https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Using Machform backend en Mon, 04 May 2026 03:08:29 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/using-machform-backend#post-17932 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:15:26 +0000 yuniar 17932@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Generally, MachForm is not intended to be used with an already-made form created outside of MachForm.</p> <p>However, Lazarik, if you know how to insert directly into the "ap_form_X" tables (and make sure to validate the correct data before inserting into the table), then you should be able to use the Entry Manager to manage your data.</p> <p>This would require lot of extra work though. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/using-machform-backend#post-17924 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:26:38 +0000 AMurray 17924@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>If you mean a form made outside of Machform and simply wanting the back-end processing, then no I don't believe it works like that (and is not intended to be used in that way you're asking); it is a fully integrated application where you create the forms from within Machform and embed them in your web pages (using a snippet of code in the page you want the form to appear in e.g. an iframe, or JavaScript or even a PHP snippet. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/using-machform-backend#post-17923 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 05:53:12 +0000 Lazarix 17923@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi guys,<br /> upon investigation, it seems that it is possible to put a manual entry into the mysql database under table ap_form_&lt;formnumber&gt; and then have that displayed under "entries" so that you can export the data.</p> <p>Is it possible to configure an already made form to insert data into this table in order to use the backend functions of machform? (such as export etc) </p>