Embedding a Form into a Web Page

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Once a form has been published, it can be deployed by providing the form URL within an e-mail or you can choose to embed the form into a Web page. For additional information on providing the form URL in an e-mail message, see the Providing Users with a Link to Your Published Form topic.

 

To embed the form into a Web page, follow the steps below.

 

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1.With a form selected in the Edit Forms tree on the Forms Dashboard, click the Link button on the form detail area. This will only be enabled if the form has been published.

Link Dialog

2.The Mode selection controls the display of any Web page elements behind PerfectForms™. The 'Window' option is selected by default, meaning that all Web page elements behind and on top of the Flash module (containing PerfectForms™) are not visible. If you change the Mode selected, the Embed code will reflect the selected option. The Mode options include:
•Window - All Web page elements behind the Flash module (PerfectForms™) and on top are not visible.
•Transparent - All Web page elements behind the Flash module (PerfectForms™) and on top are visible.
•Opaque - Web page elements behind the Flash module (PerfectForms™) are not visible; screen elements that are on top of the Flash module are visible.
3.Copy and paste any of the text from any of these boxes to use in the appropriate place in a Web page or e-mail message.

 

The image below shows an example of a form that has been embedded into a Web page.

Web Page Embedding

 

You can use the Link and Embed data to deploy your forms and reports to a variety of systems.

 

 

Embedding a Form in a Wiki Page

 

To embed within MediaWiki (the same Wiki as Wikipedia) you take the Embed text and put it inside an <html> tag.

 

<html>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://devel.perfectforms.com/utils.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">var embed = true;

createFlashMovie("http://devel.perfectforms.com/player.aspx",

"flexApplicationLTIxNDc0Nzc0MTI=", "f=8CmAAg6E&secure=true", "654", "470"); </script>

</html>

 

 

Embedding into a SharePoint Site

 

Forms and reports can be embedded into SharePoint very simply as follows:

 

•Use the standard Web Page Web part supplied by SharePoint.
•Provide the URL contained within the Link box of the Link dialog (access this from the form details view of the Dashboard).
•Inside the Form Properties and also within the Embed text in the Link dialog, you will find the width and the height of the form. This can be specified within the Web part to provide a good fit.

 

Embedding into Other Web Pages, Portals and Intranet Sites

 

PerfectForms™ forms and reports can be embedded into many systems that are capable of rendering HTML. PerfectForms™ uses Adobe Flash as the engine for running all forms and reports so a system must be able to run Flash. Almost every PC comes with Flash installed or has had it installed before a PerfectForms™ form is encountered.

 

Usually one of the Link dialog text boxes will suffice to embed a form or report, but sometimes, as with the SharePoint example above, you may be able to achieve your goal by slightly altering one of the Link dialog alternatives.

 

Updated: 06/12/2011  Page url: http://www.perfectforms.com/Documentation/manual/html/?fl_embedding_a_form_into_a_web_page.htm
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