How to create forms that can be filled out

[InPro]

Try Exzact or Pronto Forms

I am also looking to build forms for our sales reps to fill out on their ipads. Exzact just released an iPad client that will allow you to build forms, send emails, and capture the data in a database. It is their first version with more updates coming. I also looked at Pronto Forms. They make forms for the iPhone and BB. You can use them on the iPad, but they are blurry.

 

[FrostyFire]

Well, there was that article about turning your iPad into a web server....so in theory you could run a local database on it.

 

[gpandiyan]

iPad forms

Google "Mi-Co" for customizable form-filling software for inspections and mobile needs.

At the moment available via Safari on iPad, but an iPad native version coming soon!

 

[Jchryss]

Update

Numbers forms doesnt really work well except for filling out a single spreadsheet. ExZact requires 50 dollars a month (or more account) Mi Co doesnt have anything for ipad or iphone (yet).

I think this is a huge idea for a developer to make a mint. Paper forms that can be scanned into a pdf format and then uploaded to the ipad with different types of fields as well as signature and then outputed via email or printing is what I am looking for. Database capabilities would be even better but not necessary. The "Simple Invoices" app by Breaux software for the ipad is exactly what I am looking for but with my forms.

Someone will make a lot of money with such an app.

 

[petermillard]

Thanks for the heads-up on Simple Invoices - this was exactly what I was looking for when I first got my iPad; in the meantime I've put together a simple Numbers template that does the job, but good to know about. Have you considered contacting the developer of Simple Invoices and seeing if they have any kind of 'form-filling' App in development? Sounds like a one-man band, so he may be amenable to the idea??

Pete

 

[Drak]

I found an App called Database for iPad, has csv export features which I have not tried yet but the rest of it is very easy to work with, currently setting up a Movie database for myself with it, do a seach on iTunes, it's also free

 

[Jchryss]

re Simple Invoices

I have contacted him and he is not able to create custom forms and does not comment on such an app. I would not blame him for not volunteering that information if he was planning on creating that app. I would like an app exactly like Simple Invoices but with my forms and I think any developer that creates such an app could make a ton of money. I would think that someone will make such an app eventually.

 

[Jchryss]

pdf fill out on ipad vote

He everyone go to this link and vote to get quickoffice for ipad to support filling out pdf forms an the ipad: Support for Form Fields in Documents - Quickoffice for iPad - by IdeaScale

You get 5 votes so use them all on this feature


PLZ

 

[iMo]

He everyone go to this link and vote to get quickoffice for ipad to support filling out pdf forms an the ipad: Support for Form Fields in Documents - Quickoffice for iPad - by IdeaScale

You get 5 votes so use them all on this feature


PLZ

I voted for this when you posted it, its moving up on the list, more people need to sign up and vote for it tho.

 

[iMo]

updated the first post with the info to vote for that idea, hopefully it gets pushed through because its a huge feature I would love to have.

 

[RobotRock]

Just use an online form, it will display fine on the iPad. I reccomend Jotform.

 

[NND]

Cellica has launched Form Feature for their "Database Viewer Plus for iPad" application.
This is stright forward application. Just select your tables (create profiles) and design forms in Desktop side database and sync from iPad. You are ready to use the forms on iPad.
User can design form on desktop with Label, Text Field, Buttons, Checkbox, Combo box, Tab control.
It supports MS Access, MS Excel, FilePro ,Oracle, SQL Server, FoxPro, dBase, CSV and any ODBC Compliant Database
Form data will be submitted directly to user's database on his desktop wirelessly.

 

[Paperboy40]

fillable forms

I'm new here but joined mainly to get an answer to the same problem. I am a real estate agent and would like to have contracts that could be filled out and signed on the ipad. Any good responses yet? Have read many but not good options.

 

[Nobel6]

Have you consider Noterize? I just saw a clip of it ans was wondering if it is any good.

 

[momvetty]

What do you do with the form once it is filled out? Print out a hard copy, or enter the info into some other system?

Thanks