Forms: Interactivity for the World Wide Web [Paperback]

Malcolm Guthrie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 17, 1998

Forms: Interactivity for the World Wide Web details how to create forms on the Web that are as clear and intuitive as those in the paper world. By combining the rich traditions of print with Web and database technology, powerful applications become possible. Suddenly, commerce on the web becomes easy, data collection is accurate, and business strategies can be realized. The companion website is located at http://forms.mix-media.com/.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The essence of interactivity on the Internet is the form, which collects data from the client and sends it to the server, where the data is processed and stored and a response is sent back to the client. Guthrie's book looks good, but it also has excellent instruction on using forms with scripting languages, HTML, .pdf pages, and cgis. Guthrie also provides an excellent collection of projects to illustrate his points, ranging from the 1040 Tax form to an example of forms used for university course enrollment. This is not a beginner's book, but webmasters will love it.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Back Cover

Forms: Interactivity for the World Wide Web details how to create forms on the Web that are as clear and intuitive as those in the paper world. By combining the rich traditions of print with Web and database technology, powerful applications become possible. Suddenly, commerce on the web becomes easy, data collection is accurate, and business strategies can be realized.The companion website is located at forms.mix-media/.

Product Details

• Paperback: 700 pages
• Publisher: Adobe Press (April 17, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568304552
• ISBN-13: 978-1568304557
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,905,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars interactive forms, internet programming (server), July 10, 2000

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Daniel Mall (San Gabriel, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forms: Interactivity for the World Wide Web (Paperback)

The first three chapters (100 pages) show you how to create HTML and PDF forms. The interaction between the browser and the server is explained. The section titled "Choosing Your Scripting Language" demonstrates Perl, C, JavaScript, Java, Visual Basic, VBScript, active server pages (ASP), and Applescript. The final two chapters (518 pages) contain the following eight examples: business card order, W4 employer form, 1040 Tax Form, Drivers License Order, Employee Benefits, Stock Photo Library, Resume Submission, and University Course Enrollment. The server scripts are written in Perl. The discussion of creating form fields in Acrobat Exchange bogs down the examples. However, the examples demonstrate important web programming techniques such as creating forms, creating server side scripts, maintaining state information (needed because of page transitions) in a PDF form using hidden fields, generating FDF files, and serializing information in a database.

33 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars THE TYPOS ABOUND..., January 3, 2000

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"ohjohnnie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forms: Interactivity for the World Wide Web (Paperback)

I was rather excited when I picked up this book to see that someone had simplified the production of forms for Web Page development...

H O W E V E R....

Whoever the editor was and the author is ... they both DID NOT Care too well about the companion website... Adobe Press doesn't even own up to publishing the book as I had explored the Adobe website to find out the correct companion site.

I don't know if the book is worth it.. since I returned it since I got no response from Adobe and there is no way of contacting the author..