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Form field Tags

Form Field Tags Form field Tags are a very important part of the pro-Forms® system and are extremely useful in various places. They are also one of the things many people don’t pay attention to which could make their form building lives... Read More

Copying text from a Word document to use on a form field

  Copying text from a Word document to use on a form field There can several reasons and situations where passages of text may need to be cut & pasted from a Word document into form fields. This could be as part of the field name, a default... Read More

Showing field data on View Submissions screen

Showing field data on View Submissions screen A really useful option is to add form fields to the ’Summary’ column in the table shown on View Submissions. This not only helps admin staff quickly identify key information on submitted... Read More

Field visibility with the Basic Editor

Field Visibility To set one or more conditions for making a field visible click on the field to edit it. Click on the 'Advanced' tab in the pop up window. Click on the cog icon on the right hand side of the Visibility box. Use the default... Read More

Calculations

pro-Forms supports robust calculations that allow you to create powerful and customized forms. Calculations can be used to compute field values, set default values and conditionally control visibility of form questions. The Basics To perform a... Read More

Creating an Email Body Layout

Creating an Email Body Layout An email Body layout is useful when creating an email trigger for a form - see article Adding an email Trigger for a form click on 'Manage' for the form you want to create the Layout for from the form list... Read More

Encrypted form fields

To make a field use encrypted data Go to the relevant form in ’Forms - home’ and click on ’Manage’. Click on ’Build form’. Click on the question you wish to change then click on the Options tab. Select ’Yes... Read More

Read-only form fields

To make a field readonly Go to the relevant form in 'Forms - home' and click on 'Manage'. Click on 'Build form'. Click on the question you wish to change. The General tab options will be displayed. Select 'Yes'... Read More

Mandatory form fields

To make a field mandatory Go to the relevant form in 'Forms - home' and click on 'Manage'. Click on 'Build'. Click on the question you wish to change. The General tab options will be displayed. Select 'Yes'... Read More

Creating a Form View

Form Views allow you to create customisable searches for you form submissions.  For example, If you have a field on your form called "Job Complete" with the options "Yes" or "No", you can create a  "Form View" that only shows the submissions that... Read More

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