FrontlineForms

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Please note: FrontlineForms is built on Version 1 of FrontlineSMS. FrontlineSMS Version 2 (the version of our software available from the Download page) does not currently support FrontlineForms. We plan to build Forms functionality into FrontlineSMS Version 2 in late 2012.

FrontlineForms allows you to create copies of very simple paper forms on your computer, which can then be sent to a Java-enabled mobile phone through a text message. This phone can then be handed to staff or partners who can then take it to the field and enter the information they are required to collect directly onto the phone (by following a trimmed-down version of the on-screen form you have created for them). Once the data input is complete, the information collected can be sent back to FrontlineSMS as a compressed text message, giving you up-to-date and real-time information. Other solutions are available that provide data collection functionality, but many rely on data connectivity via the mobile phone network, or specialist devices or PDAs. FrontlineSMS does not, and only requires that you have a basic Java-enabled phone and a mobile signal. If forms are completed in an area where there is no signal they will be held in the phone until a signal is detected, after which they will be safely sent.

If you’d like further information, a video tutorial on FrontlineForms is also available via the online community pages.

Requirements

To enable the Forms tab in FrontlineSMS, check View > Tabs > Forms in the menu.
Using Forms requires FrontlineSMS v1.5.5 or newer and FrontlineForms v1.0.0, and is not currently supported in Version 1.

Installation

You can download the FrontlineForms mobile app directly by pointing your mobile phone’s browser to http://forms.frontlinesms.com. If you have GPRS internet access on your phone, we recommend that you download the FrontlineForms client directly on to your phone.

If you need help feel free to reach out to the FrontlineSMS Community, or better still seek out technical assistance in your local area. For wider help on using FrontlineForms, visit the online user guide.

NOTE: After installing FrontlineSMS, go to Options and make sure that the server number is the same as the phone number of the modem you’re using with FronlineSMS, starting with the country code.

To manually download FrontlineForms, select your phone’s make and model from the list below. If your phone does not appear on this list, you can try installing the generic version of the application from here. We will be adding support for more handsets over the coming weeks so check back regularly, or visit the FrontlineSMS Community, for updates.

For more information about the main FrontlineSMS software, see:

Nokia

 

Sony-Ericsson

 


FrontlineForms is powered by Masabi

FrontlineSMS is a kiwanja.net initiative