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Example Form Folder

This form folder contains examples of different item types. It is designed to help you see the kinds of fields you will be able to choose from when creating your own forms. The top three items (an email field that automatically populates if the user is logged in; a subject field; and a comments field) all appear in a form folder by default when you create it, though you can choose to delete them later if you wish. The other fields are all options that you can add after creating the form. Note that almost any item can be set to be a required field or not. Required fields are indicated by a red square.

This is an example of the form prologue. In this section you have the option to work with rich text in the FCK text editor. For instance, you can make words bold, italic or underlined. You can also add pictures, links, headings, lists and more.

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This field comes by default when you create a form folder. It is an example of a string field (see below), that has a validator attached to it to check whether the text is an email address.
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This field also comes with a form by default. It is also an example of a string field, but one that does not do any form of validation on the text.
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This field is the third field that comes with a form folder by default. It is an example of a text field.
This is a boolean field that will give you a checkbox. You can decide whether it is checked or not by default, and what that checked box will report when it is emailed to the form's creator. For instance, a checked box will show up as 1 by default, while an unchecked box will show up as 0 in the email you receive. You can change this, however, so it will say "true" and "false", "Please sign me up for the mailing list" and "no thanks", etc.
This is a date/time field. You can set the default starting and ending years, and the number of fields to display, as well as a value the field should contain when first displayed that can be changed by the user.
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Fieldset Folder
This is a folder that can hold other form types within it. It is a folder, so you can just drag and drop other form elements inside of it, and they will appear in a box like this one.
This file field allows you to have people upload files easily. The file will be sent as an attachment to the email you get with the form. You can set the maximum upload size if you want, or leave it at the default "0" for no limit.
This is a fixed-point field, which are used to hold decimal numbers. It can have a default value (set here to 7.75), as well as minimum and maximum acceptable values (set to 0.0 and 10000.0) by default, a maximum length, and the size of the text-entry box.
Like the Fixed Point Field, this field takes numbers in integer form. It has an optional default value (set here to 42), maximum and minimum acceptable values, maximum length and an option to set the text-entry box size.
You can use a field label to add descriptions to your form without having a full text section
A lines field is like a textarea, but without wordwrap. You can specify the number of rows allowed, with five rows being the default. You could also make this field hidden so that it does not appear for the user, but it still gets sent in the final email.
This is a multiselect field that uses a selection so users can select one or more options. Some users will know that they can choose more than one option by hitting the Control button as they click each selection, but other users will not understand this unless you specify it in a help field such as this one. You can choose to have a certain value selected by default, as "yes" is below.
This is a multiselect field that uses a selection so users can select from multiple options. You can choose to have certain values checked by default, as Choice 3 and Choice 4 are below.
This is a password field that will have the letters entered appear like *****. NOTE: THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN ENCRYPTED! Encrypted forms are possible, but they do not happen by default, so be careful when using this field.

This is a rich label field. Like the prologue and epilogue you can use the FCK editor to edit this section, with bolded, underlined and italicized text, or even images and links. This can be useful for creating a page-like feel to your form in different sections.

Allows for either a series of radio buttons or a selection list. There is also an option to set a default option as selected, or have the form create either radio buttons or a selection list for you based on the number of options. In this case Option 3 is set to be selected by default. Unlike the multiselect field, only one option can be chosen at a time with this selection field.
This is also a selection field, but one that uses radio buttons. I have chosen Bananas to be selected by default, but you can also choose to have none of the options to be pre-selected.




A string field allows for the entry of a "string", or a selection of text. You can choose the size of the text box to appear and the maximum number of characters allowed, as well as default text. The most useful feature though is the optional validator setting, which allows you to make sure the text is a well-formed email address, phone number, zip code, URL, etc. If this field is not filled in correctly it will prompt the user to fix the information.
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This is a text field that can either be hidden (not shown to the user, but appearing in the email to the form's creator) or not. It can also contain default text, or have a limit on the number of rows or maximum length.

This is an example of the form epilogue. Like the prologue, you have the option to work with rich text in the FCK text editor. For instance, you can make words bold, italic or underlined. You can also add pictures, links, headings, lists and more.
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