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This article describes how to submit a form from the pro-Forms mobile application.  It is split into two sections showing how to complete on both Android and iOS (Apple) devices.   Android Log in to your mobile application Logging into the mobile... Read More

Creating the on-screen look of an Online form Where fields are positioned on an Online form can be determined by using a simple 'row and column' grid system. Adding a combination of 1 row x 1 column, 1 row x 2 columns or 1 row x 3 columns... Read More

Adding an email Trigger for a form A Trigger is a pre-set action that you wish to happen once a form is submitted in to the system.Please see the Glossary terms for Standard Trigger and Conditional Trigger for more information on their purpose and... Read More

  Form types : Online v Mobile forms People sometimes get confused as to when it best to use an Online form rather than a Mobile form. This article will help you clearly distinguish between the two types of form. Mobile forms are accessed and... Read More

Select all/ multiple fields on a form One or more form fields on a page can be selected when using the Build option. This can useful for a number of reasons, including to : move the selected fields to a different location on the page or to a... Read More

Using the date field widget on an Online form Adding a date field widget to a form is useful for a range of situations including :- setting today's date. entering an historical date e.g. date of birth. capturing the date of a future event e.g.... Read More

Editing form Submissions Forms submitted into the system from both the mobile app and browser-based Online forms can be edited to alter text, add missing items etc. To be able to edit a form, the user account logged into the Work Group must have... Read More

To manually assign field workers to a visit, edit a job from the basic or advanced search screen then go to the 'Visits' tab.  Then click the relevant visit from the list presented: Click the 'Add' button in the 'Field... Read More

Default values on Custom Lists in dropdown fields If you add a dropdown control/ field to a form and opt to use a Custom List to populate the answers it looks initially as though there is no way to specify on the items in the list as a 'default... Read More

The general rule of thumb for using these 3 different field types is :Dropdown fields- more than 3 options are made available to the form user in a list to select from.- the options are longer in number of characters than simple YES, NO and N/A... Read More