http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ Forums for the PerfectForms.com Application en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:58:19 +0000 http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/character-limit-for-text-inputtext-area-columns-in-a-table#post-2617 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:57:30 +0000 pmeidinger 2617@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Is the maximum number of characters in a a Text Input or Text Area column in a Table object really just 400? Are there plans to increase this in future releases? I have a form that with a Multiline Text Input that I've set to 800 characters but now I have to drop it to 400 so I can load that field into a column in a table. </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/form-instance-backup#post-2615 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:42:51 +0000 rooman 2615@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>How can i take backup of my form instances for all my forms.</p> <p>Regards, </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/can-database-connection-from-access#post-2606 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:10:27 +0000 YiminLu 2606@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>the data is stored within MS Access, can Perfect Form connect and retrieve from it?<br /> if not, what is the text file within connection?<br /> or anyway to work around it?<br /> thanks </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/lists-with-commas#post-2609 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:10:50 +0000 Vincent 2609@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>I'm trying to create lists with commas in them with "city, states".</p> <p>Using the quick input a comma is the delimiter for value.<br /> Importing a .csv file imports the names with quotes around them, which I have to manually remove.</p> <p>How can I do quick input or CSV such that imports will have the commas excluded as delimiters and quotes won't appear around each item?</p> <p>Also, is it possible to export a list?</p> <p>Vincent </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/flash-related-performance-issues#post-2603 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:37:07 +0000 Dennis @ PerfectForms 2603@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>If the PerfectForms dashboard or forms are loading very slowly and you have eliminated bandwidth and connection speed issues your settings may not allow Flash to properly cache. You can control the amount of cache a Flash site is allowed to use on your computer. Macromedia has a site with a control panel that lets you control the website storage settings on your machine. The control panel you will see on this site is not an image; it is the actual Settings Manager. Click the tabs to see different panels, and click the options in the panels to change your Adobe Flash Player settings.<br /> Click this link to manage your settings: <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html." rel="nofollow">http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html.</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.perfectforms.com/">Workflow software, </a><a href="http://www.perfectforms.com/">Process software, </a><a href="http://www.perfectforms.com/">Procedure software</a> </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/turn-off-scrolling-in-the-form-embed-code#post-2601 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:23:32 +0000 singletrack 2601@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Is there a way to turn off vertical and horizontal scrolling in a PF form that is embedded into a HTML page? I realise I can manipulate the width and height (eg. add 1x pixel to width and height), but when I do, the form adds a single pixel padding to the left and top of the form. My predicament is to embed the code with the exact width and height attributes and it has scrolling in some browsers (IE9), or increase the width and height by 1x pixel which removes the PF scrollers but adds the 1x pixel padding. I want neither, I would prefer a parameter to turn off scrolling if I could. Thanks in advance. (Below code of same embed)</p> <pre><code>&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; src=&quot;http://my-domain.com/utils.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;pf_embed(&quot;http://mydomain.com/player.aspx&quot;, &quot;AbCd&quot;, &quot;f=gKgDrAoB&quot;, &quot;950&quot;, &quot;800&quot;, &quot;window&quot;); &lt;/script&gt;</code></pre> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/background-transparency-and-hide-scrolling#post-2596 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:48:01 +0000 singletrack 2596@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Hi, Two things I'm unable to perform with my published forms (v1.18) are related:</p> <p>1. In the Embed code with the background set to "transparent", as opposed to "window" by default the form defaults to the background-color (white). My embed file sits on a HTML page with a patterned background, it is this I want to come through. How do I do this?