Recently though I used a product from Caspio ($35/year base) that worked well
http://www.caspio.com/
Like Zoho it allows you to create simple forms but allow you to do a lot more, including workflow, if you need it. Given that this is something simple that is likely to change over time it is probably worth investing in Zoho, Caspio or similar instead of having to re-develop if you do not have a programmer in-house.
_J
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From: Peter Vinogradov <peter@petervinogradov.com>
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 1:23:23 PM
Subject: Re: Showing my ignorance
I'd agree that the acrobat route may be a dead end, and a web form might be better.
For quick, ad-hoc web forms whose results you want to be able to download and tabulate, I recommend Zoho creator (creator.zoho.com). It lets you create embeddable web forms so you can just drop the forms into your own website with very little work. It's similar to google forms, but I find it's a bit more powerful. If you don't mind very subtle zoho branding, their free plan would probably suit this purpose.
Cheers,
Peter Vinogradov
On Jun 19, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Brian Lee wrote:
> How about a process in which they can order lunches through the web? Maybe
> you can find a Filemaker developer to create one.
>
> The form part is in Adobe Acrobat which can be found in Creative Suite. If
> you purchase one license of Adobe CS4 Design Premium, it will cost $400+. A
> school site license is ~$7,000+.
>
> Brian Lee
> Manlius Pebble Hill School
>
>
>
>> From: Bernadette Roche <Bernadette.Roche@oakhilldayschool.org>
>> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:04:16 -0500
>> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> Subject: Showing my ignorance
>>
>> Ok, I know I'm showing my stupidity, so I apologize. Please don't
>> berate me for it :)
>>
>> I've been asked to find a way for us to collect a form that is filled
>> out and returned electronically. It's our lunch menu sign up. We get
>> it in pdf form and have been emailing to parents. Now we'd like to go
>> to the next level and have parents fill it out and return it by email
>> where we compile the orders for both the vendor and billing purposes.
>> We keep this data in an Access DB.
>>
>> Now, I know Adobe will do the form creation, but I'm not very familiar
>> with Adobe so I don't really know how to collect and compile the data.
>> I can create the form no problem. I don't know that I like the cost of
>> Adobe, though.
>>
>> Does anyone use Adobe frequently enough to walk me through what to do?
>> Is there another option besides Adobe to do this task?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bernadette
>>
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