This tutorial will guide you through adding an image-only form to the system. In this video you will see the following being demonstrated: Creating a form from a PDF document Saving and Printing a form Viewing a submitted form Note: This video is best viewed in full screen to see the actions being performed. […]
Web Service Integration
OpenForms provides a series of SOAP-based Web Services to perform the most common tasks available through the environment. This includes automatically triggering print jobs with pre-filled data and querying the forms database for captured data. The intended audience for the web services is software developers wishing to integrate their systems and products with OpenForms. Using […]
Event-based Integration
Event-based integration refers to the process of captured form data being “pushed” from OpenForms to another system. This results in near realtime data movement with a minimal delay between the event occurring on OpenForms and the data being transmitted to the target system. Event-based integration is configured in the form designer on the Events tab. […]
Adding Pre-Filled Fields to a Form
This tutorial will guide you through adding pre-filled fields to a form. In this video you will see the following features being demonstrated: Adding pre-filled fields to a form in the Advanced Designer Adding data to the pre-fill fields before begining a print job Viewing submitted forms with pre-filled fields and pen stroke data present […]
Integration
OpenForms can be integrated with other systems easily. There are a variety of standard export formats and there is also the potential to plugin custom formats too. Standard formats include PDF, Schema-less XML, CSV, XLS and many more. Standard integration using the tools available out of the box can take one of two forms: Data […]
Sending a Form to an Email Address
This tutorial will show you how to send a form to an email recipient when it has been exported. Exporting occurs when a pen form has been received into the OpenForms application and a website user clicks the “Save & Export” button whilst viewing the form. It will show the correct approach for including multiple […]
Creating a Form
This tutorial will guide you through marking up a form for data capture. The tutorial makes use of the Magicomm Demo Form which you can download here. In this video you will see the following features being demonstrated: How to create a form from a PDF file How to use the Advanced Designer How to […]
Continuation Sheet Event
Continuation sheets are forms or note pages that allow you to provide additional writing space for your users. Typically they are used in cases where the amount of writing space required is unknown and can vary from a few lines to several pages. A continuation sheet must be linked to a form by an identifying […]
General Purpose Export Event
The General Purpose Export Event provides a means for simple integration with external systems. It provides the ability to export data in a variety of standard formats using standard communication channels such as Email or FTP. Events You can choose from three events: On Form Receipt, exports the form immediately as soon as it is […]
System Customisation
OpenForms has may feature that allow the user to customise the way that OpenForms appears on your screen so that it is consistent with your organisation branding and look & feel. Customisation Change Colour Theme Add Your Logo Change Homepage Image To hide or open the Sidebar (left hand Menu)