Forms for you

There are several applications available on the Net that simplify the tedious task of handling forms, especially when it comes to creating them for a Web site. This week's pick of software is all about forms.

Form-Processor 1.0

This script processes information submitted by an HTML form. The most basic function of the script is to e-mail you the results of the form.

Other options are also available, including the ability to write the form information to a database, create a database of e-mail addresses and send the user an automated e-mail reply.

Purchase Info: Freeware

Filesize: 0.01 M

Platforms: Unix

Download Location: www.command-o.com/

E-Mail with Auto-Reply 7.0

BrainCode's E-mail with Auto-reply is designed for those new to Perl, and is quite easy to install. Perl veterans will also find this a useful script set to quickly get basic e-mail with autoreply onto a site. The software comes with complete and thorough documentation.

Purchase Info: Freeware

Filesize: 0.01 M

Platforms: Win 3.x, Win 95/98, Win 2000, Win NT 3.51, Win NT 4.0

Download Location: www.braincode.com

form-to-mail 1.0

This is a CGI written for Unix which allows you to accept a HTML form's input and send it to an e-mail, as well as save it to a HTML, database-importable or any other kind of file.

Any number of fields can be placed in the form, and you can force users to fill out particular fields before allowing the e-mail to go through.

Purchase Info: Freeware

Filesize: 0.01 M

Platforms: Win NT 4.0, Unix

Download Location: www.newbreedsoftware.com

Form Return 3.0

This script can be used to run a visitor survey page on your Web site and have each user's survey entry mailed directly to you and a confirmation mailed to the visitor as well.

The file includes simple instructions, the CGI script, and a sample Web page. Set a few variables in the CGI script and upload the script to your bin directory at your Web site.

Then telnet login into your site server, do a `chmod 755' on the script file to make it executable, and you are ready to start receiving various surveys from visitors.

Of course, you also need to create a survey Web page that calls the script. This is a good place to start to tap into the power of CGI scripts on your Web site.

Purchase Info: Freeware

Filesize: 0.01 M

Platforms: Win 95/98, Unix

Download Location: www.dreamcatchersweb.com/scripts

Flexible Form 1.0

Flexform allows you to handle multiple forms modifying only the HTML. In addition, it provides form boxes for users to fill in empty required fields, and it allows for powerful modifications, using only HTML. It appends form data to as many different HTML files as you want, again, modifying only the HTML.

Purchase Info: Freeware

Filesize: 0.01 M

Platforms: Win 95/98, Win

Download Location: www.oknet1.net/leif/

EZ-Forms GRATIS 2000L

With this software, you can create, modify, fill, print, fax, e-mail and save any form. The FormFiller mode allows you to fill out forms electronically.

You can even post forms on your Web site and have visitors fill them in and save locally or e-mail them to you. Microsoft's

Internet Explorer 4 is required.

The product's features include WYSIWYG, multiple open forms, cut/paste, and comes with direct field setup and fillout and more.

EZ-Forms focuses on form design, production, and fill-in. The logical object-oriented drawing tools are specifically tailored for form design and manipulation, and its WYSIWYG interactive screen is clear, intuitive, and easy-to-use.

Font size, typeface, and printer options including fax transmission are limited only by what is available under Windows.

Purchase Info: Freeware

Filesize: 3.4 M

Platforms: Win 3.x, Win 95/98, Win NT 4.0

Download Location: www.ezx.com

Compiled by C. Ramesh