OFFLINE & ONLINE SINGLE FORM APPLICATION

The Single Form is actually supported by two different technologies:

 

• The Single Form 2018 Offline

• The Single Form 2018 Online

The APPEL application will no longer produce XML files that are compatible with PDF Single Form.

At this point the only way for creating, editing and submitting documents will be to use either new “Single Form 2018” in APPEL or its offline version;

In case of technical problems in managing the offline Single Form offline application or APPEL, and you do not find any solution in the dedicated manuals (availalbe below) you may write to: ECHO-IS-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu

The New Single Form 2018 has been launched to address primarily the problem with unsatisfactory performance of the PDF technology.
The new offline tool can be used for both new and ongoing actions.

To work comfortably with the new Single Form 2018 you will need:

 

A. The Internet connection and access to APPEL:

• to obtain the project data and zipped Single Form;

• to upload the project data to APPEL.

 

B. A computer with the following software installed:

• a browser: Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer 11; In this respect, it is advisable to use primarily Chrome or Firefox because the support the “auto-save” feature, while Explorer doesn’t offer the best experience.

• un-zipping software: 7-Zip, WinRar, WinZip etc. In this respect, please note that to make sure that the Single Form Ofline runs as expected, it is better to keep all the extracted files in the unzipped folder as it is.

 

N.B: Once you obtained the zipped Single Form with the project data, the Internet connection is no longer required; Microsoft Edge is currently not supported

• Create\Update the initial eDocument

• Click on the Export button

• Click on “Download SF 2018” button to receive the new Single Form 2018 with English interface, (alternatively, you may click on “Télécharger le SF 2018” button to receive the new Single Form 2018 with French interface). If you already have the xml file, you can also decide to download only the offline application.  

• You will receive a zipped archive that you need to save and extract on your computer in the location of your choice. It is recommend to save the unzipped folder preferably on the local disk for the best performance when launching the HTML file in different browsers.

• Launch the index_en.html (or index_fr.html) in the browser of your choice: Chrome, Explorer or Modzilla, to load the front page of the Single Form 2018

• Click on the “Import the XML” button.

• In the pop-up window, press on the button “Click here to select a file”, select the XML file from the unzipped package and click on the “Import” button.

In case you do not have access to Appel, you can launch the offline application by clicking on this link https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/appel/layout/single_form_2018.zip but you have to wait that the colleagues having access to Appel send you the .xml of the relevant proposal.

Thanks to the online editing capabilities users with access to APPEL are able to create, edit and submit proposals and reports directly in APPEL.
To start creating a proposal for editing it online follow the guidelines available in the reference documents (almost the same steps apply for creating other documents such as MR, IR, FR and for working on new versions of these documents)

To work comfortably with the new online “Single Form 2018” you will need:

 

• the Internet connection and access to APPEL;

• one of the modern browsers installed on your computer

(Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox are recommended for best performance, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are supported but you might experience some delays, specifically on low-end machines);