atw: Re: Online form advice
- From: Iinet <mkofler@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 10:30:17 +1000
Hi Bloss
Not sure if you mean different types of devices PCs, tablets smart phones or
just be able to distribute on many devices of same type.
However you could consider using the following:
There seem to be many tools for creating web forms. A quick search will find
many.
An Outlook form (lots of info on web for that)
VBA (Visual basic for applications) available with all versions of MS Office.
You can create a custom form with the logic you need to do all the things you
need.
However you won't be able to deploy on different types of devices as it will be
tied to MS Office apps.
A Visual basic application which you can distribute to your users.
Advanced customization of MS Office apps - creating custom task panes - using
Visual Studio Tools
Hope that helps a bit.
Regards Mark Kofler
On 14/05/2013, at 9:57 AM, bloss oliver-skuse <ivegotyourpuppy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi austechies,
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> I am hoping for a bit of advice about creating forms using fairly basic tools.
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> I need to create an application form as part of a pilot program. After the
> pilot program the organisation will invest in setting up a proper online
> process (using a similar setup to their recruitment portal). However, I need
> a bit of a cheap and cheerful (or is it quick and dirty?) solution at the
> moment because timing has been changed dramatically and suddenly this needs
> to be rushed.
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> The form will be submitted electronically and would ideally:
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> Allow me to use custom logics to build in different response streams. (I
> would like to be able to ask a different set of questions depending on
> applicants’ response to a couple of key questions. The trick here is that the
> membership type will be different depending on some of the responses but this
> is only an administrative distinction on our end and they do not get to
> choose which membership type they apply for, so we would not want to make the
> application pathway too obvious for each membership type)
> Allow multiple users to work on the same application form (i.e. admin staff
> may need to complete the bulk of the form on behalf of the applicants, and
> then individual applicants would need to complete the rest of their forms
> themselves)
> Be easy to save (both allowing the applicant to save progress while
> completing the form and allowing our admin to save each individual response
> on file)
> Be suitable for completion on a range of devices
> Be largely idiot-proof (on our end and applicants’ – so forms need to be easy
> to retrieve and data easy enough to copy into our database, and they need to
> be easy enough for people with relatively low computer literacy to complete
> and submit)
> Be secure.
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> I am seeing what I can do with Adobe FormsCentral, Survey Monkey, Acrobat Pro
> and MS Word. Does anyone on the list have any suggestions, tips or comments?
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> Cheers,
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> Bloss
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