When all data collection for a form is complete, you are ready to finish the form. In Mi-Forms, finishing a form means exporting the collected data to one or more locations as defined at forms design time in datapaths.
This form contains three datapaths (two standard, one custom, script-driven)
- Standard CSV (comma separated value).
- Export to the Mi-Forms 5 Sample Data folder on the Desktop.
- Exports all collected field data.
- Standard PDF
- Export to the Mi-Forms 5 Sample Data folder on the Desktop.
- Vector PDF of the entire form suitable for printing or filing into a document management system.
- Custom to Access database.
- Using scripting to open a connection to the database, we can not only retrieve data as we have done throughout this form, we can also send data back to update existing records or create new records.
- While we used Access for this demo form, Mi-Forms can connect to any accessible database system using standard methods available in VB.NET. These options include ODBC, OLEDB, ADO.NET, SQL Client, and many more.
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