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Dec 11th, 2014, 10:22 AM
(This post was last modified: Dec 11th, 2014, 10:25 AM by ADaniel.)
I'm brand new to Form Tools, just went through a bit of the demo a couple days ago, and reading through most of the online manual now. I am hoping to take forms that I have created in CoffeeCup Web Form Builder, make a few tweaks and modifications as needed, and use Form Tools to then grab the form data and process it. Does anyone have experience with using CCWFB and Form Tools together ? If so, I could really use some tips and tricks to get this going. It would greatly lower my learning curve.
I love the ease of use of CCWFB's WYSIWYG design interface to create the form itself, I can produce some very nice looking forms with it. However, it is pretty limited on the database 'backside' of the form. That is where I'm hoping Form Tools will assist me, and from what I've read so far I think it can be a key component to what I wish to accomplish.
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Annette,
FT will accept just about any working form on the web. When creating in FT, select External, Direct, then follow the steps.
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Bill,
Thanks for the response. Yes, from reading the documentation, I am presuming that you are correct. I will be testing a small simple form that I've created in CCWFB to see if there are any oddities that surface. However, I came upon a post in the CCWFB user forum from someone attempting to use one of the forms he had created in CCWFB with Form Tools, and he was having issues getting it linked. That is what prompted me to post here, to see if anyone has direct experience with using CCWFB created forms and Form Tools. I've also posted in that CCWFB forum to see if there was a resolution to his issue.
One question I have is that during form design/creation, I can set my CCWFB form to either direct its collected data to a CSV file on my web server upon submission, OR direct that output into a MySQL database I've created on the server. Since Form Tools is obviously capturing the data from a form, creating its own tables inside the designated MySQL database (upon first submission of the form), and then placing data into that database each time the form is submitted, I would presume my best course of action will be to not use CCWFB's MySQL output option in the initial form creation process. I'm wondering if that will hold true for the "output to CSV" option (that I should not use it either).
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Annette,
Yes. You would no longer need to use CC to store the data. As long as you have access to the code on your web server, you would be replacing some lines in your form. You don't need output to CSV either as you can do that from within FT.
Here is an example of the code you will use instead of CC's:
<form action="http://yoursite.com/formtools/process.php" method="post" name="form" id="form">
<input type="hidden" name="form_tools_form_id" value="4" />
There will be one more hidden input field that is only used once to initialize your form during setup, then you can remove it.
The add form setup will provide you with the exact replacement code for your particular install.
Bill
