Features Unique to OmniForm Internet Publisher
What is OmniForm Internet Publisher? - 5
Features Unique to OmniForm Internet Publisher
This section gives an overview of the new features that have been added
to the regular version of OmniForm to make it an internet publishing
program in addition to its form recognition and design features. Chapter
2, Using OmniForm Internet Publisher, explains how to use these
features to customize, save, and publish a form to your Web server.
Support for OFML, HTML, and PDF file formats
You can save forms in:
• Caere’s non-proprietary Open Form Markup Language (OFML)
• Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)
• Portable Document Format (PDF)
Properties dialog box
Use the Properties dialog box to enter summary information for a form
and form data submission information.
Password
field type in the Object Definition dialog box
Set an object’s field type as
Password
in the Object Definition dialog box
so that users can enter confidential data privately. Information will
appear as asterisks on the user’s screen but will be readable by the
recipient of the form data.
Validation for option groups as well as an option for stricter
validation requirements
You can now set validation for Check Box or Circle Text option groups,
requiring that information must be entered. The
Allow user to override
validation
option can be turned off so that users must enter the required
information. You can require data to match an entry in a list of choices.
Support for hidden fields and objects
OmniForm Internet Publisher provides four field/object visibility
options. CGI script writers can decide how to handle form data while
keeping this information hidden from users who fill out the form.
Tip of the Day dialog box and Help menu item
This dialog box provides handy tips and hints about using the program.
It appears when you launch OmniForm Internet Publisher. You can
view a randomly selected tip at any time by choosing
Tip of the Day...
in
the Help menu.
