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Building forms

You can build a form by following the steps outlined below.

Once you have created your form you can maintain the form. See Maintaining forms.

To build an online form:

  1. Either:
  2. Define the page layout of the form. See Defining the page layout.

    New form (Page layout aded)

  3. Add elements to define the content of the form. See Adding elements.

    New form (Page layout aded)

  4. Update the text used to label elements. See Updating element text.

    New form (Elements added and named, highlighted)

  5. Map elements to Synergetic fields. See Mapping elements to Synergetic fields.

    New form (Elements added and mapped)

  6. Map any activity elements to Synergetic activities. See Mapping activity elements to Synergetic activities.

    New form (Activities added and mapped)

  7. Populate any drop-down lists with Synergetic lookup table values. See Populating drop-down lists with Synergetic lookup table values.

    New form (Elements mapped to lookup table)

  8. Apply validation rules to ensure users enter correct information. See Applying validation rules.

    New form (Element with validation)

  9. Update element styles to make your form look visually appealing. See Applying element styles.

    New form (Button with styling)

  10. Define default values for elements, if necessary. See Defining default values.
  11. Define the status of elements. See Defining element statuses.
  12. Create events that call functions when users interact with elements. See Creating events.

    Event Manager example

  13. Enable a required login, if you are creating an online application form. See Enabling required logins.
  14. Enable a pre-fill prompt, if you are creating an online application form. See Enabling pre-fill prompts.
  15. Enable online payment options, if you are creating an online application form. See Enabling online payments.

    Form Settings window - Finance tab (cut-down)

  16. Enable document management to allow users to submit documents with forms, if necessary. See Enabling document management.

    Form Settings window - Document Manangement tab (cut-down)

  17. Enable email correspondence, if necessary. See Enabling email correspondence.

    Form Settings window - Email tab (cut-down)

  18. Enable form branding, if necessary. See Enabling form branding.
  19. Publish your form. See Publishing forms.

    Online Form Editor (Publish window)

    Note: You can unpublish a form before its publication period expires or when converting the form to a template. See Unpublishing forms.

Last modified: 12/07/2017 5:12:06 PM

See Also

Online form builder

What's new to the Online form builder

Getting started with the Online form builder

Creating a public contact details form

Maintaining forms

Maintaining form builder settings

Online application portal

© 2017 Synergetic Management Systems. Published 29 June 2017.

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