How About A Custom Form Object For Reading/Writing To The Database 
Author: Alvin L.
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I would like to have a custom form object that I could add my own fields for input and write the data to a table in the database. Also would allow me to add fields to display a custom list of select items from a table or multiple tables in the datase. I am writing this now with custom PHP script but it would be so much easier if WebsiteX5 just gave us a blank form object that we could customize.
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There is the "Contact Form" object, which you can use for various forms as you wish and you can also save the data in a database.
Or are the functions of the “Contact Form” object not enough?
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Yeah I need a lot more flexibility than the contact form offers. Ideally I need freeform fields that can be saved to a table in the database.
I can't understand what you want to do with it that the contact form doesn't already write to the DB... and what you mean by ‘freeform fields’
Then there is the DBViewer object.
Give an example...
X5 is a tool to create websites. You ask for a tool to manage a SQL-database. There are tools for that.
One of the tools that gives most value for the money is AppGini
It is affordable and yet it is very functional and flexible.
You can see an old example here: http://www.eksempelsite.dk/side-4.html
Your app can be integrated in a X5 site via iframes.
I think it is very close to what you ask for.
Don't expect INCOMEDIA to develop a database-tool. They do not even use a database for the e-commerce.
Use web-builder tools to build websites. X5 is a good tool for that.
Use database-tools to build database applications. AppGini is a good tool for that.
For both tools there is a good ratio between functionality and price.
X5 is a tool to create websites. You ask for a tool to manage a SQL-database. There are tools for that.
One of the tools that gives most value for the money is AppGini
It is affordable and yet it is very functional and flexible.
You can see an old example here: http://www.eksempelsite.dk/side-4.html
Your app can be integrated in a X5 site via iframes.
I think it is very close to what you ask for.
Exactly, I agree 100% with what you said
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Trust me I tried the contact form. I am working with a developer to help me with the PHP code I need to do this and he's been great. The form I want to build will allow a registered user to maintain a list of "items" in the database. Each of those items will have maybe a dozen descriptors with it, both text and numerical. Think of it as a recipe for a cake, you have all the individual ingredients, then the instructions, then notes. And every user's items are uniquely theirs.
Now I am not building a cake recipe database, but that is as close an example as I can think of without telling you what I am building. When it's ready I will share it with you
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I will check out AppGini. That may work. I did find Form Tools which is opensource and it looks to be what I need. However, my developer has stated he does not need it and will build his own. But for my future projects I will look into these and play with them. Thank you.