Given that all forms are about collecting some set of data, the vast majority of these applications have the intent that the data will be stored, and operated on. Even if you don’t ever intend to do so (a form that sends its results as an email), it doesn’t hurt to think of things in this way.

If a database already exists, then this is easy. Just copy the field names of the fields you want. If the database doesn’t exist, then the names will end up being the fields you will end up collecting and putting in a database or writing out to a text file. Don’t worry about where the data comes from, and where the data goes, the form is for working with a part of the data.

• Please paste or key in a list of fields that this form will work with.
• Separate the field names with commas.
• Fieldnames containing spaces will have them replaced with an underscore '_'
• Edit and make changes to the list in the text box all you want (just hit submit between edits)
• Be sure to use the working list to check your work
• When the list of fields is exactly what you want it to be, then hit proceed to go to the next step
• If you need to start over again, just hit the reset link below, it will clear all the values
• The order the list is in will be the order that the fields are processed and displayed
• Blank items will be automatically dropped
• Duplicated fields will be automatically dropped