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JBell

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Hello fellow CHUG members. With the move to HTML forms I was wondering, for those of us who only have coded in VFE/MEL, is there any good reading material or instructional material out there for those of us starting at the ground level in HTML?

Thanks!!!

Posted : May 23, 2018 8:10 am

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Posted : May 23, 2018 8:41 am

aroberts

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Hi, Depends on what system you are using to code your forms-- not sure what you are using to create your new forms. We are using a company called Clinical forge to do some custom HTML forms. They use java script so someone on our IT team has been learning it. The nice thing is that it isn't like MEL so you can use all kinds of tools on the intranet to help you out. Clinical Forge also puts the links to help you on their builder so you can click the link and learn how to build a function. Happy to discuss more if you have questions: [email protected]

Posted : May 23, 2018 8:49 am

virtualHITman

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Hi Janet,

we are also using Clinical Forge to build custom HTML forms. Bounce Forms is another solution that I am aware of, and I believe Visual Solutions will have the capability to do HTML forms in the future. I have been using Clinical Forge now for almost two years so it is my go to tool. Here is a link to a post I created about 2 years ago about Clinical Forge.

https://centricityusers.com/forum/clinical-forge-an-alternative-to-vfe/

Since that time, here is what I can say about it.

It is a dream to work with compared to the original Visual Form Builder. It makes Centricity a lot more extensible because of what you can do outside of the confines of MEL using native javascript (granted you have to learn javascript, but it's not too difficult of a language and it's one of the best programming languages to learn these days)

Clinical Forge takes care of all the required angular libraries and back-end stuff that GE requires to run HTML forms, so you can focus on the form design and functionality

I can develop both the old style forms AND HTML forms using Clinical Forge

It has a fabulous versioning system that is easy to use which has saved my butt on several occasions (i.e. don't have to do manual version control of your forms)

The form definitions are maintained in the cloud and you download and deploy clinical kits locally on your server - this made me a little nervous at first not having access to the .dlg files, but I haven't had any issues in the 2 years I've used it

The community of users has grown significantly over the past couple of years

The developer is extremely responsive to enhancement requests and has a really good mind for usability (he listens very well); e.g. he incorporated a "widgets" feature that allows one to create a form component and include it on multiple forms (think of it like a subform that has self contained functionality).

I'd be happy to demonstrate some of the forms I have developed using this tool to give you an idea of how powerful it can be. Feel free to reach out to me via email or by replying to this post.

I am hopeful that the community of HTML builders will continue to grow and we will soon have a breakout session at CHUG!

Cheers,

Greg

Posted : May 23, 2018 9:16 am

aaltotsky

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Just download open source $mdObject ( https://www.npmjs.com/package/@mdobject/mdobject) and use Microsoft Visual Studio to build your forms. You will have full control over your forms. All HTML will be installed on your local server.

Posted : July 7, 2018 9:37 am

dvdgnzlz

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Hi Janet,

Those of us that have building HTML forms for a long while are often happy to answer questions or provide an overview for those starting out. Feel free to contact me at [email protected].

As mentioned above, because there is literally so much available on HTML, it can feel a little daunting at first (though all that power can really come in handy later!), but the basics are relatively easy to grasp once you see things stripped down to their simplest form.

David

Posted : July 31, 2019 2:29 am

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