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Is anyone using straight HTML forms? How's that going?
Thanks for your response.
Posted : March 17, 2016 5:24 am
We use mostly HTML forms that I develop. There are some things you have to get around currently when using them, but the overall performance outweighs those issues. I don't think you will see too much of a performance/speed increase unless you have big forms.
We do a lot of checks in the background on the information typed in, and with the VFE forms this slowed them down a lot. We also write to many observation terms for reporting which also slows the forms down.
Development time is increased at first because you have to pretty much start from scratch, but I find maintaining the HTML forms is much easier. Not being able to use "find and replace" within the VFE forms really makes changing the bigger forms a tedious chore.
Some things that currently don't work with HTML forms:
- ENTER key is blocked and will not trigger anything when pressed while on the HTML Forms. You have to use CTRL+M to go to the next line in <textarea>.
- Form is not built in, so it is essentially a pop-up. This hasn't been such a big deal as we added more forms as HTML; however, when you only have a few, it is an inconsistent experience.
- You can't close the window through code. The use has to press the X at the top right. This makes switching back to the VFE forms a little strange at times. Basically, you set the OPEN_FORM_COMP during window.unload to change to your desired form whenever the user clicks on the X.
Posted : March 17, 2016 8:23 am
