| Feature |
SmartFormer 2.4 |
SFG 1.5.0 |
SFG GPL 1.3.1 |
| Compatibility&Support |
| Joomla! Compatibility |
1.0.x, 1.5.x, Legacy |
1.5.x, Legacy, 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 2.5.x, 3.x
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1.5.x, Legacy
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| SmartFormer & SFG compatibility |
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Using Plug-in |
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| W3C standard compatibility |
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| Support and Maintenance |
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| Component Features |
| WYSIWYG for form editing |
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| Component auto update |
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| Plug-in system |
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| Form Management |
| Cloning form |
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| Backing up form |
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| Uploading existing form |
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| Database Management |
| Allow separate DB tables for forms |
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| Integrated Database designer |
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| Work with several DB tables simultaneously |
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| Form publishing |
| Allow to publish form as module |
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| Allow to publish form in article |
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| Allow to bind form to a menu item |
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| Accessing form via direct URL |
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| Publishing several forms on the same page |
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| Data validation |
| JavaScript validation |
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| PHP validation |
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| Ability to add new validation rules |
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| Data management |
| Viewing submitted records for admin |
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| Editing submitted records for admin |
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| Editing submitted record for user |
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Using Plug-in |
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| Sorting data |
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| Filtering data |
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| Data Export |
| Exporting data to CSV format |
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| Exporting data to PDF format |
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Using plug-in |
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| Security |
| Captcha images support |
3 variants |
3 variants |
3 variants |
| Captcha reloadable |
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| Keep admin`s session |
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| Keep userв`s session |
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| Front end form access control |
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| Component Back end access control |
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| Performance |
| AJAX technology |
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| XML technology |
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| Email system |
| WYSIWYG for email templates |
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| Allowed # of email templates |
2 |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| Editor Features |
| Allowed # of elements on the form |
unlimited |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| Allowed # of form pages |
10 |
unlimited |
unlimited |
| Associating PHP scripts to element props |
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| Element list |
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| Copying elements |
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| Pasting elements |
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| Cutting elements |
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| Deleting elements |
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| Helpers |
| Form snippets (ready blocks) |
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| Visual color selector |
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| Visual image selector |
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| Binding to grid during dragging |
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| Stick effect |
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| MSDN attribute, style, events helper |
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| Object finder |
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| Available HTML elements |
| # of form elements supported |
13 |
17 |
17 |
| * input box |
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| * password box |
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| * check box |
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| * radio button |
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| * file upload |
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| * button types |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| * form reset |
As on-click action |
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| * text area |
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| * select box |
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| * list box |
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| * image |
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| * link |
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| * span |
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| * div |
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| * captcha image |
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| Editors Integrated (for developers) |
| PHP editor |
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| JavaScript editor |
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| CSS editor |
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| HTML editor |
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Multi-lingual Pack
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| Front-end trasnlations |
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Back-end translations
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