Simfatic Forms: FAQ

1. General Functionality

• Q1.1 What is Simfatic Forms? How do I use Simfatic Forms?
• Q1.2 What are the system requirements for Simfatic Forms?
• Q1.3 I am new to creating web sites. I am not familiar with HTML or scripting. Will Simfatic Forms be helpful for me?
• Q1.4 I am an experienced web designer. I have done several web forms in the past. Will I need Simfatic Forms?
• Q1.5 How can I get updated about the new releases and of Simfatic Forms? Do you send out notifications?

2. Basics of HTML forms

• Q2.1 How does a web form work?
• Q2.2 Why do I need to 'install' some scripts of the server for the form to work?

3. Technical Questions

• Q3.1 Does Simfatic Forms need any plug-in for the form to work?
• Q3.2 Does Simfatic Forms need Flash to be enabled?
• Q3.3 Do I need a web server for the form to work?
• Q3.4 Does Simfatic Solutions' server process my form submissions?
• Q3.5 Does Simfatic forms support ASP/JSP/CFM?
• Q3.6 Is there are a Mac version of Simfatic Forms?
• Q3.7 Can I use my own form processor script with the form?

4. Ordering Simfatic Forms

• Q4.1 How can I order a license for Simfatic Forms?
• Q4.2 What if I don't receive the email after submitting the order?
• Q4.3 I don't buy using credit card. How can I order Simfatic Forms?
• Q4.4 What do I do if my computer crashed and I need a new copy of the software?
• Q4.5 If I buy a license, can I use Simfatic Forms to create forms for different sites or do I need a license for each form on each site?

Simfatic Forms helps you create Web forms and get it online quickly. You can easily design web forms, select the form processing options and install the form on your web site using Simfatic Forms.

Simfatic Forms is a desktop application that runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. The form processing code generated by Simfatic forms is in PHP. Your web server needs to support PHP (PHP 4.3.0 or above, including PHP 5 and above).
Please note that your website could be running under any platform ( Windows or Linux ). The only requirement is that it should support PHP.
PHP( http://www.php.net ) is a free, open source server-side scripting language.

Yes. Simfatic Forms is the ideal tool for you.

You can visually design and generate the form using Simfatic Forms. No coding is required. Simfatic Forms will guide you through the process step-by-step.

Yes. Simfatic Forms will be a great time saver for you.

You will save a great deal of time that you used to spend hand-coding forms. Simfatic forms can generate the code for all the common features required in a web form.

Many of the ardent fans of Simfatic Forms are professional web designers.

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When a visitor opens a page that contains a form, it is displayed in the browser. The form has an 'action' attribute that specifies the address of a server side script where the form submission should be sent to.

When your visitor submits the form, the form submission data is sent to the server side action script. The script processes the form submission(validates, sends email, saves to database) and redirects the visitor to a success page.

When someone visits your page that contains the web form, it is displayed in your visitor's browser. The form processing tasks like sending emails or saving data to a database can not be done from the browser. The form submission should be received by a script on the web server for processing.

No; The form code generated by Simfatic Forms is in standard HTML only. Simfatic Forms uses only those technologies ( HTML,CSS,JavaScript) that are native to all web browsers.

No; Simfatic Forms does not require Flash. See the answer above.

Yes; Simfatic Solutions does not offer any hosting service yet. The form is completely (including the form, scripts, data) hosted on your web server.

No; No third party receives your form submissions. Your form is processed completely on your web server. See above.

No; The current version of Simfatic Forms generates code in PHP only.

No; Simfatic Forms runs on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7.
See also Q1.2

Yes. You can use your own server side script with the form. In the 'Form:General' page, 'Form processing' tab , choose 'Other' option and enter the URL of the form processor script.

Please go to the Order Simfatic Forms page. Clicking on the "Order Now" button will bring up the secure order form. Fill-up your information and submit. Within a few minutes, you will receive the email containing your registration code.

Please make sure that you submit your primary email address while ordering.

Secondly, provide your primary contact number in the order page. If the email bounces, we will try contacting you by phone.

Just after submitting the order page, you will see the page containing the unique tracking number assigned to your order. Note down this tracking number. If, for some reason you don't receive the email containing the registration code, contact support quoting the tracking number.

In addition to Credit card and Paypal, the following options also are available:

• Wire Transfer
• Phone
• Fax
• Mail
• Check
• Money Order
• Purchase Order

To purchase using any of these options, go to the order page and fill in the details. For the 'Method of payment' drop down, choose the option that is suitable for you. Press Next. Depending on the payment option chosen, you will see instructions to complete the order.

You can keep a separate copy of the software along with the license key for backup. If you don't have a backup available, contact support quoting your order number. The license key will be emailed to you again.

With one license, you can make as many web forms as you want. There is no limit on the number of domains, websites or forms.

License is per developer machine. That means, you can install Simfatic Forms on one machine for one license key. The number of forms that you can create using that Simfatic Forms installation is unlimited.