Forms

[FuseNews]

Quick question:

We have form setup for an end user agreement. The end user agreement text
is plain html text. Howver, we have a form where the user has to enter some
personal information and checkmark a box and enter their name in a box then
submit that information. We would like to include in the information we
get, the end user agreement text. How can we do that without making that a
text box where they can change the text. We need this so we can print out
this information and keep it on file.

Is there a way to do this?

 

[Tom Gahagan]

The easiest thing might be to include the agreement as part of the form...
just put it as text... at the end have a check box that they must check to
agree to the terms. You can use the validation feature in the form fields
property to make sure they have checked the I agree check box. then you
would have a record that they agreed to the terms. Make sure to also have a
date field on the form so you can have a date that they agreed to the terms.

I also recall seeing JavaScript code for this at

http://javascript.internet.com/

in the forms section.....

Best to you.......
Tom Gahagan

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

FYI: I wouldn't use a checkbox, instead make them type the word YES, this way it is not possible to
accidentally acknowledge the agreement.

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[Tom Gahagan]

Good idea!!!!

Thanks.....
Tom Gahagan

FYI: I wouldn't use a checkbox, instead make them type the word YES, this
way it is not possible to accidentally acknowledge the agreement.

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[Thomas A. Rowe]

BTW:

I use FP Form Field Validation and only allow the letter YESyes to be entered into the field, and on
the ASP page that write to the database, I also check for the YES value and redirect back to the
form if not correct, just in case the users have JavaScript disabled.

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[FuseNews]

Thanks for all the advice,

We currently have three validation checks. One is a checkbox, the other is
a YES field and the last, is the elecrtronic signature of the agreerer.

But, instead of doing a text box for the agreement text, we instead did a
hidden value to include the agreement text. The only draw back is you
cannot include formatted text. We can include the HTML for the formated
text, but when the email arrives, you see all the HTML markup language
embedded in the agreement text, along with the validation items.

We've made sure that the email formet is Formatted text with HTML, but the
email client will not format the text accordingly. How can we get the
formatted text to show up in our email client (Outlook) formated?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The FP Form Handler doesn't do HTML email, the function is there for using the guest book and
discussion web, since the handles all 3.

On 1 site I actually do the YES and the signature field, and I include the Agreement title,
agreement date and no of pages as part of the update to the database, since the agreement is 13
pages.

On another site, I actually generate the agreement completely personalized for the user to print,
sign and mail.

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