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In Form Builder, there is a field called "Write Results to Flat File" and I have some trouble figuring out how this works exactly.

This is what CMS's help says:

*Write Results to Flat File. This takes the form results and writes them into a text file. You may select the name of the file, and set its format. These files are written to the "output" directory under the module's installation directory, assuming the web server has permission to write there.

1) I am having trouble finding this "output" directory.  I clicked on "Modules" under the "Extensions" tab at the top and didn't see this in the list at all.  I'm not sure if I'm looking in the right place even.

2) Is it possible to get my form to write to a file that exists OUTSIDE of CMS?  We plan on having some people view these form results who are not web technicians.

Thank you
John

Hello,
Go to "content" => "File Manager" => "modules" => "formBuilder" => "output" => your submission flat file

Thank you for the response.  However, I am still having difficulty with this.

I went into my File Manager and did not see a "Modules" option like you noted.  So instead I created a new directory titled "Modules," and within that one titled "formBuilder," and within that another one titled "output."  Then I tested my form and did not see it writing any information to this directory.

In my looking in the right place?  Are we running different versions?

Mine is CMS Made Simple 1.2.4.

Thanks again,
John

How are the people going to be viewing these files?...

In the backend, frontend or thru an FTP program?...

If they are going to be in the backend you can set it to write to the DB and get formbrowser and view the info in it with reorder headers, click the name of the column and it reorders them according to it...

You may want to FTP to the site to see if the flat files are in the formbuilder folder in modules...

Mark, thank you for the reply, but we are trying to avoid Form Builder as a way to access results.  The people who will be viewing the results are non-CMS users, so we are trying to get this to write to a basic flat file.

In any case, we have found the file in which the results are written.  Does anyone know how to change the location of this file?  We know how to change the name of the file (in the field's options), but can we change the location of it?

OR does anyone know how to get this flat file automatically sent to an e-mail address when it updates?