Fake Form?

[stevenheidel]

Is it possible to make a form that exists only in formtools? I think it would be easier on my clients if the website forms and also a copy of our written form could be accessed all at once.

I know you can add non-existant fields to existing forms, but can you start with a blank form? I hope I described this well enough.

I could just make a form with one field and add the rest, or take a current form, delete everything, and start anew. Is there a simpler more elegant solution?

[Ben]

Hi Steven,

Sorry for not responding sooner. I read your post and mulled it over, then forgot to reply... ack!

Right now, the Add Form process hinges around the actual existence of a form, so the short answer to your question is *no*. However, it's not TOO much of a burden: you can create a form containing a single field and use that to add one or more forms from. Once it's in the system, you can add fields, remove fields, and generally customize it to whatever you wish.

Neat idea though - and it actually wouldn't be too hard to program. How big a deal is it for you? Would this be very useful?

- Ben

[stevenheidel]

Not too big of deal, I just needed one form done like that. Put that on the bottom of your to-do list though, I'm pretty sure someone would need that eventually.

[stevenheidel]

Not too big of deal, I just needed one form done like that. Put that on the bottom of your to-do list though, I'm pretty sure someone would need that eventually.

I'd rather you did number 2 on this list first. http://forums.formtools.org/showthread.php?tid=89

[Ben]

Yeah, that would be a handy one. :-)

- Ben

[axel]

This is what I use. Some of my Form Tools forms are only accessed via Form Tools and the data is entered directly.

Code:

<form action="http://[yourformtoolsinstall]/process.php" method="post">
<strong>Form Tools Quick Form Adding</strong><br />
(type the form id number into the box to continue.)<br />
<input type="hidden" name="form_tools_initialize_form" value="1" />
<input type="text" name="form_tools_form_id" style="width: 38px" size="3" />
<input type="submit" value="Fake It" />
</form>

[Ben]

Hey guys,

I'm going to handle this when adding the "create form from existing form" option to let you quickly duplicate a form. It'll work like the Add View functionality: if there's an existing form, it'll let you create a new one based on that form's settings. One of the other options will be to create an "Internal" form without an external URL.

Ultimately this is all slowly leaning toward adding a custom Form Builder, but that's still very much down the road.

- Ben