</p> <p>2. How can I hide horizontal and vertical scrolling in a published form. The size of the form has an output of width and height 100x100, if I add the embed code into my HTML page there is vertical and horizontal scroller in IE browsers (tested v8 and v9). If I add a single pixel to the width and height (101x101) I sure enough get rid of the scrollers but I now have a single pixel width and height added to my form, which I do not want. How might I address this in PF? </p> <p>Cheers! </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/field-data-not-displaying#post-2595 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:11:13 +0000 Laura Debello 2595@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Does anyone know what may be causing field data not to display once a form has been submitted? The data is visible in the data history and it can be exported, however when the form is opened the data does not display. There is no workflow on the form and the state is default. Is there such a thing as a disjoint betweent he form and the database? </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/using-forms-on-mobilesmartphone-platforms#post-2203 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:02:47 +0000 jflahert 2203@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>I was wondering if anyone has experience with how (and if) these forms will work on a mobile platform / smartphone. I tested one on my Droid and it seemed a bit tedious - there's no way to "tab" from box to box (like a "next" button that opens with my keypad as I've seen on other online forms) and the page won't easily slide for me when in an enlarged view (I have to shrink it back to regular size and then scroll down, then re-enlarge to touch the next field I want to enter info into.) I haven't tested it with an iPhone at all so I don't know what that experience would be like. Completing our webforms on a smartphone or tablet computer would be a great alternative to offer our patients so I'd appreciate any feedback from others' experience. </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/dash-boards-for-survey-data#post-2292 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:11:10 +0000 Billpage17 2292@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Hi</p> <p>I have a client with over 100 managers that will need access to a survey I have created for them.</p> <p>They do not want paper reports and would like to view my survey results via a web page. With Quask, I could set this up very in a few minutes.</p> <p>I can't see a way of doing this with Perfect Forms. I DO NOT WANT TO SET ALL THESE PEOPLE UP AS USERS, If I do this the software is NOT economical for running surveys. I just want to display a dashboard showing the current data.</p> <p>Can you help?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Bill</p> <p>This is a common requirement for surveys </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/delimiters#post-2585 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:59:35 +0000 phillip 2585@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>When sending out to a text file, I'm noticing that commas that a person enters into a field are becoming what I'm guessing are ASCII codes so as to appear correctly in, say, Excel. However, when I try to import into Access I'm not seeing the records with the user entered commas.</p> <p>The only way I can think to resolve this is to have a separate function for each field and purge any commas (or at least replace them). Before I take on this task, does anyone know of any simpler methods? </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/not-all-notifications-are-sending#post-2175 Tue, 17 May 2011 18:58:26 +0000 phillip 2175@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>I'm currently (trying) test a form's workflow and view the email output. The form must get approval from two people (minimal). On the first path from the default stage, there is a notification. This notification is set up like so:<br /> -Initial notification email to the first approver. Sends 'Now'.<br /> -Reminder email to the first approver. Sends after 8 minutes (for testing).<br /> -Alert the second approver of a delay. Sends after 16 minutes (for testing).</p> <p>The first two are to be sent to the same 'Role' (and currently all Test Roles have my email address). However, when I submit a form I only get one email, and it is the Reminder email. This is extremely odd behavior and I'm wondering if anyone dealt with this problem before? I can't seem to pinpoint the problem either.</p> <p>I've tried setting the times to 1 and 2 days, thinking the emails could be too close together, but the one supposed to send 'Now' still doesn't send. I also tried separating them, recreating them, etc and still no luck. Everything is the same except for attention level and content. I've duplicated the reminder email and tried to send it 'Now'. Also, 'Send as Email' is checked on all of them. Help would be appreciated! </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/file-uploaded-to-database-or-webserver#post-2561 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:55:38 +0000 singletrack 2561@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>When my customer attaches a file from their work station, the file appends itself to the form. Is the file uploaded to the web server or the database server? How can I check?</p> <p>Our setup is On-Premise 1.18, Windows Webserver for the PF application, and a separate Windows SQL server for the DB. </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/addasset-gt-error-code-0#post-2558 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:27:54 +0000 singletrack 2558@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Is there a definition for error code "0" and why this error might be thrown?<br /> I cannot see one in the help section: <a href="http://www.perfectforms.com/Documentation/manual/html/index.html?error_code_reference.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.perfectforms.com/Documentation/manual/html/index.html?error_code_reference.htm</a></p> <p>I have a form instance with the out of the box function for User to add/upload an attachment.