Hello all,

I'm looking for ideas on how to create a graphical output for a html form. For example a user fills out the form and submits it. This form is stored and then converted to a bar chart or something similar.

All ideas welcomed.

This can be done programatically. The form info gets sent back to the server. The server manipulates the data and creates a graphical representation, and returns it as part of an HTML page. Or you could use a javascript library.

Thanks for the reply.

Is there a way to do this for the admin/owner/privileged member of a site? For example a site is created using a CMS like Joomla or Mambo. A user fills out the html form then the staff of the site can view the graphical output of the responses given by the user.

Or would a better way be to store the responses on the server then create a program that connects to the server accesses the table and generates an output?

Joomla is just PHP, so that would be a yes.



If you mean a stand-alone program, you could do that also.

What is your definition of better? Better for maintenance? Better for implementation? Better for deployment? Think of it this way. Do want a car with great handling around the corners, but not so much top speed, a car with greater top speed, but doesn't handle as well, or a car that accelerates quickly, but does not have a high of a top end? On would be best for high-banked ovals, one would be best for road courses, and one would be best for the drag strip.

Thats a good point, I suppose I would go for the car that had good handling.

I think the standalone idea would probably be best, I have had experience using Java to connect to a database so I'll try that first.

Cheers for your help groovicus.

Sounds like a good plan to me.

Hi groovicus,

Just thought I would post an update, I have made a Java based program that uses the JDBC connector to connect to a database and execute a SQL query that returns the table values. So its all good and works great.