1 Reply Latest reply: Apr 7, 2013 6:58 AM by try67 RSS

    Need help designing multi-level choice form.

    BSisson Community Member

      I am trying to design an electronic replacement for a Paper form set.

       

      The Problem is the Forms are extremely rich in choices, and I haven't figured out how to replicated the ease of use yet.

       

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      The Above is one section of one page, I have 16 full pages of choices like this.

       

      As you can see a single Item...What type pipe material can have multiple choices, or combinations.  I really don't want to use a pull down as it would be really messy with 16+ choices and the user couldn't "see" all of the choices easily.   Individual Radio Buttons is an option, but a messy one.

       

      Note that the next line (Deterioration) would have 32 combination/choices... as you can see pull downs would quickly get out of control

       

       

      Please note that the Completed Form -IS- the final product, it is not uploaded to anything.  It is to be printed as the final product.

       

      Items with a note (2) will trigger a entry on the "Summary" page for additional info.

       

      I need to eventually replace this form set with an electronic one, but am having problems building the forms up.

       

      Any ideas or suggestions are welcome....

        • 1. Re: Need help designing multi-level choice form.
          try67 CommunityMVP

          From the screenshot it seems that multiple selections are possible in this

          form, so drop-downs and radio-buttons are out of the question anyway since

          they only offer a single selection. What you're left with are:

          - Check-boxes

          - A list box

          - A button that pops open a menu displaying the items, combined with a text

          field that shows the selected items.

           

          The latter option requires a bit of scripting. The first two are more

          simple to implement.