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New Features – Visual Updates on Uploading Files, Trash Bin, Custom File Naming
Check Out These New Features Check out these new features on the Forms On Fire cloud platform and mobile application: Visual Updates on Media Uploads - This new [...]
5 Tips for Increasing Employee Productivity
Productivity is something every business strives for, yet it still seems to elude many. In theory, we all know how to be more productive (just get more work done [...]
5 Ways to Move Your Company to Paperless Operations
Did you know that 50% of all business waste is paper? And that the vast majority of this waste then ends up in landfills, polluting our soil and the [...]
Capture Google Maps Images in Forms On Fire
Using Google's Open API, forms designed in Forms On Fire can easily display map images from Google Maps right on the screen for users to reference and annotate! In [...]
Our Response to COVID-19
While our lives have been significantly impacted by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no doubt that we will get through this together. As we overcome our current [...]
Auto-numbering Field Type Now Available
Generate a unique number sequence using your own custom format. This feature is available in both online, real-time capable scenarios or offline. You can define the format of an [...]
Gallery Field Type Now Available
You can now capture and display multiple images with a set of accompanying fields. Capture up to 6 photos at a time. Define one or more accompanying fields, such [...]
Populate Table From a Data Source
In case you missed seeing it on the platform, the long-awaited Populate Table from a Data Source is here! This opens up significant opportunities for designing relational structures, allowing [...]
Are you ready for CCPA?
Privacy regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and more have organizations focused on protecting personal data. You can do more than just meet the minimum requirements by using Forms On Fire [...]
Premium Features Update – July 2019
We are proud to announce some great updates to the Forms On Fire platform this month. Google Big Query and Tasking upgrades are now available to Premium Edition clients! Not [...]
Directly Connect Forms On Fire to Your Power BI
Giving you even more ways to integrate your data. Now announcing a direct connection to Microsoft Power BI. What is Microsoft Power BI? Power BI is a business analytics [...]
Forms On Fire Meets Zenkit
Forms On Fire meets Zenkit and they integrate well together. Here are a few ideas to get you excited about using both our products, and integrating them on Zapier. These are [...]
Azure Active Directory Now Available For Your Forms On Fire Account
Forms On Fire, the leader in Mobile Forms Automation, today announced the general availability of integration for single sign-on (SSO) with Microsoft's Azure Active Directory. This adds to our [...]
New Features – Connectors, Tasks, Notices, and More
New Features Available - March 2019 This month, several new and exciting features have been released. In case you missed the announcements in January, Premium Only Features [...]
Enterprise Toolkit Update January 2019
Enterprise Toolkit Features Enterprise Toolkit is designed for medium and large organizations. It unlocks the ability to set up multiple, separate environments as part of your company [...]
Premium Features Update January 2019
Premium Only Features The platform continues to improve with many new features and increased security capabilities making our professional grade product stand out from the crowd. 2018 [...]
Fall Features Coming Soon
New Features As usual, the Windows release will follow approximately 2 weeks after iOS and Android release. The new app version number (as seen in the bottom right of the [...]
Check Out Our Partner, SharpSpring!
SharpSpring is a highly-rated global provider of affordable, cloud-based marking automation. Marketing agencies and businesses around the world rely on SharpSpring to generate leads, improve conversions to sales, and drive [...]
New Summer Features!
WAY more time was expended than expected on GDPR compliance by the developers, but we are pleased they are back to shipping new features and improvements in these final weeks [...]
My emails from the platform aren’t coming through, what can I do?
The Forms On Fire platform utilizes an email system for email connectors. That third party system is called SendGrid. If your email connectors are sending but emails are not arriving [...]
Can Forms On Fire Connect to My System?
We received a question the other day from a potential client asking, "Can Forms On Fire connect to my system Jira?" and "If so, do you have any documentation for [...]
Improved Security and Data Options
In preparing for GDPR, our developers used the effort as an opportunity to add some new features to the platform that will help better secure and manage your data [...]
Non-GMO food labels are incredibly misleading
Are you convinced that non-GMO (not genetically modified) foods are best? Watch this video and think again.
