Submission Behaviors

When a form is submitted by a user, there are a number of things that can happen when the submit button is clicked.  Note that all examples provided below are just for illustration.  Your server and forms will be unique and it should not be expected that a direct copy of any URL provided here will navigate you to a form.

1. By default after submission, a green status notification is displayed on top of the form indicating success.
   
   
   
   The data entered into the form remains filled.  Clicking Submit again will create a new submission.  This behavior is helpful when you need to enter in batches of data at once, with changes to only certain fields.
   
   
2. GlobalForms can be configured to clear the data in the form with each submission by altering the URL you use for access.  Include the parameter clearonsubmit=true in the URL and the data will be cleared after a successful submission.  In this case, the URL to access a form might look like the following:
   
   http://YourGlobalFormsServer:3001/view/#!/form/5a53e74345507a14ac46403c?clearonsubmit=true
   
   
3. You can target a specific website by providing it in the URL of your form.  For example, you may wish to route a user to your company's benefits page after a user completes a job application.  Use the parameter return= in the form URL to redirect users to another webpage.  An example might look like the following:
   
   http://YourGlobalFormsServer:3001/view/#!/form/5a53e74345507a14ac46403c?return=http://square-9.com
   
   
4. You can target a default landing page provided with GlobalForms, or you can add an HTML landing page of your own design and target that.  Use the same return= parameter in the URL.  The default page is named Success.html, so targeting return=success.html in your form's URL will route you to this page.  An example link might look like the following:
   
   http://YourGlobalFormsServer:3001/view/#!/form/5a53e74345507a14ac46403c?return=success.html
   
   You can add your own html files to redirect users to.  Simply place the HTML file into the client\dist\view folder within your GlobalForms installation directory and adjust the return= parameter in the URL accordingly to target the correct success page. Note that you only need the file name and extension in the URL.  A fully qualified domain name is not required here.
   
   

5. The Submit button of your form supports providing custom button logic, allowing you to dynamically set the post submission target.  Open the properties of the Submit button.  In the Button Custom Logic section, you can write any JavaScript rules necessary to correctly handle where your form should route.  Simply set a variable named form.returnUrl to a URL or custom success page (outlined in bullet 4) to have the post submission target dynamically set.  To emulate what happens in bullet point 4 above without modifying the target URL, paste the following into the Custom Button Logic section:
   
   

   form.returnUrl = 'success.html';