https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: can forms share/update data? en Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:12:02 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/can-forms-shareupdate-data#post-4896 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:47:16 +0000 yuniar 4896@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Isaac, thanks for the suggestion. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/can-forms-shareupdate-data#post-4887 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:28:28 +0000 isaacvetter 4887@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Orbeon does this, but it's at least a magnitude more complex than MachForm:</p> <p><a href="http://www.orbeon.com/ops/doc/processors-sql">http://www.orbeon.com/ops/doc/processors-sql</a></p> <p>yuniar, if you don't mind the advice, you should be targeting Orbeon's feature set and philosophy and Qualtrics' ease of use and popularity.</p> <p>Isaac </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/can-forms-shareupdate-data#post-831 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:21:02 +0000 yuniar 831@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Yes, it is stored in a simple MySQL table, so you can access it from any custom app.</p> <p>By default MachForm doesn't have feature to allow dropdowns being populated from a custom data source (nice idea though!) </p> <p>However, if you are familiar with PHP programming it should be easy for you to modify MachForm code and override the current behaviour.</p> <p>I can't give you full support for any customization but I'd be glad to give you some advise here and there. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/can-forms-shareupdate-data#post-825 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:08:54 +0000 rottiedog 825@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>If the form creates its own table, is it stored in a mySQL dB that could be accessed by another custom app? Also, is it possible to have the dropdowns populate from a data source (i.e. SQL driven be a key that filters event data, pricing, etc.)</p> <p>I'm thinking of a custom reporting tool, grid editor, etc. to filter/sort the data in different ways, but use MachForm to be the frontend form input. It is an awesome design tool, I just need it to integrate with other functionality. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/can-forms-shareupdate-data#post-819 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:54:23 +0000 yuniar 819@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>No, MachForm can't do that, sorry.</p> <p>Each form would have its own table. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/can-forms-shareupdate-data#post-818 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:46:13 +0000 rottiedog 818@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Can different forms share data? I need a webapp that uses forms to input user data, event data and user registering for one of the events. That would mean user detail, event detail, and then signup form that reads from the user and event datasets to populate the registration form. </p>