This chapter walks you through the steps of creating a simple form. See Creating an Application.
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Add/Edit a Form
- Start by clicking New in the applications home page to add your first application. Then click the name of the application or the Edit icon and click New in the forms home page to create your first form.
- Or, to work on a form you’ve already started, click the name of an existing form or click the Edit icon below the form name.
Here is where you design your form by dropping and laying out controls such as input text boxes, phone number, dates, radios, dropdowns, etc.. controls from frevvo's palette or from your own schema.
First, modify the name and description of your form. At the top of the Forms Work Area click the toolbar (where you see the Finish and Cancel buttons) to access the form's properties , which are shown in the lower-left portion for the Forms Designer. Give your form a new name and description.
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You can organize and rearrange the controls in your form by dragging controls and dropping them in the appropriate place. Click on the control to drag it to another location on the form. As you drag your controls you will see visual indicators helping you place your control where you want it. When you 1st start working with Live Forms with it can be helpful to grab the control towards the upper right corner as that's where the visual drop indicators appear. Read the section on Drag and Drop for helpful details.
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Once your form is created, it’s time to try using it. From the forms page, click on the test icon below your form. This brings up your form on Live Forms’s on ' web server. Go ahead and enter values into your form. Notice how each time you tab to another field frevvo immediately validates the data in the prior field and immediately displays an error message and color indication when there is a problem. For instance, try to enter a text string in an input that is a numeric control. See the Validation section for details on validation rules
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Where does the form data go when the user clicks the submit button? This is controlled by your form's Doc Action . What does the user see when they click the submit button? This is controlled by your form's Form Action . Let’s go back into the Live Forms the form designer for one of your forms to use the Form Action and Doc Action buttons.
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Click the icon twice so you see the icon which means your form is pubic anonymous.
Using Your Own Schemas
Live Forms can can quickly and easily create forms from your own XSD schemas. First, upload [[V4_Using_Forms#Schemas | upload]] your .xsd into your Live Form applications. From within your application, click on the ''schemas'' tab. Next click on the icon on the Schemas tab. You can add as many schemas as you want. Each time you will enter an upload dialog window where you can browse to your schemas on disk and give them a meaningful name and description. You can delete schemas you no longer need by clicking the icon next to each schemas name.
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