Caere OmniForm Filler 4.0 (3609A-G04-4.0) for PC Logo
Posted on Aug 11, 2010

My company uses Omniform filler ver 4.0 on all the PC's in the company to fill in forms. One new computer has Windows 7. The program loads OK but wont open any of the forms. I get error message The form may be invalid if not saved correctly, or memory may be low. Try closing open forms and applications to free up memory There is nothing open. The forms open perfectly on all windows XP PC's in the network with all the same paths. I see many questions on google that omniform doesnt work on windows 7. Is there any way to make it work. It appears the later version 5.0 does not work either

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I was able to get Omniform 4.0 working flawlessly on Windows 7 64-bit by writing the following script. It changes some folder and registry permissions, then reregisters an internet explorer DLL that gets messed up during the omniform install. You need to create the batch file, then have a copy on SetACL.exe (a registry permissions tool from here: http://helgeklein.com/setacl/ ) in the same folder and run the batch file as admin. The contents are:

@ECHO OFF
REM ** This batch adds full permissions for the Users group to the needed
REM ** reg keys and folders to make 0mniForm Filler 4.0 run properly on
REM ** Win 7 64-bit under a non-admin user account.
REM **
REM ** SetACL.exe must be in same folder as .bat for this to run.
REM ** "%~dp0..." is used to allow execution from UNC paths with spaces.
REM ** Omniform filler install corrupts IE so that new tabs open blank.
REM ** ieproxy.dll is reregistered to fix this.
REM
REM ** Author: Michael Belsky

@ECHO ON
"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on "C:\Program Files (x86)\Caere\OmniForm Filler" -ot file -actn ace -ace "n:users;p:write"

"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on "hkcr\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{4F4D4E49-464F-524D-AFDC-0020AF286206}" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:users;p:full"
"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on "hkcr\OmniForm.Form" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:users;p:full"
"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on "hkcr\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{77DA13C0-8D4A-11CE-AFDC-0020AF286206}" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:users;p:full"
"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on "hkcr\OmniForm.Application" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:users;p:full"
"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on "hkcr\OmniForm.Data" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:users;p:full"
"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on "hkcr\.ofd" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:users;p:full"
"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on "hkcr\.ofm" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:users;p:full"
"%~dp0SetACL.exe" -on "hklm\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Caere Corp" -ot reg -actn ace -ace "n:users;p:full"

regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ieproxy.dll"

pause

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    Michael Belsky Jun 16, 2014

    I know this is a fews years after the Q was posted, but I wanted the fix to be available if others are looking.

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I just installed windows 7 on every computer on my network, and I am only having a problem with one form. I still have an old Windows XP machine and I can access that form from that computer. I don't understand why one form doesnt work but the rest of the omniforms work.

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