Form Properties
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Once you´ve edited the properties of every field, made sure you´ve given your fields sensible names (that is, names that you will recognise later!) and so on, it is time to edit the properties of the whole form (as opposed to the individual properties of each element).  The FORM properties govern the way the form itself behaves - where it goes when the "Submit" button is clicked, and so on.

forms6You have a wide range of options to choose from.  You can elect to have the form data stored automatically in a text file on your web server (the default action -unless you´d like to experiment, it is probably safest to leave the default settings as they are - they work perfectly well...).  You could then download this file on a regular basis for analysis or processing.

You could (in addition) have the form data emailed to you.

Probably the easiest option is to enter your email address, and have the data from each form entry emailed directly to you. If you click on the Options... button, you will be able to specify what you want the email message to be called, and so on.

If you know about CGI or other server-side scripting, you could use one of these scripts to process the form data, but that´s beyond the parameters of this introductory course!

The last thing you have to do is Confirm sending the form, and you do this by clicking the Options... button: go to the  next page for the final installment in this exciting operation!

 

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