iForm is a versatile HTML form processor and email generator for your website. Form based applications such as surveys, guest books, storefronts, quizzes and mailing lists are all good jobs for iForm.
iForm can interact with external applications and generate dynamic web pages by running AppleScript scripts, as well as serve static HTML content (like forms!).
iForm`s basic service messengers any form`s submitted values to multiple email destinations, and into any scriptable database or application. iForm can handle multiple email attachments such as PDF, images, software archives, etc. and supports HTML formatted email content.
iForm is a program that you use to serve and process HTML forms. Its basic functionality collects form data submitted by a web browser and then emails that data using formatting templates to various recipients, as well as saving it to a text log file which can be imported into a database.
iForm provides the ability to limitlessly extend its basic functionality using AppleScript. You can use the AppleScript support to interact with other scriptable applications when a form is submitted, and you can also use it to provide logic and customization when composing form submission response pages and email messages.
iForm can send mail directly using your own mail server, or via the Apple "Mail" client or any other scriptable mail client.
No web server is required because iForm is a server. Therefore you can use iForm to serve static HTML documents as well as dynamic content. iForm can be configured to run on any TCP/IP port you choose, so it can run alongside your web server, and the document root folder is settable.
Here are some key features of "iForm":
· Does not require a web server because it can serve its own forms using the integrated web server.
· Processes form submissions with fully customized response pages, error replies, email messages and log entries.
· Emailer supports SMTP authentication, multiple file attachments of any type and "plain text alternatives" using multi-part mime messages.
· Template mechanism featuring support for embedded AppleScripts enabling dynamic and multipart form submissions.
· Logs all activity to a plain text file and monitor window.
· Logs each form submission to its own customizable log file, say for import to a database.
· Support for the "plain text alternative" of an HTML email body has been added. As with other email elements the plain text alternative is a template, and is specified using a template tag in the form. (See "Project 0" of the tutorial projects for an example.)
· Outgoing mail can now be routed through Apple Mail, rather than directly through your SMTP mail server. This is useful when you want to keep a record of your outgoing mail in Apple Mail. To use this feature simply specify "Mail" in the "Mail server" text box of the "Mail Server" pane in the Preferences window.
The content type (mime type) of the body of a message may be specified using the META HTTP-EQUIV="content-type" tag. In particular this provides a way to specify the character set in use, for example:
· If this tag is not present in the HTML of the message then the program will use either "text/plain" or "text/html" content type, as appropriate. (See "Project 0" of the tutorial projects for an example.)
· An option to disable quoted-printable encoding has been added to the "Debugging" pane of the Preferences window. This feature is intended to be used when it is necessary to view the raw source of message contents. (Note that quoted-printable encoding is not always applied.)
Limitations:
· 11 days trial
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Added secure connection support (SSL) to the mailer. Turn it on and off in Preferences.
· Fixed a bug in the server which could cause the program to crash when changing the port.
· The log file is now written to the Application support folder; the default document root is now in the Application support folder also.
· The annoying "countdown" screen for demo mode has been removed from the program start-up.
