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save unfinished form and log back later? - Jun - Sep 8th, 2009
Just wondering whether the Form Tools has the feature that user can save their unfinished form and log back to complete it later.
RE: save unfinished form and log back later? - Ben - Sep 13th, 2009
Hi Jun,
Not exactly, no - but I've written some extra code that allows for it. API forms always update the database on each page in your form, so the trick is to just add a login mechanism to allow them to return to it later and finish off the form.
Give this post a read:
http://forums.formtools.org/showthread.php?tid=225
Good luck!
- Ben
RE: save unfinished form and log back later? - Jun - Sep 15th, 2009
Thanks Ben! everything work alright!! very helpful post!!!
Jun
RE: save unfinished form and log back later? - Jun - Sep 15th, 2009
Hi ben,
Here it comes another little question:
As for a multiple pages form, users may want to save the fields in the middle of the process and come back later to finish it. So I'm thinking to add another submit button for every page. When user click it, all values will be saved into database, and the final thanks page will be shown.
How will you suggest to do it?
Jun
RE: save unfinished form and log back later? - coldrake - Mar 19th, 2010
(Sep 15th, 2009, 8:24 PM)Jun Wrote: Hi ben,
Here it comes another little question:
As for a multiple pages form, users may want to save the fields in the middle of the process and come back later to finish it. So I'm thinking to add another submit button for every page. When user click it, all values will be saved into database, and the final thanks page will be shown.
How will you suggest to do it?
Jun
I'm trying to do the same thing. Did you have any luck with a solution to this?
Thanks, Penny.
RE: save unfinished form and log back later? - martin_undefined - Mar 21st, 2010
Just a thought on this one - if you used the Submission Account feature, you might be able to have a 'Save for completion later' sort of button on each page of your form which actually submits it.
It'll be interesting to know if you crack this.
RE: save unfinished form and log back later? - coldrake - Mar 21st, 2010
(Mar 21st, 2010, 3:25 PM)martin_undefined Wrote: Just a thought on this one - if you used the Submission Account feature, you might be able to have a 'Save for completion later' sort of button on each page of your form which actually submits it.
I wish I could. The forms I am working on are being done in several languages so users have to go back to the original forms to complete their submissions. Unless I'm mistaken, if I used the submission Account feature it would be limited to one language unless I start duplicating forms, which I would rather not do.
I'll post when I come up with a solution.
[edit] Found it!
http://forums.formtools.org/showthread.php?tid=293&highlight=redirect
Penny