icon, which displays a dialog box to build the list. The other icons allow erasing, modifying or moving selected items in the list. A form can contain all kinds of data. This option is used to define data fields and link them to a form. You must define at least one form before you can create a field.
Settings
Form name: associate the fields to one of the forms.
Variable name: For each field, specify a variable name in order to link it with the contents of the field filled by the visitor.
Initially enabled: This option displays the field in grey on the page, but it can’t be used. It is possible to make it active starting from another element with the Event/Action sentence or programming.
Type of Input
The various field categories are:
Input text
Single line
Initial value: This value will be present in the field until the user enters something else.
Field width (char): Width of the field in number of char.
Maximum characters: Longest string allowed. The text will scroll horizontally if this value is larger than the preceding one.
Required input: Allows a first level validation of the form contents. The software will check the field for the presence of any data (Not blank), numbers only (Numbers), text only (Letters) or something looking like an e-mail address (e-mail) having an @ sign. If one of those conditions is not met, the page will issue a message when attempting to submit the form and the cursor will be positioned automatically in the incorrect field(s).
Multiple lines
Initial value: contents which will be displayed in the field before the user enters any data.
Cols/Rows: Width and number of rows in characters of the text field.
Password
This type of field is similar to a simple line, except that round dots will appear as the user types in his password. Making use of this data (validation, conditional links, etc) involves programming.
Radio box
Value: The value of the box will be sent if this box is selected while sending the form.
Note: To create a list of mutually exclusive buttons (i.e. only one can be selected), use a single variable name must be used for all the buttons involved. The data sent will look like “variable=value”.
Checkbox
Value: The value of the checkbox will be sent if this checkbox is selected. This is not the description of the item, which must be created separately as a text element.
List
Displays a list.
Initial Value: Add items to the list with the Add icon, which displays a dialog box to build the list. The other icons allow erasing, modifying or moving selected items in the list.
The Allow multiple selection option allows you to choose more than one item in the list. It is also possible to display a part of the list, so it is possible to vertically scroll it.
Scroll down menu
This method shows a single line with the first item displayed. An arrow on the right makes a scroll down list appear, from which the user can select.
Initial Value: Add items to the list with the Add icon, which displays a dialog box to build the list. The other icons allow erasing, modifying or moving selected items in the list.
Hidden
As the name implies, with this option enabled, the field will not be visible on the page. But its value will be sent along with the others, such as the page or site-of-origin of the form etc.
Submit or reset button
Insert a button to send the form. It is also possible to create a Reset button to erase the data entered in the form and make it blank again. This button will be grey.
Of course, you can create your own buttons and use the Event/Action sentence to set a link to the submit or reset functions available for forms.