Tip #1082: Forming an opinion on which form

If we use ClickDimensions and Dynamics Portals, we have a wealth of options when it comes to creating a form for an external party to fill out. We have:

• Dynamics Portals Web Forms (and Entity Forms but these are in my ways a simplified version of Web Forms)
• ClickDimensions Surveys
• ClickDimensions Web Forms

The question we may need to ask ourselves is which one to use for a given situation. At this stage I could use an illustrated guide to pave the way. After all, TOTD does occasionally feature flow diagrams. However, I am feeling nostalgic so my tip today will be in the form of a Commodore 64 BASIC program.

1 REM *****DYNAMICS FORMS DECISION TREE*****

10 AUTH = AD_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED

11 CONTACTS_ONLY = ONLY_CAPTURING_INFO_ON_CONTACTS

12 SURVEYS = CAPTURING_SURVEYS_ON_EXISTING_CONTACTS

13 HTML_FORM = IT_IS_AN_EXISTING_HTML_FORM

14 SKIP_QUESTIONS = THE_FORM_SKIP_QUESTIONS_SOMETIMES

15 REM *****I DONT DO COLONS*****


20 IF AUTH = YES THEN GOTO 100 ELSE GOTO 30

30 IF CONTACTS_ONLY = YES THEN GOTO 40 ELSE GOTO 50

40 IF COMPLEX_FORM = YES THEN GOTO 60 ELSE GOTO 200

50 IF SURVEYS = YES THEN GOTO 70 ELSE GOTO 100

60 IF HTML_FORM = YES THEN GOTO 200 ELSE GOTO 100

70 IF SKIP_QUESTIONS = YES THEN GOTO 300 ELSE GOTO 100


100 LOAD "DYNAMICS PORTAL FORMS", 8

200 LOAD "CLICKDIMENSIONS WEB FORMS", 8

300 LOAD "CLICKDIMENSIONS SURVEYS", 8