topic what is a 'form' used for ? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-a-form-used-for/m-p/94408#M64671 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>yes, I read the user guide, but I don't get the point of using a 'form'</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>if 'variables' was created to pass data between activities within a process instance, then what's the intention of using a 'form' ?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I'm new to work flow, and I guess this is probably a stupid question <img id="smileysad" class="emoticon emoticon-smileysad" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-sad.png" alt="Smiley Sad" title="Smiley Sad" /> , could anybody paste some practical code of form ?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>(I saw the examples, and I still don't get why we just simply use variables)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:55:48 GMT vivalg 2012-08-17T07:55:48Z what is a 'form' used for ? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-a-form-used-for/m-p/94408#M64671 yes, I read the user guide, but I don't get the point of using a 'form'if 'variables' was created to pass data between activities within a process instance, then what's the intention of using a 'form' ?I'm new to work flow, and I guess this is probably a stupid question <IMG id="smileysad" class="emoticon emoticon-smileysad" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-sad.png" alt="Smiley Sad" title="Smiley Sad" /> , could anybody paste some Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:55:48 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-a-form-used-for/m-p/94408#M64671 vivalg 2012-08-17T07:55:48Z Re: what is a 'form' used for ? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-a-form-used-for/m-p/94409#M64672 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>In my view a form serves for using a human as some kind of "service" processor <img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.png" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /> :</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The form may present some input data and a description of what to do, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>and after thinking (hopefully) the person adds or updates values in the form,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>being the results of this kind of "service". </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Additionally, taslists are used for person orchestration, i.e. for getting the persons to the forms.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:26:15 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-a-form-used-for/m-p/94409#M64672 weissenberg 2012-08-17T10:26:15Z