</p> <p>Steps to recreate the issue:<br /> 1. End User clicks on the 'add' button in PF published form (dialogue window opens)<br /> 2. User locates and selects the file to upload (e.g. PDF / 160kb)<br /> 3. User clicks 'open' in the dialogue window (upon click of the button 'open' I noticed an ERROR, see below, when viewing in a Charles session proxy)<br /> 4. Note: The file successfully uploads and is displayed in the form.</p> <p>The error is a concern because many of my customers use this function across their internal network, and this error prompts their internal proxy network login window to appear. If I can understand the nature of error code "0" there may be a relationship with the network error my customers are experiencing. </p> <p>The error occurs regardless of file format (PDF, WOrd, XLS, JPEG tried).</p> <p>The ERROR, prompted by:<br /> /services/assets.asmx/AddAsset</p> <p>The ERROR message, viewed through session proxy application:<br /> &lt;RESULT&gt;<br /> &lt;ERROR&gt;<br /> <code>0</code><br /> &lt;/ERROR&gt;<br /> &lt;TOKEN&gt;-9223372036854775808&lt;/TOKEN&gt;<br /> &lt;RESPONSE&gt;<br /> &lt;AssetId&gt;7YgAgbgAggAAMgwM&lt;/AssetId&gt;<br /> &lt;mimeType&gt;application/pdf&lt;/mimeType&gt;<br /> &lt;/RESPONSE&gt;<br /> &lt;/RESULT&gt;</p> <p>My environment:<br /> * PF Premise 1.18<br /> * Tested in FF 8, IE7, IE8, Chrome 10</p> <p>Thanks for your input </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/monitoring-end-user-in-a-form-instance#post-2554 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:58:59 +0000 singetrack 2554@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Hello, is there a way of "embedding" Google Analytics code in a form instance? </p> <p>My problem - I have created a form instance, published this and added the embed calls into a static HTML webpage. The webpage resolves to display the form (great), and I can add the GA code to my static HTML page (also great), but... how can I monitor how far inside the form my end Users go, and how long they spend in each instance?</p> <p>My thanks in advance. </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/storage-limit-question-2#post-2551 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:11:22 +0000 BryanA 2551@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>we are almost full on our storage limit, Most of it is from a specific form we use regularly, it has a section to atatch vendor quotes in PDF form which adds up to a lot of space. Is there any way to purge the attatchments out of the instances to save space? Deleting the instances entirely is not an option. </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/first-letter-in-text-field-upper-case#post-2510 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:02:34 +0000 schaferdg@yahoo.com 2510@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>If I wanted to turn the first letter in a text field to an upper case and leave the rest lower case how could I do accomplish this? example:</p> <p>First Name: John</p> <p>To keep everything standard I am using the upper case for all text fields. (set field: formula, add function, upper case) this makes the whole text field upper case.</p> <p>Can I use this: set field, formula, add function, lower case, or left trim, = 1 and upper case or the replace function to accomplish this? Thanks for your time. </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/flash-detection-on-embedded-forms#post-2507 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:18:15 +0000 phillip 2507@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>When I use the embedded code provided in the 'Link' section, I noticed that there is no Flash detection and a notification or maybe a redirection/new window (ie, send them to adobe). I'm also not exactly savvy when it comes to JavaScript and HTML, and was wondering if there was a Flash detection script you would recommend? Other than swfobject, that is, needs to be shorter and simpler. </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/guid#post-2483 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:03:52 +0000 schaferdg@yahoo.com 2483@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Is there a way to create a GUID with PF.<br /> A globally unique identifier is a unique reference number used as an identifier in computer software. The term GUID also is used for Microsoft's implementation of the Universally unique identifier (UUID) standard. It is commonly known as a "GOOEY ID" in Call of Duty 4 game servers.</p> <p>The value of a GUID is represented as a 32-character hexadecimal string, such as {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}, and is usually stored as a 128-bit integer. The total number of unique keys is 2128 or 3.4×1038. This number is so large that the probability of the same number being generated randomly twice is negligible. </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/creating-notifications-for-use-on-mobile-phones#post-2498 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:31:01 +0000 Dennis @ PerfectForms 2498@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>For the mobile notifications to work from a mobile phone, the form must be published. They will not work in Draft mode.<br /> <a href="http://www.perfectforms.com/">Workflow software, </a><a href="http://www.perfectforms.com/">Process software, </a><a href="http://www.perfectforms.com/">Procedure software</a> </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/comparing-different-versions-of-same-form#post-2494 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:53:04 +0000 pandrews 2494@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Is there any way that I can compare the changes made to a form between versions other then opening one version, noting the behaviors, closing, opening the other version and then comparing to what I have written down?