Creating a new form

In the following chapters, we will create a new form, publish it and read the entered data.

 

Go to CMS Desk -> Tools -> BizForms and click New BizForm. Enter the following details:

 

•Form display name: Event registration
•Form code name: EventRegistration
•Table name: Form_EventRegistration

 

Click OK. On the General tab, in the After the form is submitted section, choose the Display text option and enter the following value:

 

•Display text: Thank you for your registration. We will confirm it shortly by e-mail.

 

Enter the caption of the submit button:

 

•Submit button text: Register

 

Click OK.

 

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Now we will define the form fields. Go to the Fields tab. Add the following fields using the Simplified mode:

 

•Column name: FirstName
•Show on public form: yes
•Field caption: First name
•Field type: TextBox
•Maximum length: 100
•Allow empty value: no

 

•Column name: LastName
•Show on public form: yes
•Field caption: Last name
•Field type: TextBox
•Maximum length: 100
•Allow empty value: no

 

•Column name: Phone
•Show on public form: yes
•Field caption: Phone
•Field type: U.S. phone number
•Maximum length: 14
•Allow empty value: yes

 

•Column name: Email
•Show on public form: yes
•Field caption: E-mail
•Field type: E-mail
•Maximum length: 100
•Allow empty value: no

 

•Column name: Presentations
•Show on public form: yes
•Field caption: Presentations you want to visit
•Field type: Multiple choice
•Options:
ASP.NET;ASP.NET
ATLAS;ATLAS
WPF;Windows Presentation Foundation
•Allow empty value: yes

 

•Column name: RegistrationProcessed
•Show on public form: no
•Field caption: Registration processed
•Field type: Check box
•Allow empty value: yes

 

The last item will be used only by site owners to mark the processed registration forms.

 

Please note: if you switch to the Advanced mode, you can set up additional options, such as validation rules or design.

 

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Form text localization

 

If you need to display the form on a multi-lingual web site, you can localize the field captions and other text strings using an expression like this:

 
{$myform.fullname$}
 
or
 
{$=Hello|de-de=Hallo|it-it=Ciao$}

 

You can find more details in chapter Localization Expressions.