True Drag & Drop
Using a simple AJAX admin console it takes minutes to setup the most complex forms.
Multi Column Layouts
You can place multiple fields on same row and easily drag and resize fields to control layout.
Custom Layouts
If the drag & drop layout mechanism is not enough, you can manually build the layout using an HTML template.
Data Binding Layer
Data binding runs on the client side to dynamically show/hide form fields, compute values from existing form data.
Bind Values
Action Form dynamically computes the value, visibility and on change handler to fields.
Expressions Engine
New expressions engine allows more complex, C# style, syntax in the Condition field for fields and actions
My Tokens Integration
If My Tokens is installed, Action Form will call it to replace tokens in HTML texts, email recipients, subjects and bodies.
Action Grid Integration
Action Form integrates with Action Grid enabling the management of the submitted Action Form entries from different forms
Multiple Add-ons Available
Action Form is powerful, but the 16+ available extensions raise its power level to the sky!
Powerful XSL Template Engine
The forms are rendered using XSL templates. This means you have full control over the layout and styles.
Bootstrap Template
We've recompiled Twitter Bootstrap to make it compatible with DNN and give our forms a modern look and feel.
Extensible Framework
You can easily extend Action Form with new form fields, actions and validators just from config files.
Country and Region Controls
These are linked directly to DNN Lists in the database. If a region field comes exactly after a country field then they are linked together.
Events and Actions
Action Form is all about actions! Attach a list of actions to events such as submit. The actions are executed in that particular order
Multi Step Submits
Action Form can stop execution of actions to ask for user input before returning control back to the server and continue with the rest of the actions.
Predefined Fields
Action Form comes with some predefined fields that you can just choose; additionally, you can create your own predefined fields and place them in the Config folder under Desktop Modules
Conditional Action
Write a condition that will determine at submit time either the action will get executed or not. The condition is a My Tokens expression that returns true/false.
Customize Appearance
With Action Form, you can customize the look and feel of your form to help it blend in with your site design, from changing the form background, to choosing the text color and padding.
Link Two Dropdowns
With this option you can link any 2 multiple choice controls together, so when one changes, the options in the other change.
Server Request Action
This action replaces the POST Data and supports multiple HTTP methods and HTTP headers
Regex Parsing Action
This feature was implemented once with Action Form 3.2 and is very useful for extracting data from a Server Request
Redirect Actions
Action Form can be configured to redirect to a page or document form current portal or an arbitrary URL. After a redirection no other actions will get executed.
PayPal Integration
Action Form integrates with PayPal to collect one time payments or recurring payments before granting access to the resource.
Complex Controls
Action Form can easily support more complex controls, such as the Rich Text control or the date picker field. More can be created in the config files.
Load User Into Context
A form runs in the context of a user. It could be the current user performing the submit or it could be the result of other actions. This lets you manually set a user.
Execute SQL Queries
Action Form can be configured to execute SQL Queries with the form data and stores the output for use in other actions. Optionally it can load multiple columns at once.
Inject Data Into Context
This action lets you add data to form manually. This is very useful for example to add data that is specific to the button that was clicked.
Update User Profile
This action will automatically match form field with user profile settings and update them accordingly.
Revoke Roles Action
Action Form allows you to revoke the specified security role from a user.
Integrate Multiple Forms
Think for example about building a wizard by saving the form state then loading back in the next form
Send Emails
This action will send an email to the user or to an arbitrary list of recipients. Optionally attach a list of files, which can be existing files or files that were uploaded with the form.
Predefined Validators
Action Form already comes with a few common validators, such as email format validation, web address validation, number validation and check that an username is available among others
Custom Validators
Action Form has an extensible mechanism to create validations based on regular expression, SQL queries or .net assemblies. These are configured in the XML configuration files.
Skip Validation
If a validation fails but you want to proceed anyway, add this action to the 'validation failed' event.
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Button Group Control
This option is useful when you have multiple buttons and need to align them together.
Re-Post Data
This action will resubmit the form to another URL from the client side, so it's just as the user had submitted to that URL in the first place
Permissions Grid
Action Form's highly granular permissions system allows you to efficiently manage permissions for different roles. It's an easy to grasp overview of what a role can do on your portal
Setup Security Roles
On successful submission, Action Form can be configured to grant additional roles to the user useful to unlock specific functions or content. Optionally, each role can be configured with an expiration interval.
Make HTTP Request
This option allows integrating with other systems, such as CRM applications. Action Form will post data to given URL using customizable named parameters
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Group Validation
Action Form supports validating a group of controls at once. There is one group validator that requires that at least one field in a group is filled in and valid
Web Service Validation
This is a group validator that can be configured in the XML configuration (sample included). On submit, it will call a web serivce to validate the input
Captcha Protection
This option allows protecting the form from automated submissions. Action Form uses DNN Captcha control, so make sure this is configured properly
Form State Actions
This set of actions allows saving the form state in the user server session or it will auto save form state in browser cookies in order to load it back later
Autocomplete Option
Action Form allows you to provide an URL to get suggestions. You can use DNN API Endpoint to feed these autocomplete suggestions
.CSV Reports
The data submitted with Action Form can be downloaded and displayed in an .CSV file that can be edited and reuploaded back
Bulk DNN Tags
With this action, Action Form can be configured to bulk insert tags in the DNN Taxonomy
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