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
There are no removed features with MAKERS CHOICE 25-01
- Release Info
-
Release Date: January 15th, 2025
End of Maintenance: March 12th, 2025
All Simplifier releases and updates are provided on Docker Hub Repository.