</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/do-not-enable-single-sign-on-gateway-if-you-are-not-the-account-administrator#post-2491 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:38:33 +0000 Dennis @ PerfectForms 2491@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>If your company is using Single Sign On (SSO) the Account Administrator needs to enable the SSO gateway in the Settings tab in the dashboard. If a different license holder in PerfectForms also checks the Enable box all of that user's forms will publish using SSO regardless of whether or not the SSO box is checked in the Link dialogue for the individual form.This will cause a problem if the user does not want to publish all forms using SSO.<br /> <a href="http://www.perfectforms.com/">Workflow software, </a><a href="http://www.perfectforms.com/">Process software, </a><a href="http://www.perfectforms.com/">Procedure software</a> </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/evaluate-workflow#post-2481 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:57:54 +0000 sturmeyp 2481@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Hi</p> <p>At the moment I think the only way to have workflow evaluated is by submitting the form. We have some very detailed forms which have to perform multiple submits in order for the workflow to run. This causes lots of screen flashing for the user as the form is closed and re-opened several times.</p> <p>Is there any way workflow could be evaluated by using a behaviour - I know not possible at the moment but is this something which is being looked at for future releases?</p> <p>thanks </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/over-ride-locked-form#post-2475 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:01:44 +0000 schaferdg@yahoo.com 2475@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Is there a way to override a user that has locked a form instance? </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/print-to-pdf#post-2465 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:00:38 +0000 wliang 2465@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>We like to delete old instances of the form from the on-demand server so we have more free disk space. We don't have a print button on the form, is there a way to save them all to pdf format on the local computer? there are 500+ instance out there. </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/clear-list-items#post-2461 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:42:32 +0000 sturmeyp 2461@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Hi</p> <p>Is there a way to clear all results from a populated List object.<br /> On a table object there is an option to 'Clear all Rows' - I'm looking for similar function as this?</p> <p>thanks<br /> Paul </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/count-list-items#post-2460 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:59:58 +0000 sturmeyp 2460@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Hi</p> <p>Is it possilbe to count the number of items returned when a List object is populated.</p> <p>For example I have a search function in my form which populates data into a list object - I would like to create a custom field saying "xx items returned"</p> <p>thanks </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/pf_call#post-2423 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:04:53 +0000 phillip 2423@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>I am trying to get data into an embedded form, but I'm having trouble. By using the excellent example found in this previous post, I think I've been able to set up the javascript correctly.</p> <p><a href="http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/request-for-code-sample#post-1495" rel="nofollow">http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/request-for-code-sample#post-1495</a></p> <p>My Code:</p> <pre><code>&lt;html&gt; &lt;body&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; var ID=&quot;12345678&quot;; var PID=123456; pf_call(&quot;XXXXXX=&quot;, [ID, PID]); &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; src=&quot;http://app.perfectforms.com/utils.js?&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt; &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt; pf_embed(&quot;http://app.perfectforms.com/player.aspx&quot;, &quot;XXXXXX=&quot;, &quot;f=XXXXXXXX&quot;, &quot;612&quot;, &quot;592&quot;, &quot;window&quot;); &lt;/script&gt; &lt;/body&gt; &lt;/html&gt;</code></pre> <p>(Note: I've replaced my form data with X's for security purposes).<br /> However, I can not get the information to populate my field in the form itself. I am setting the desired field by using "Get External Call Parameter" and an index of 1, but to no avail. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong here?</p> <p>Thanks in advanced! </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/change-values-post-submission#post-2452 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:01:06 +0000 mbeccaria@paulsmiths.edu 2452@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Is there a way to change values after a form as been closed? For example, we have a 2 button radio-button that has a value of "1" for one button and "2" for the other. We recently changed the values to "Approve" and "Reject" but forms that were submitted prior to the change don't reflect the new values. Is there a way to alter those values to conform to the new one?<br /> Thanks,<br /> Mike </p> http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/topic/where-a-field-is-set-or-a-behavior-is-called#post-2448 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:47:43 +0000 Winson 2448@http://www.perfectforms.com/forums/ <p>Dear all ,</p> <p>As mentioned, can I know where a field is set or a behavior is called?</p> <p>Thanks </p>