Briefcase fails to pull from form definition

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What is the problem? Please be detailed.
I have a form created with xlsForm especification, this loads on aggregate without problems, and i can download in odk collect.

But in Briefcase with option pull from form definition says: 'Bad form definition file. Please select another file.'

i convert the xls form to xml with pyxform,
What ODK tool and version are you using? And on what device and operating system version?
Biefcase v1.13.1

Manjaro 18.0.2
Linux 4.19.20
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx @ 8x 2GHz
openjdk version "1.8.0_202"

What steps can we take to reproduce the problem?

  1. Create a form
  2. Convert Form with Pyxform
  3. Load form to Aggregate without problems
  4. Load form to Briefcase fails

Log briefcase

2019-02-15 13:48:37,959 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  org.javarosa.xform.parse.XFormParser - Reading XML and parsing with kXML2 finished in 45,482 ms
2019-02-15 13:48:37,986 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  org.javarosa.xform.parse.XFormParser - Consolidating text finished in 21,730 ms
2019-02-15 13:48:37,986 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  org.javarosa.xform.parse.XFormParser - Parsing form...
2019-02-15 13:48:37,987 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  org.javarosa.xform.parse.XFormParser - Title: "Elecciones Medellin V3"
2019-02-15 13:48:40,754 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  o.o.b.model.TerminationFuture - cancel requested: Main window closed
2019-02-15 13:48:40,754 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  o.o.b.model.TerminationFuture - cancel requested: Main window closed

briefcase-cli dont shows any error in the terminal, but dont load the form...

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Thanks for the detailed information, @jodmoramo. Any chance you could upload the XLS for us to try?

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Hi, @jodmoramo!

We're preparing the next Briefcase release, which includes changes that could solve the issue. Could you try the v1.14.0-beta.0?

If everything goes as planned, we will be releasing the official v1.14.0 later this week.

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Today i try the v1.14.0 and this works!

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For terms the confidentiality i am not authorized for upload the XLS,

I will ask is exists a way to share this data.

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If the form works with v1.14, then no need to share the form. If it doesn't, then you can email it to me at yanokwa@nafundi.com

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in the new version, the form upload works without problem

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