Webforms?

[SweetD]

Anyone know how to create forms for online? I thought I could use InfoPath but it looks like that will only work if someone has InfoPath and access to the doc. So I am trying to create a online doc to fill out and submit via email.... any suggestions.

 

[bankybruce]

have you trid hotscripts.com they have some good samples to get you going

 

[SweetD]

have you trid hotscripts.com they have some good samples to get you going

Ok that site is hard to navigate through.

 

[bankybruce]

Ok that site is hard to navigate through.

All you do is pick your language and then you pick forms and go through each one until you lind the one you like.

 

[Chaz]

Anyone know how to create forms for online? I thought I could use InfoPath but it looks like that will only work if someone has InfoPath and access to the doc. So I am trying to create a online doc to fill out and submit via email.... any suggestions.

I have done some intranet work with ASP and VBscript.

Should be easy enough with some active web pages and an smtp relay service.

Of course it is easier said than done.


Java or php or cold fu$ion could work as well.

Check out this site for a cool reference.
http://www.devguru.com/home.asp

 

[CaptTurbo]

basic web forms are done in html.

 

[Chaz]

basic web forms are done in html.

True.

It would be easy enough to generate a form with HTML and even create an email with the form information using the client's email program.

If you want the server side to send an email with the contents of that form you need some server side programming.

 

[SweetD]

True.

It would be easy enough to generate a form with HTML and even create an email with the form information using the client's email program.

If you want the server side to send an email with the contents of that form you need some server side programming.

This is what I love about InfoPath it is a great tool, but it doesn't work unless the user has InfoPath. EEEEERRRRRRR! Since InfoPath is not widely adopted I dought everyone has it.

 

[CaptTurbo]

ugh InfoPath and Frontpage. it should be illegal to put a site up using either.

Want a form? I can build you one in a few minutes tell me what you need. Generating an email is another story tho.

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<form action="myactionpage.cfm" method="post">
<tr>
<td colspan="4">SweetD's form</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">First Name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="fname"></td>
<td align="right">Last Name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="lname"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Favorite Team:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="fav"></td>
<td align="right">Superbowl Winner:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="fname" value="Arizona Cardinals"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><input type="button" value=" Back " onClick="history.back();"></td>
<td colspan="2" align="right"><input type="submit" name="submitBtn" value="Submit"></td>
</tr>
</form>
</table>

 

[CaptTurbo]

of course id use css instead of html tags because html is cumbersome and stands for Hypertext Markup Language

 

[Chaz]

This is what I love about InfoPath it is a great tool, but it doesn't work unless the user has InfoPath. EEEEERRRRRRR! Since InfoPath is not widely adopted I dought everyone has it.

Creating web forms and collecting data is not the problem. It is the formatting and validation of the data so it is useful.

Depending on what you want to do it seems there are some ways to I/O data with users that don't have InfoPath.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011309641033.aspx

 

[CaptTurbo]

Creating web forms and collecting data is not the problem. It is the formatting and validation of the data so it is useful.
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Yup and the answer is javascript BUT because of damn firefox users can disable javascript so you also have to incorporate server side scripting.

Building this dating website Ive spent dozens of hours to build in server-side validation.

 

[SweetD]

Creating web forms and collecting data is not the problem. It is the formatting and validation of the data so it is useful.

Depending on what you want to do it seems there are some ways to I/O data with users that don't have InfoPath.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011309641033.aspx

Actually all I need it to do is send a completed form. The data will not be used or populated as of right now. Our back-end is SAP and it would take allot more to integrate the data. So I created a form that will be send via email as an attachment. From there my team will input the data fill out on the form manually into another doc. The other doc is provided by Microsoft so there is no way to transfer the data.

 

[SweetD]

Yup and the answer is javascript BUT because of damn firefox users can disable javascript so you also have to incorporate server side scripting.

Building this dating website Ive spent dozens of hours to build in server-side validation.

No can use javascript, Network Policy.

 

[SweetD]

ugh InfoPath and Frontpage. it should be illegal to put a site up using either.

Want a form? I can build you one in a few minutes tell me what you need. Generating an email is another story tho.

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<form action="myactionpage.cfm" method="post">
<tr>
<td colspan="4">SweetD's form</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">First Name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="fname"></td>
<td align="right">Last Name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="lname"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Favorite Team:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="fav"></td>
<td align="right">Superbowl Winner:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="fname" value="Arizona Cardinals"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><input type="button" value=" Back " onClick="history.back();"></td>
<td colspan="2" align="right"><input type="submit" name="submitBtn" value="Submit"></td>
</tr>
</form>
</table>

I have done simple code but I just don't like the way the data transfers over in the email. Plus now I am getting errors when I try to send the email.