Some Domino applications have many forms that basically have the same information with some different fields. These forms have no logic, but are used to capture data. I am considering using Mike’s Submitting Web Forms without Domino Fields concept and creating a dynamic form for the web. This would reduce development time and greatly reduce testing.

There would be three different forms and one agent:

• The agent would read the post back and create/update the document with the field values
  
• Basic web form shell – would contain the style sheets and the agents for saving and lookups to determine the fields. It would contain a table with two columns when rendered, the first column would be the field description and the second would be the value.
  
• Form definition – would define the title and the dynamic form alias.
  
• Field form – Defines the fields that appear on the form. Here is the list of the fields and a brief description

Form	Multi-value selection of the forms that the field would appear on
Order	A number field that would determine what order the field would appear in
Enabled	Yes/No
Description	Shown in the first column of the table
Name	Name used to store the value on the Notes document
Visible	Yes/No
Editable	Yes/No
Default Value	If editable, Use Formula language to determine value
Computed Value	If not editable, Use Formula language to determine value
Type	Type of field: drop down, list box, check box, radio button, Text, number, Date, Multi-line text
Type Attributes
HTML attributes	Style, width, rows …
Show calendar selector	Yes/No – Shows the calendar icon next to the field (Date Only)
Columns	The number of columns displayed ( check box, radio button)
Lookup	Only available for drop down, list box, check box, radio button
Reference Lookup Name	The name of the reference lookup (See:http://www.chadsmiley.com/ReferenceLookup for more detail) for more detail)
View	Name of the view
Filter	For Lookups the value to limit the results (Formula allowed)
Return Column/Field Name	The value to return
Return Mapping	The field to set when result is returned (Formula allowed)
Format (Regular Expressions)	Used for values like numbers, and dates
Format Message	Message when value does not match expression, this would be used on the blur of the field
Validate	Used for values like numbers, and dates
Validate Message	Message when value does not match expression, when trying to submit
Goto Field	Yes/No
Goto Field Name	If validation failed this would be used to set the focus of the field that failed

The Form field would now point at the basic web shell form but there would be a second field maybe called FormDynamic that would be used to look up the dynamic form and field information. When composing a new form the URL would look as follows which would load the Team defined fields:
SomeDatabase.nsf?DynamicFormShell?OpenForm&DynamicForm=Team


I would greatly appreciate any feedback/comments on this initial design.