

                LiveFORM Conversion Document
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PURPOSE:

The purpose of this document is to explain the process of converting
an existing form to LiveFORM.


Convertion to LiveFORM:
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Converting your form to LiveFORM is a simple 7 step process taking less than
4 minutes. 

1. Copy entire "HEAD" portion of the template form guestbk.htm to the new 
   form. Copy it into the HEAD tag. Modify <title> tag, if copied from 
   sample LiveFORM.

2. Name form LiveFORM by adding following to <form> tag:
        name="LiveFORM"

3. Add following lines near the top of the form.

    <input type="hidden" name="copyright"
        value="Copyright (C) 1996,1997 Patil Systems">
    <input type="hidden" name="verno" value="1.1">

4. Add buttons for filling form and help by adding following to the
   beginning of the form:

   Choose 1 set out of three below.

   Choice A) Two graphical buttons.
    <A HREF ="JavaScript: filler()">
    <IMG HEIGHT = 32 WIDTH = 87 SRC = "ebsubmit.gif" ALT="Fill form"
        border=0></A>
    <A HREF ="JavaScript:help()">
    <IMG HEIGHT = 32 WIDTH = 31 SRC = "ebhelp.gif" ALT="??"
        border=0></A>

   Choice B) Two buttons from above merged into one imagemap.
    <MAP NAME = "ebsub_help">
    <AREA SHAPE = "rect" COORDS = "0,1,84,33"
        HREF = "JavaScript: filler()">
    <AREA SHAPE = "rect" COORDS = "85,1,116,33"
        HREF = "JavaScript: help()">
    </MAP>
    <IMG HEIGHT = 33 WIDTH = 116 BORDER = 0 SRC = "ebsubhlp.gif"
        ALT="Fill-out & help" USEMAP = "#ebsub_help" ISMAP>

   Choice C) Two plain buttons.
    <input type="button" name="fillerbut"
    value="Use ebCARD" onClick="filler()">
    <input type="button" name="aboutbut"
    value="How?" onClick="help()">

5. Add button for storing data locally near buttons for Submit or Reset.
   Choose 1 set out of two below.

   Choice A) Graphical button.
    <A HREF ="JavaScript: createebcard()">
    <IMG HEIGHT = 32 WIDTH = 56 SRC = "card.gif" ALT="Create ebCARD" 
	border=0></A>

   Choice B) Plain button.
    <input type="button" name=ebCARD value="Create ebCARD"
    onClick="createebcard()">

6. Use following variables for field names. If they are not named as
   defined below, your forms will not be filled-out automatically. The
   names are case sensitive.

    First name                                  : fname
    Last name                                   : lname
    Company                                     : organization
    First line in address                       : address1
    Second line in address                      : address2
    City                                        : city
    State                                       : state
    ZIP Code                                    : zip
    Country                                     : country
    Country code of the phone                   : countryphone
    Area code                                   : areaphone
    Phone number(no area code)                  : phone
    Country code of the fax phone               : countryfax
    Area code of the fax phone                  : areafax
    Phone number(no area code) of the fax phone : fax
    Email address                               : email

For a list of not-so common variables send mail to LiveFORM@patils.com

7. Modify CGI scripts to match above variables.

Contact Information:
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        LiveFORM tech support,
        lfsupport@patils.com
        (408) 243-1327.
