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azzlack
Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:14:59 AM

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Is it possible to style the FormMessage in Doc2Form?

I have tried to insert <div style="etc..."> elements in there, but the resulting form just screws up...
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neehouse
Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:48:33 AM

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I have seen some people succeed at styling the form, though, it can be rather tedious.

Start out with simple styles, and work your way up. Be sure to encode you tags if you are doing them directly in the macro. If that is too tedious, try using a dictionary field or even a document property (on the display doc, not the form doc) that has the layout...

Dictionary > FormMessage="#Message"
Doc Prop > FormMessage="[#Message]"

Also, be warned, a comma in your message can hose up the message if included directly. It is a macro property parsing feature that breaks on commas. To get around that, use one of the two methods listed above.
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drobar
Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:37:06 PM

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After a LOT of trial and error, this is what I use on some of my forms. I wanted something very pretty but finally decided on something quite basic... you just have to love how various email clients (don't) handle html and css.

Casey's right about the comma... Like the one between the city and state/province/country. I ended up not including a comma in the output because it broke my template.

I didn't try using dictionary items. And for the version of AutoFormPlus/Doc2Form that I'm using I don't need the # symbol. Perhaps newer versions do need it.

Code:

FormMessage="&lt;div style=&quot;font-family:Serif; color:#000099;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;[first_name] [last_name]&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:[email]&quot;&gt;[email]&lt;/a&gt;
[job_title]

&lt;u&gt;Company&lt;/u&gt;
[company]
[address_1]
[address_2]
[city]
[state]
[zip_code]

&lt;u&gt;Comments&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;i&gt;[questions_and_comments]&lt;/i&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;"
      >


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bootnumlock
Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2008 4:27:28 PM

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is this related to the email message being sent? i have had success using dictionary items for the content of the email. Granted you still don't get full style support, but you can use commas and linebreaks effectively and predictably.
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