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How can you create complex HTML forms for your websites?

May 17th, 2006 13:37
Andrew Te, jsWalter, Joe Bloggs, InterAKT Online, www.interaktonline.com

InterAKT Online decided to help people who want to create powerful 
HTML 
controls for database binding. This is how the MX Widgets Suite 
appeared. It is a tool package for the Dreamweaver MX PHP developers 
who need to implement enhanced dynamic forms, offering a powerful 
alternative to the regular HTML controls. Unlike standard MX forms 
development, that requires manual coding to implement the application 
logic, this product relies on the power of PHP and JavaScript to 
enforce an accurate and user friendly forms completion. 
MX Widgets notable features:
* Editable Dropdown - allow the site visitor to locate a record in the 
menu by typing/autocomplete. New values can be entered in the menu and 
in the database without leaving the form interface
* Dependent Dropdown - creates multiple cascaded menus. Detail dynamic 
menus are automatically reloaded when the master menu is changed
* Calendar Widget - the site user will be able to select a certain 
date 
using a visual pop-up calendar - that includes intuitive navigation 
and 
help tooltips - and we'll also have the date formatted to the desired 
date locale
* Dynamic Search - accepts auto complete text inputs, improving the 
search process of a specific record in a list. Can be very useful for 
search fields in your websites
* Enhanced Input Widgets - including Masked Input Widget, Numeric 
Input 
Widget, and also Smart Date Widget. Will force your site users to 
enter 
database content already formatted as required
* n..1 Dependent Field - used to manage “n to 1” database relations
* The MX Widgets Suite supports both the PHP_MySQL and the PHAkt2 
server models
* The widgets work on multiple browsers: MSIE 5.0+, Mozilla 1.4+.
The use of MX Widgets will bring a developer the following benefits:
* Intranet/Extranet applications will now profit of our rich controls 
to rival native implementations
* your user registration or e-commerce checkout forms will be much 
easier implemented
* ability to generate complex dynamic forms without cumbersome 
JavaScript coding
We have striven to make the widgets compliant to all the 
manually/automatically generated forms: hand coded forms in 
Dreamweaver, forms generated with the default Insert/Update Record 
Form 
Commands, the ImpAKT2 tNG generated forms and the NeXTensio Forms and 
Lists.
The MX Widgets Suite is now ready to fit perfectly into your everyday 
development package, fulfilling your needs for professional dynamic 
controls.
See more on the MX Widgets Suite at 
http://www.interaktonline.com/Products/Dreamweaver-Extensions/
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