suggestions for web-based forms (html & js only) w/ Access back end?

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Any good ideas for ways to allow easy creation of web-based forms to
submit data to an Access back-end. I don't want to be locked in to
infopath - too much proprietariness.
E.g., A tool that use x-forms and ajax technology under the hood,
presenting an easy way to create forms that hit the db, without much
(if any) coding.

Thanks!
 
xz said:
Any good ideas for ways to allow easy creation of web-based forms to
submit data to an Access back-end. I don't want to be locked in to
infopath - too much proprietariness.
E.g., A tool that use x-forms and ajax technology under the hood,
presenting an easy way to create forms that hit the db, without much
(if any) coding.

Thanks!
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I think you'll find that "Ajax" and "without much (if any) coding" are mutually
exclusive.

This is mostly the kind of apps I build now (except the Jet back end part) and
there is nothing easy about it and there is LOTS of code.
 
Thanks Rick. I also *heard* that Infopath is now 'light' meaning
requires no Active-X or other downloads. Don't know if thats true,
and if it works in Safari / Firefox etc.

If it does... I'm wondering how easy or difficult it would be to have
Infopath forms with some kind of code-behind (don't know if that
applies) or logic in the form - e.g., select xyz from a dropdown, and
2 more input boxes appear. And of course all the submitted data over
the web [infopath] form goes into the Access database. Might be a
better question for the infopath user group, but maybe you or someone
else here might have some ideas.

Thanks again!
 
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