I need to make a form within an email or that can be attached to an email, with fields that can be filled out electronically on the computer and then returned via email within the email or as an attachment. Thanks.
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September 4th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Guess it’ll have to be in pdf format, but they’d have to print & scan. That’s the only thing I can think of. Goodluck!
September 5th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
The simple and reliable way to do this would be to set up a web page that included a form, along with a server side form handler to process the data, and then to include a link to that page in the email.
You could attach the HTML document to the email (although the form handler would still need to be remote), but the experience would probably be better for the user if they just followed a link to the page.
Embedding the form inside the email itself is a bad idea. Email clients can be wary of anything interactive within the body of email messages, so it likely wouldn’t work for at least some users.
A form embedded in a PDF is another option (although one that still requires a server side solution to receive the data). I’d tend to avoid this though, as HTML forms are simpler, and people are better used to dealing with them then those within PDF files. (Also, more people have web browsers than PDF readers)
September 7th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
I think this is quite possible in a PDF document. I have never made one but have received and filled many.
September 7th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Yeah you can do this with Pearl or PHP which are server side languages, start reading man, this won’t be as easy as you think! But it’s fun!
September 10th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
What you want is brainless if you’ll spend a couple dollars. Follow the link I supplied and it will take you to a program that as simple as drag and drop. They have a trial and a movie you can watch to see how easy it is.
I get a ton of money every year to create these pages. If they knew how simple it was… ROFL