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Basic Settings

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1. Enabling the Form Function

Set the value of the parameter "Enabled" of the configuration file Form.json to true.

Form.json
{
    "Enabled": true
}

With this setting, the Form tab is added to the "Manage Table" screen.

2. Creating a Table to Publish

Create a table to publish, using the "Editor" and so on.

Example of creating a table to publish

Example of a table created to be published with the Form function

3. Enabling the Publication Function of the Table

  1. Open the table you want to publish.
  2. Click "Administration" on the navigation menu.
  3. Click "Manage Table".
    Navigation menu with Administration and Manage Table
  4. Click the Form tab.
  5. Set the date and time at which the publication starts in "Start Date and Time", in UTC (9 hours before JST).
  6. Set the date and time at which the publication ends in "End Date and Time", in UTC (9 hours before JST).
  7. Click "Publish the form to anonymous users" to enable it.
  8. The published address is displayed under "Publish the form to anonymous users".
  9. Click the "Update" button in the command button area.
  10. Open a web browser and access the published address. Note that if you turn "Publish the form to anonymous users" off once and then on again, the published address is renewed.

About "Start Date and Time" and "End Date and Time"

You can also leave these columns empty (unset). You can also set only one of them.

Start Date and Time End Date and Time Result
Empty (unset) Empty (unset) Published without a set period
A specific date and time Empty (unset) Published from that date and time onwards, without a set end
A specific date and time A date and time in the past Publication temporarily stopped

4. Creating Custom Messages

4.1. Unavailable message

You can create a message to show to users who access outside the publication period. You can use the "rich text editor" to edit the message.

The following is an example of creating an "unavailable message".

When published, it is displayed as follows.

Unavailable message as it appears on the published page

When the "unavailable message" is empty, the message defined in "App_Data\Displays\FormUnavailableMessageDefault.json" is displayed.

{
    "Id": "FormUnavailableMessageDefault",
    "Type": 110,
    "Languages": [
        {
            "Body": "Not available."
        },
        {
            "Language": "ja",
            "Body": "利用できません。"
        }
    ]
}

Because the "rich text editor" is used, tags can remain even when the field looks empty. In that case the unavailable message is not identified as empty, and a page that appears to show nothing is displayed. If nothing is shown when you click the "Show blocks" button of the "rich text editor", you have completely deleted the content of the input field.

Rich text editor with Show blocks on, used to check whether the field is really empty

4.2. Thanks message

You can create a message to show to users who created a record during the publication period. You can use the "rich text editor" to edit the message.

When published, it is displayed as follows.

Thanks message as it appears on the published page

When the "thanks message" is empty, the message defined in "App_Data\Displays\FormThanksMessageDefault.json" is displayed.

{
    "Id": "FormThanksMessageDefault",
    "Type": 110,
    "Languages": [
        {
            "Body": "Thank you for your input."
        },
        {
            "Language": "ja",
            "Body": "ご入力ありがとうございました。"
        }
    ]
}

Because the rich text editor is used, tags can remain even when the field looks empty. In that case the unavailable message is not identified as empty, and a page that appears to show nothing is displayed, so take care.

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