Designing Forms – Media Field

Meagan Jackson

Media Field Tutorial

Thanks for joining me for the designing forms series! Today we’re going to learn all about the media field in the Forms On Fire form designer. You’re designing your mobile form using the Forms On Fire form designer, awesome! That’s your first step to success!

The media field is the camera icon on the left hand side of the form designer.

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The media field allows you to capture photos, video, and audio using the mobile user’s device. Any media captured is uploaded as part of the form entry.

To add a media field to your form, just click on icon and the new field will appear at the bottom of the form designer OR simply click and drag your field to where you want to place it in your form.

Click on your newly added media field to display the properties on the right-hand side of the form designer. You can completely customize the look, feel, and even functionality of your field.

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Media type is the type of media to upload. You can choose between Image, Audio and Video. Normally mobile users have the option to capture a photo or choose an existing photo from their device. The option “Capture Only” removes the “Choose” button, forcing the mobile user to capture an image.

By default the app stores captured photos and videos in a private app location. The “Copy to Device Gallery” option causes the app to copy captured files to the mobile device’s gallery.

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The optionslide-7n “Include GPS Information” will store any available GPS metadata found on the image as part of the field’s answer.

Enable users on-the-go to capture media files as they fill out their mobile forms.

Now you know how to use the media field on the Forms On Fire form designer! Call our technical support if you have any questions about this tutorial. Comment below the blog post with what you’d like to see next!