Beautiful, Useful, Dynamic…FREE Analytics
Analytics didn't always used to be easy...for anyone (not even us techies). Setting up analytics can be downright confusing and overwhelming for the ordinary human to understand, decipher, and [...]
Apple Watch Compatible
Get notifications on your Apple Watch through Forms On Fire. Just in time for Watch 3!
Okta Enterprise Identity Management Now Available
Okta and other such services provide consolidated identity management, automated user provisioning and single sign on (SSO) capability to businesses of all sizes, allowing a better experience for workers and [...]
Other App Improvements
Available for Complete, Standard and Premium Editions Hide Remember Answers This new option on the App Setup page of the platform means that you can hide the “Remember Answers” option [...]
Tasking Improvements
Available for Complete Edition and Premium Edition, not available for Standard Edition Notes field on Tasks can now be hidden through a new option on the Task -> Details page [...]
New “Fast Capture” Option for GPS Capture
Premium Feature Only The existing GPS capture functionality has focused on providing high quality location data, including metadata like heading direction. However, this meant that GPS acquisition could be slow, [...]
Data Source Map & Improved Filtering
Premium Feature Only Zoomed out map of sales assignments As you know, our “Bind to Data Source” functionality allows you to create & update rows on Data Sources [...]
On-Device Printing Support Now Available
Premium Feature Only This new functionality gives app users the ability to print completed Form entries directly from Android, iOS and Windows devices, even when offline. The print output [...]
Calendar View, Recurring Tasks, and Form Upgrades Now Available
All features below are available for Premium Edition only unless indicated. We have announced our new product editions, and now it's time to announce some of the new features [...]
Improve Your Business With Automation
No matter what industry your business or company is in, automation improves processes, eliminates a lot of paper, errors, and wasted time. Don't make the simple mistake of thinking [...]
Enterprise Toolkit Released
The Enterprise Toolkit (ETK) enables clients to set up multiple “environments” under their master company account. This allows you to create separate child accounts for Test and Production use, [...]
5 Reasons Your Business Should Go Mobile
No matter what industry your company is in, chances are your employees use paper forms. Thousands of companies across all industries are making the switch to go mobile. But [...]
Be Ridiculously Helpful
Live Answer vs Voice Mail At a recent business round-table of CEOs where leaders share their successes and struggles, I was shocked when we came to one very successful [...]
Date Calculations Made Simple
How many days are from August 1st to December 31st excluding weekends? What is the age of someone today that was born in 1983? If a project was started on [...]
How To – Customize Your Icons
Forms On Fire gives its users so much control over what their mobile forms and app look like. You can completely tailor the mobile app to your company's brand. [...]
How To: Initiate SMS Messages
Forms On Fire has so many dynamic features! One of these is allowing a mobile user to initiate SMS messages directly from the mobile app. Today we're going to [...]
How To: Customize Your App
Did you know you can completely customize the look and feel of the mobile start screen and your form designs? It's as easy as saying, "1, 2, 3..."! Add a [...]
Doc Connectors Released
Available for Premium Users Only! Another new dynamic feature Forms On Fire plans to release is Doc Connectors. Doc Connectors will allow you to update any doc files [...]
App Links Released
Available for Premium Users Only! Presenting one of our newest features: App Links! The App Links functionality provides the ability to launch Apps directly into specified forms using special [...]
New Connectors: SharePoint Lists & Libraries
Available for Premium Users Only! A new SharePoint List and Document connector has now been added to the list of Form Connectors. This means that form entry data can now [...]
Task Connectors + Ongoing Tasks Upgrades
Available for Premium Users Only! Forms On Fire Tasks have received the first of many upgrades. The new feature is called “Task Connectors”. Now you are able to effectively generate [...]
How Action Fields Can Improve UX – Repeating Sections
You're using Forms On Fire to build your mobile form solutions, that's great! Lets say your form has data that needs to be repeated, such as material order information. [...]
Table Field
Thanks for joining me for the designing forms series! Today we’re going to learn all about the table in the Forms On Fire form designer. You’re designing your mobile [...]
