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{{man notetip|Census or Form?|Please note the ''Form Addons'' are an upgrade released in 2015 to expand the flexibility of the orignal Census Addons. The ''Form Addons'' supersede the [[Census_Addons|Census Addons]] from Gramps 4.2.X the }}[[File:Forms Gramplet.png|thumb|right|450px|Forms Gramplet - Shown Undocked from Bottombar Of People Category View]]The Form Addons are gramplet allows users to create and edit structured source data in a replacement for single form. It makes the Census Addonsmeticulous process of recording all the discrete elements far less fussy and error-prone.}}
The {{man label|[[Form_Addons#Forms_Gramplet|Form gramplet allows users ]]}} has been enhanced to create handle other {{man label|[[Form_Definitions|forms]]}} such as birth, marriage and edit structured source data in a single formdeath certificates and parish register entries as well as the originally supported census forms.
Using a Form doesn't mean creating data that can only be accessed with the Form tool. You can forego using the Form Gramplet at any time but still see and edit the data that was entered. The Form gramplet merely streamlines creating Events with the [[Gramps_{{man label|[[Form_AddonsVersion manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_3#Forms_GrampletAttributes|Form grampletAttributes]]}} has been enhanced to handle other forms such as birth, marriage and death certificates and parish register entriesseparately store elements of data from a structured source. You ''could'' do the same process using the standard Gramps editors... it would just involve a lot more steps per Person or Event.
You can stop using the Form == Forms Gramplet at any time and still access the data you entered. All the Form gramplet does is create an event and attributes to store source data. You could do this using the standard Gramps editors.==
{{man warn|Before using the forms addons|You need to define the form that describes the information contained within a source.'''<br>See: [[Form_Addons#Configuration|Configuration]]}}{{-}}== = Adding the Forms Gramplet ===[[File:AddingFormsGrampletToBottombarOfPeopleCategoryView-51.png|thumb|right|450px|Adding Forms Gramplet to bottombar of People Category (Tree) View]]The '''Forms gramplet''' is designed to be added for the bottombar {{icon|peop}}[[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories#People_Category|People Category]] (''Grouped'' or ''List'') view modes of Gramps. (After [[Third-party_Addons#Installing_Addons_in_Gramps|installation]], this gramplet will be available for addition in all these locations: the [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Gramplets#The_split-screen_Sidebar_.26_Bottombar|sidebar/bottombar option]] for the following views: {{icon|peop}}People, {{icon|rela}}Relationships, {{icon|ance}}Charts, and {{icon|geog}}Geography.)
Select the {{man warnlabel|Before using Forms}} menu option from the forms addons{{man label|you need to define Add a gramplet}} submenu of the form that describes the information contained within a source.'''<br>See: [[Form_AddonsGramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window#ConfigurationGramplet_Bar_Menu|ConfigurationGramplet selection menus]]. Accessible by pressing the {{man button|&or;}}(''Down Arrowhead'' button) in the view's sidebar or bottombar.
The blank '''Forms Gramplet''' will be shown docked as below.{{-}}[[File:FormsGrampletShownInBottombarOfPeopleCategoryView-51.png|thumb|left|450px|Forms Gramplet - Shown docked In Bottombar Of People Category View]]{{-}}=== Initial Configuration for each source ==={{man menu|The Forms Gramplet is designed to be added Before using the forms addons you need to define the form that describes the bottombar of information contained within a source. See: [[Gramps_5.0_Wiki_Manual_-_CategoriesForm_Addons#People_CategoryConfiguration|person viewConfiguration]]}}.
The Forms Gramplet lists all the events for the active person that can be edited using the form editor. The listing displays the source, date and place of the event together with the role the active person performs in the event.
A new event can be created by clicking the {{man button|New}} button at the bottom of the {{man label|Forms Gramplet}} which will show you the {{man label|[[Form_Addons#Form_Selector|Select Form]]}} selector dialog where you can choose the form to use. Once you select a form you will be taken to the {{man label|[[Form_Addons#Form_Editor|Form Editor]]}}.
