Naming Form Element Fields

Naming the Form Element Fields
When using the AutoForm component and submitting the results of the form to a file on the server, there is only one prerequisite - and that is how the fields are named.  Each of the form element fields needs to be numerically named and in order (ie. 1, 2, 3, etc).

Note: If you are submitting the results of the form to an email address, there are no field naminb restrictions

editfieldselect

The tricky part can occur when you have radio buttons or checkboxes in your form. Radio buttons that are in the same group, or level, should all have the same name. Checkboxes should have distinctive names. The reasoning for this is as follows:

Radio buttons are more commonly used when giving the viewer an option to choose one of several options.
For example: Choose which Medical Plan Option you want.

 Option 1          Option 2          Option 3

All three of the radio buttons above have a Group Name of 1:
(if they were the first form elements in the form)
radioexplan

Checkboxes are more commonly used when asking the viewer to select the items of his choice.
For example: Please select all languages that you speak.

 English         Spanish         German        Italian

 French          Chinese         Korean          Japanese

Each of the checkboxes above has its own distinct numerical name:
checkbox2  checkbox3

 

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