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Why offer online forms and interactive services?
Online forms increase the quality of information you receive and reduce the number of forms that you have to reject or query. They do this by guiding your applicants to fill them in correctly, checking that answers are given, performing arithmetic, and displaying instant help and guidance.
You will save effort entering data from forms into your systems and eliminate transcription errors too, because submitted forms can be electronically transferred directly into your other computer systems.
Integrity of your back office systems is preserved because online forms automatically check the answers and if required staff can check received application forms and optionally modify them before data is transferred.
When you publish forms on the website your staff are saved all the effort and cost of printing, preparing and posting paper correspondence and your applicants get a 24/7 instant, modern service.
Why OfficeForms?
OfficeForms is a complete platform for the rapid development and delivery of online forms-based systems. Specifically designed for the purpose, it saves at least 75% in development and maintenance effort.
Online application forms are about much more than just collecting data. They must be secure, they often require collaborative input, and they must be easy to save and re-open during the completion process. These and other capabilities make OfficeForms ideal for public-facing application forms, for staff facing forms and for the internal processing of those forms.
To save development time, all forms automatically inherit many advanced capabilities. These include, very1 high levels of security, the ability to output first rate printed documents, and guaranteed support for all popular web browsers, which also dramatically reduces testing effort.
Non-programmers can easily create powerful forms using the form designer, but the advanced developer facilities ensure that programmers are not "locked in". And for applicants, an easy to use wizard-driven interface combined with Toplevel's innovative2 implementation of the latest AJAX technology delivers optimal responsiveness through the browser.
Integration
- Store forms as documents
- Add/update/lookup forms to/from databases
- Single sign on: e.g. with Active Directory
- SharePoint aware, seamless integration
- InfoPath compatible
- PDF & XML support
- Web services
- Email forms and form information
Collaboration, when several staff or applicants need to work together
- Send forms to colleagues via an email link
- Selectively lock or hide parts of a form so that staff can collaborate securely
Saves 75% developer effort
- Automatically works with ANY browser, saving testing effort
- Easily apply corporate style using style sheets and HTML wrappers
- Designed for AA or AAA accessibility
- Extensive print layout control
- Produce quality print easily
- Attachments: securely accept supporting information with forms
- Multi-Language: easily present application forms in multiple languages
- Co-Browsing: enable remote advice for complex application forms
- Offline Forms: smart client for use on laptop / disconnected PCs
- Reusable sub-form libraries for ease of maintenance
Security
- Electronic Signatures & Approvals
- User account registration & password
- Protects linked databases even with internet forms
Developer Extensibility
- Programmers can build extension code modules in any COM or .NET language
- Powerful built-in VBA compatible scripting
Developer Skills: for NON programmers
- Allows non-programmers to create and maintain online applications
- Text boxes, pick lists, memo fields
- Radio buttons, checkboxes, action buttons
- Validation checks selected from pick lists
- Easy on-screen calculator
- Easily place "tables" on forms that grow automatically on screen and print
- Route submitted forms to database/ email
- Link in help text and guidance notes
- Create dynamic forms with multiple question paths
- Set up style sheets to govern print layouts
- Drag and drop UI, familiar Microsoft style
- Database link & integration wizards
Usability for Applicants
- Consistent wizard driven user interface
- Can pre-fill from existing information
- Auto save, prevents loss of work
- Spelling checker
- Visible word/character count
- Guidance notes available as on screen help
- Patent Pending AJAX technology gives a slick, rich internet feel to the browser
[1] Application security report available; prepared by a CESG (GCHQ) CHECK listed provider
[2] Patent applied for
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back to top“OfficeForms is the best software product the council has ever bought.”
Chris Franklin
Web Manager, Kennet District Council
“Toplevel OfficeForms had been successfully delivering forms to around 50,000 workstations before the decision was taken to expand. We undertook an evaluation across the marketplace and didn't find anything that provided the rich functionality we needed other than the Toplevel products.”
Major Phil Cutforth
Applications Manager DCBM(A), MoD
“We put our current programme application online in English and Welsh. It worked well and it's great that the system builds up central dictionary of translations this has the potential to save a lot of the effort in publishing electronic application forms in multiple languages.”
Ivan Salcedo
Head of Creative Services, NESTA
