Sep 15th, 2015, 10:31 AM
(This post was last modified: Sep 15th, 2015, 10:34 AM by lerelais_dllu.)
A very kind answer from from Joseph I report here for other users :
An External Form is basically anything that can post data online. The form can be HTML, PHP, ASP, even Flash. If you are able to pass along data online then it is a "form" that can connect with Form Tools. You will need the ability to edit the HTML. I think that may be part of the disconnect if you are using a web builder.
I'm assuming that Web Creator 7 is a web page builder of some sort that generates HTML. Once you have the HTML generated you will need to edit the HTML so that you can add in a value to the action attribute in the form tag. It will be something like this:
<form action="http://www.yourdomainname.com/directory_where_form_tools_is_installed/process.php" name="form_name" class="some_form" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="form_tools_form_id" value="your_form_value" />
The highlighted area is what you will need to add to the HTML in your form tag. The hidden field tag is a tag you will need to add into your form to indicate what form you wish to connect to in Form Tools. You'll need to add the tag into your form.
When adding a form please review: http://docs.formtools.org/userdoc2_1/?pa...management
Thank you very much Joseph : this understood, the rest of the installation was a piece of cake ! I'm now digging for advanced options...
An External Form is basically anything that can post data online. The form can be HTML, PHP, ASP, even Flash. If you are able to pass along data online then it is a "form" that can connect with Form Tools. You will need the ability to edit the HTML. I think that may be part of the disconnect if you are using a web builder.
I'm assuming that Web Creator 7 is a web page builder of some sort that generates HTML. Once you have the HTML generated you will need to edit the HTML so that you can add in a value to the action attribute in the form tag. It will be something like this:
<form action="http://www.yourdomainname.com/directory_where_form_tools_is_installed/process.php" name="form_name" class="some_form" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="form_tools_form_id" value="your_form_value" />
The highlighted area is what you will need to add to the HTML in your form tag. The hidden field tag is a tag you will need to add into your form to indicate what form you wish to connect to in Form Tools. You'll need to add the tag into your form.
When adding a form please review: http://docs.formtools.org/userdoc2_1/?pa...management
Thank you very much Joseph : this understood, the rest of the installation was a piece of cake ! I'm now digging for advanced options...