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Hello everyone... is there an easy way of showing the data content of a form within an html page.... im new to all this ...i have a simple external form that is linked to the formtools database and i need to show the values as a series of predefined words which are linked to the checkboxes in the form i have built.... each check box checked represents a pre set text value eg check box one = " the cow jumped over the moon", check box two = "the moon is white " , when someone checks the checkbox the text value is stored in the database , i suppose as a string or an array (help).. i want to display the text as a result of the chosen radiobox(s) as a combines sentence within a html page ..ie the cow jumpedover the moon and the moon is white.....can anyone help ?
MUCH APPRECIATED
Timutrecht
ps...help on the form structure that best fits formtools core data would also be very much appreciated...
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There are many ways to do this. From what I can see, a simple javascript or php $_POST[] method may work for this. If you need your form to pull data directly from the formtools database, then you'll be looking at something much more complex. I've built many dynamic forms over the years, some of which were extremely complex. But I did this without having to do much programming myself. The nice thing about being resourceful is that you rarely have to reinvent the wheel. There are many tools and scripts available across the internet. What I would suggest is that you browse through javascript.internet.com or hotscripts.com and see if there's a form-related script somewhere that would work for what you want.
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Another possible solution is to use the Export Manager to create an additional HTML output template.
For example:
• Copy the pre-built Table Format template's output code and paste it into a new HTML template.
• Take your website source and throw it into your new template as well.
• Move the pre-built template data you copied into your content area and adjust accordingly.
• Click on the settings link near the top left, under Export Manager.
• Change the storage location to the directory where you want this publicly visible HTML to be stored.
• In the HTML details for Export Manager, change the output method to download to server, or store on server.
• Now when you export via the newly created template your website will be rewritten with the latest data.
• You can easily automate this daily update process with a scripting language like AutoIt.
Good luck!