Downloads
Forms On Fire Downloads Find all the downloads you may want right on this single page. Welcome to the Forms On Fire downloads page. Here you will find several [...]
Introducing Forms On Fire’s New Look
Forms On Fire will be rolling out some new features, beginning with a revamped look for your Cloud Dashboard. This new design gives your Dashboard a more modern feel [...]
User Action Field Tutorial
Thanks for joining me for the designing forms series! Today we’re going to learn all about the user action field in the Forms On Fire form designer. You’re designing [...]
Hidden Field Tutorial
Thanks for joining me in our hand-dandy blog to read more of the designing forms series! In today's post we’re going to learn all about the hidden field in the [...]
Barcode Scanner Tutorial
Thanks for joining me for the designing forms series! Today we’re going to learn all about the barcode field in the Forms On Fire form designer. You’re designing your [...]
Formula Cheat Sheet
Different Formulas 2-Formula Combinations 3-Formula Combinations 4-Formula Combinations Formula builder cheat sheet now available on the Knowledge Base.
Drawing and Signature Field Tutorial
Drawing / Signature Field Tutorial Today we’re going to learn all about the drawing and signature in the Forms On Fire form designer. You’re designing your mobile form [...]
Form Connectors Are Version Based
Are your mobile users submitting forms that seemingly use old form connectors? Have you noticed PDF’s being generated with an older Word/Excel template? Are updated form connectors only working for [...]
Update Your SPF
How to Update Your SPF There are many use cases where you may want to create an email connector to send a PDF, CSV, or even a text file after [...]
New Year, New Updates
Latest and Greatest Updates! The Forms On Fire team has been working extra hard in the new year to provide our amazing clients with new and improved platform updates! Included [...]
Get Forms On Fire IPA for iOS Enterprise Distribution
Get Forms On Fire .ipa File For iOS Enterprise Distribution To get a download link via email, enter your name and email below. [...]
Putting Your iPad into Kiosk Mode
iPads make great “kiosk” devices!! An iPad restricted to just one specific app for your business can be a great tool and help diminish human error. You can create a [...]
Fill Repeat Rows for Analytics
When it comes to doing analytics on raw data, often you need parent data in a parent-child (one to many) relationship to do the analysis. Take Daily Work Report’s for [...]
Using the Visibility Function
Showing and Hiding Fields (Visibility) There are so many situations where you may want to show or hide fields (or even whole pages) based on the answer to [...]
Capturing Date & Time in a Hidden Field
Capture the Date & Time in a Hidden Field Say you want to capture the date and time in a hidden field, which in turn populates a data source. This [...]
Designing Forms – Media Field
Media Field Tutorial Thanks for joining me for the designing forms series! Today we’re going to learn all about the media field in the Forms On Fire form [...]
Best Practice for Repeating Data
Have Repeating Data? One of the amazing features offered in the Forms On Fire online drag-and-drop form designer is the ability to repeat data! And it doesn't stop there! [...]
Bind to Global Values
Learn How to Bind to Global Values, Quickly! Sometimes you may want to store data as global values on a mobile device to be re-used in one or more [...]
Hide Rows and Sections of Your Output Template
Create Even More Dynamic Output Templates One of the unique features that Forms On Fire gives you is the ability to use Microsoft Word and Excel to create your [...]
EYE on Data
Utilize the EYE The Forms On Fire system allows you to store A LOT of data. There is an easy way for you to, in a sense, to keep [...]
Discover the World of Unicode!
Unicode - Endless Possibilities As if you thought Forms On Fire wasn't already powerful, dynamic, and customizable enough....wait until you learn about UNICODE! First off, you're probably thinking, "what [...]
I know Kung Fu!
Remember in the move The Matrix (1999) when Neo (Keanu Reaves) wakes up and says to Morpheus, "I know Kung Fu". Neo's brain was being injected with various combat training [...]
Designing Forms – Date Field
Date Field Tutorial Video Watch Forms On Fire's latest tutorial video in the Designing Forms series! Today we’re going to learn all about the Date field in the Forms [...]
Designing Forms – Numeric Field
Numeric Field Tutorial Video Watch Forms On Fire's latest tutorial video in the Designing Forms series! In this video you will learn everything you need to know about the [...]
