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Hello,

I have to prepare a complex form with about 200 "checkbox Groups".

Can I use Chronoform for the execution of such a form? Limits? Recommendations?

Thank you

Best Regards

Hi g128,

Yes you can use ChronoForms - with a form that size you may need to adjust your server limits to get it to save in the site admin.

Depending on how 'regular' the structure of the groups is I'd probably avoid setting up all the options by hand and use either the Dynamic settings for Checkbox groups (you can get data from a table or an included file); or use Custom Code elements to generate the HTML using PHP.

Bob

Hi g128,

There are no limits, but your server may have limits on the number of config variables saved (used by Chronoforms), however, in order to find out if this will be a problem, you have to try it yourself, just try to save your form after each new 10 or 20 elements added, instead of saving 1 time only after all elements.

Regards,
Max

@Bob
Thank you for your quick response. I will study the possibility of Dynamic settings and also the possibilities of making the simplest reading (tab, tab + slider slider combination, Form form parent + children ...) for this volume.

@admin
Thank you for your reply, I understand the problem of variables recorded simultaneously. For the moment I will not need a registration database but only a mail sending.

Hello,

I continue my evaluation of ChronoForms for a big form and especially solutions for structuring large forms and make them usable by the user.

I tested different ways :

- Combination tabs + sliders >> works well
- Combination + tabs tabs >> works but is not very easy to use
- Multipage >> interesting but not useful in my case (200 "checkbox Groups" - a group list of .pdf links selected by user).
- Combination + slider slider >> The most interesting solution (ergonomic) but does not work properly in my tests, explanation:

A Sliders_area
+ slider A1
++ Checkbox group
+ slider A2
++ Checkbox group
+ slider A2
++ Sliders_area B
+++ Slider B1
++++ Checkbox group
+++ Slider B2
++++ Checkbox group

Sliders B1 and B2 appear well when I click on the slider A2, but if I click on B1 or B2 then the slider "parent" A2 closes 😟 Impossible to view the contents of B1 and B2 tabs 😟

Is it possible to create combinations of sliders (sliders in sliders)?
I think it is the most elegant and most functional solution to structure a long form.

Thank you
Best Regards.

I continue on this post so as not to saturate the unnecessary posts forum, whether to create a new one tell me

Hi gb128,

I've never tried nesting Sliders. My quess is that it gets too complex to work smoothly. It might be more practical if you build the sliders by hand rather than using the built-in code -simply because that way you get much better control and can keep the code simpler.

Can you give a description of what you need to achieve? It might be simpler to use JavaScript to show/hide blocks of checkboxes if that works with the spec.

Yes please stay in this thread for the moment.

Bob

Bob always thank you for your very quick answer;)

I have to make a long form containing 200 "checkbox Groups".

A tool for some users for sending by email a list of urls (.pdf).

The user selects the document links (url) by checkboxes that wants to send by mail (such as a shopping list).
In this form the "checkbox Groups" can be divided into "categories" (tabs or sliders or other) to make the whole more structured and therefore more readable and ergonomic.

Thank you.

Hi g128,

Thanks, I suggest that you use one level of Sliders and possibly some fieldset groups if you need to sub-divide in a slider. A user can scan 10-20 (possibly more) files without any great problem. The more you add structure tha hides choices the harder it is to scan and choose.

See here for a similar ChronoForm that offers about 60 options. This one is driven from a database table where the document info is stored.

Bob

Hi Bob,

Thank you for the link that is exactly what kind of form that I want to do with some groups (tabs + slides) for better reading.

If I find a solution for the bug slider in a slider I will share here.

thank you