Field types
The following list shows the form fields which are available to you in the Ultradox building blocks Enter values and Forms in the Customize Form dialogue.
Section
Configuration
Add a Section building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Preview
The preview automatically reflects the changes whenever you update the form.
Markdown
Configuration
Add a Markdown building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Preview
The preview automatically reflects the changes whenever you update the form.
Image
Configuration
Add an Image building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
You can add an image by enter the URL of it and select the alignment and width.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Video
Configuration
Add a Video building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
You can add a video by enter the URL or ID of the YouTube video and select the alignment and width.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Embed
Configuration
Add an Embed building block and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
You can add a website by enter the URL and select the width.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Repeating Section
Configuration
Add a Repeating Section building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
You can define the minimum and maximum number of items the user can add to the form. Then drop the form fields to be repeat below.
In our example the user is asked for the organizations he has been working for.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Optional Section
Configuration
Add a Optional Section building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Then drop the optional form fields below.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Selectable Section
Configuration
Add a Selectable Section building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
You can then create multiple nested forms that will be displayed based on the selection.
Please make sure that all fields have a unique name, do not use the same variable name in the different nested forms!
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
In this case one preview with checkboxes and another with dropdown menue.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Short Text
Configuration
Add a Short Text building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Define the regular expressions to restrict the fields and chose a placeholder to be displayed if field is empty.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Long Text
Configuration
Add a Long Text building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Define a placeholder to be displayed if the text field is empty.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Number
Configuration
Add a Number building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Define the minimum and the maximum value and the step.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Configuration
Add an Email building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Define a placeholder like [email protected] to be displayed if the text field is empty.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Phone
Configuration
Add a Phone building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Define a placeholder to be displayed if the text field is empty.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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URL
Configuration
Add an URL building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Define a placeholder like http://www.yourwebsite.com to be displayed if the text field is empty.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Signature
Configuration
Add a Signature building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Preview
The preview automatically reflects the changes whenever you update the form.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Date
Configuration
Add a Date building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Preselecting the value
You can set the preselected value by picking a fixed date and saving the form. The picked date will the be preselected when the form is getting displayed to the user.
You can also preselect the date from a variable by switching the date field into template mode. Click on the icon on the right of the field until the input field gets a blue background.
Enter the variable and pick the date renderer to format the date in a way that can be handled by the form:
${dateOfBirth;date(op=yyyy-MM-dd)}
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Time
Configuration
Add a Time building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Date & Time
Configuration
Add a Date&Time building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Set default value from variable
If you want to populate the date and time fields with the current date, toggle the form field into template mode by clicking on the date icon on the right of the input field until the ${} icon shows up and the background of the text field turns blue.
You can then enter a variable holding a date (e.g. now) and use the date renderer to format it properly:
2023-01-25T13:14:16.743
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Duration
Configuration
Add a Duration building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Timer
Configuration
Add a Timer building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Preview
The preview automatically reflects the changes whenever you update the form.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Yes / No
Configuration
Add a Yes/No building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Multiple Choice
Configuration
Add a Multiple Choice building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Enter possible choices and the value for each choices. Also you can give users the option “Other” and offer a text field for there answer.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Checkboxes
Configuration
Add a Checkboxes building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Enter possible choices and the value for each choices. Also you can give users the option “Other” and offer a text field for there answer.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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List
Configuration
Add a List building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Enter possible choices and the value for each choice separated by comma.
You can group choices by prepending a category name in square brackets:
[Animals]Dog,[Animals]Cat,[Cars]Porsche,[Cars]Tesla
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Scale
Configuration
Add a Scale building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Enter the boundaries and the lower and upper label.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Grid
Configuration
Add a Grid building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Enter rows and columns (comma-separated).
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Table
Configuration
Add a Table building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Configure the columns with header, variable, predefined types and constraints and enter default values for each column.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Upload File(s)
Configuration
Add a Upload File(s) building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
You can allow the user to upload one or multiple files.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Name
Configuration
Add a Name building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Chose if there is the option for prefix, middle name or suffix.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Address
Configuration
Add an Address building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
Chose if the form includes fields for several address lines, city, state, postal code and country.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Credit Card
Configuration
Add a Credit Card building block to your form and enter the user prompt and the help text to be displayed to the user.
You have the opportunity to enable autofill.
Preview
You will get a preview of the field whenever you select a different field in the form.
The preview will not allow you enter values, but it will give you an idea how the field will look for the user.
Output variables
In the output variables section of the form building block you will find a bunch of variables that can be used to merge the entered values into your documents or emails.
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Last Updated: 7/29/20