Designing Forms – Text Field
Text Field Tutorial Video Watch Forms On Fire's latest tutorial video in the Designing Forms series! In this video you will learn everything you need to know about the [...]
Using a Google Script with Forms On Fire
Use the Power of Google Scripts Forms on Fire is all about integration. We make it easy to integrate your data between our platform and other external systems. Earlier [...]
CSV Custom Fields
Learn How to Create Custom CSV Fields Create a custom CSV with specific fields In a previous blog, CSV without Commas, we gave you steps on how to [...]
Designing Forms – Section Field
Section Field Tutorial Video Watch Forms On Fire's latest tutorial video, Designing Forms - Section Field. In this video you will learn everything you need to know about the [...]
Create Dynamic Inspections
Create dynamic inspections that are powerful, scalable and easy to use! Designing the right templates can save you 10x or more in total design and development time for your mobile [...]
CSV without Commas?
Learn how to Create CSV Files WITHOUT Commas! Create a custom CSV without commas CSV means Comma Separated Values. Our system has a Connector for this type of [...]
Zapier Connector Coming Soon!
Forms On Fire's Zapier connector coming soon. Let me repeat that. Zapier connector coming soon! This means that Forms On Fire will connect with nearly any external and cloud system. Zapier is [...]
Designing Forms – Page Field
Watch Our Latest Video - Page Field Watch our latest video on YouTube: Designing Forms - Page Field We at Forms On Fire totally understand that building your mobile [...]
The Forms On Fire Employment Form Bundle is Here!
Employment Form Bundle Forms On Fire presents: The Employment Forms Bundle We want to give you the tools to go completely mobile! That's why we created the employment form [...]
Ending Summer with a BANG!! August Updates are Here!
We decided to end summer with a BANG, here at Forms On Fire. We are releasing a number of platform improvements ALONG with a new app update! All in the [...]
Viewing Your Form Design on Your Mobile Device
Viewing Your Form Design on Your Mobile Device You’ve just finished creating your very first form using the Forms On Fire form designer, awesome! Now you want to view [...]
Add Fields to Your Form Using the Forms On Fire Form Designer
Watch Our Latest Video - How to Add Fields to Your Form After creating a new Form Screen, you will be taken to the Forms On Fire drag-and-drop form [...]
Microsoft PowerApps – First Look
Microsoft PowerApps remains in preview and these are a few initial thoughts from our team of developers who created multiple apps using the platform. This is a simple, first look of [...]
How to Create a New Screen / Form
Watch Our Latest Video - How to Create a New Screen / Form Screens otherwise known as forms, allow you to assemble your mobile app in an extremely flexible [...]
NFC Demo
Watch Our Latest Video - NFC Demo Learn how you can utilize NFC technology by watching our new NFC Demo video. In this video we will demonstrate how [...]
Summer Software Update
Summer Software Update The next round of updates to Forms On Fire is here – say hello to our Summer Software Update! This update involves a lot of improvements in the formula engine which drives [...]
Designing Forms – Choices Field
Watch Our Latest Video - Choices Field You're using the Forms On Fire form designer to build your mobile forms, AWESOME! You want to add a field that allows [...]
Sales Demo
Watch Our Latest Video - Sales Demo Take door-to-door sales to an ENTIRELY new level with Forms On Fire! Sales associates can see their assigned locations directly on their [...]
We LOVE Feedback!
We LOVE Getting Feedback From Our Clients! Forms On Fire is committed to providing the best product AND customer service in town. We are dedicated to finding usable solutions [...]
How to Change Your Password
You've just signed up for a free trial with Forms On Fire. Awesome! Now you want to change the default password you're given when you sign up. In this 1 [...]
SharePoint and Box connectors are here!
We’re pleased to announce support for SharePoint and Box, through new connectors that are now live on the platform. Just like our existing connectors to services like Dropbox and Google Drive, setting up these new connectors is quick [...]
Easy Make Forms
Easy Make Forms Watch this 30 second Easy Make Form video to see how EASY it is to build a form using Forms On Fire! Forms On Fire [...]