An existing event can be edited either by highlighting a row and clicking the [[File:Forms Gramplet.png|thumb|right|450px|Forms Gramplet - Shown Undocked from Bottombar Of People Category View]]{{man button|Edit-}} button or by double<!--clicking on a row to bring up the the {{man label|[[Form_Addons#Form_EditorFile:Forms Gramplet showing existing event.png|thumb|right|450px|Form EditorForms Gramplet - Showing existing event]]}}.-->
An existing event can be edited either by highlighting a row and clicking the {{man button|Edit}} button or by double-clicking on a row to bring up the {{man label|[[File:Form_Addons#Form_Editor|Form Editor]]}}.  If the {{man label|Forms Gramplet}} is undocked you can use the {{man button|Help}} button to see this page.png]]{{-}}
== Form Selector ==
The form selector allows the user to select a source that has been associated with a form. The sources are grouped by event type.
[[ImageFile:Form Selector.png|thumb|left|450px]]{{-}}{{man menu|If the {{man label|Form Selector}} list is empty then you need to define the form that describes the information contained within a source. See: [[Form_Addons#Configuration|Configuration]]}}{{-}}
== Form Editor ==
* A place can be selected in the usual Gramps manner.
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=== Details tab===
The "{{man label|Details}}" tab provides an area which allows the user to enter data specific to individual people listed in the source. This tab can be divided into sections. Each section consists of people performing the same role in the event.
[[fileFile:Form Editor.png|left]]{{-}}
==== Person Section ====
A person section allows information about a single person to be entered. A new person can be created and selected by clicking the "{{man button|+" }} button. A person already in Gramps can be selected by clicking the second button ("{{man button|share"}}). The user is prevented from entering data until a person is selected. [[file:Form Person Section.png]]
[[File:Form Person Section.png|left]]
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==== Family Section ====
A family section allows information about two people belonging to a family to be entered. A new family can be created and selected by clicking the "{{man button|+" }} button. A family already in Gramps can be selected by clicking the second button ("{{man button|share"}}). The user is prevented from entering data until a family is selected. [[file:Form Family Section.png]]
[[File:Form Family Section.png|left]]
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==== Multiple Person Section ====
A multiple person section allows information about multiple people to be entered. A new person can be created and then added to the section by clicking the "{{man button|+" }} button. A person already in Gramps can be added to the section by clicking the second button ("{{man button|share"}}). A person can be removed from the section by clicking the "{{man button|-" }} button. The order of people in the section can be changed by highlighting a row and then using the up {{man button|↑}} and down {{man button|↓}} arrow buttons.
[[fileFile:Form Multiple Section.png|left]]{{-}}
===Headings tab===
{{man menu|'''Before using the form addons, you need to define the form that describes the information contained within a source.'''}}
To do this you need to edit each {{man label|[[Gramps_5.0_Wiki_Manual_Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#Editing_information_about_sources|Source]]}} and add an entry in the {{man label|"Attributes"}} tab. The entry '''must''' have a key of "<code>Form</code>" and a value which is a {{man label|[[Form_Definitions|Code]]}} that uniquely identifies the form to be used eg: <code>UK1841</code>
{{man tip| Translated Gramps |2=If you are using Gramps in a language other than English, enter the translated version of the key (e.g. In French, "<code>Formulaire</code>" instead of "<code>Form</code>").}}
[[ImageFile:Form Source.png|left]]{{-}}
=== Supported form definitions ===
If a form you require is not in the list of supported [[Form Definitions|definitions]] then you can write your own.
Form definitions are stored in XML files. These are located in the Form directory beneath your [[Gramps_5.0_Wiki_Manual_Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_User_Directory|user plugins directory]]. The file called <code>form_xx.xml</code>(where ''xx'' is a country code), is provided in the download, and contains some common definitions. Additional files called <code>custom.xml</code> and <code>test.xml</code> will also be searched.
Definition files consist of an XML declaration followed by a <code>forms</code> element.
The <code>forms</code> element contains a number of <code>form</code> elements, each representing a form definition. The form start-tag contains 4 attributes:
* <code>id</code> : A unique code to identify the form definition. You will use this code in the "Form" attribute of the source.* <code>type</code>: The type of the event created by the form editor. This is value will appear in the XML representation "<code>Type</code>" column of an events ("EventType"). It would be wise to avoid standard ones, for example, to add death information you could specify "Death.Info" or another one you make up (Data loss is possible otherwise).* <code>title</code> : A description of the form. It should be possible to use anything here.* <code>date</code> : An optional date in a Gramps date format. This is only useful for census definitionsor similar events that happen on a specific date.
<form id='UK1841' type='Census' title='1841 UK Census' date='6 Jun 1841'>
The form is divided into sections which describe the information that needs to be captured for people performing a given role in the event. Each form element should contain at least one section element. The <code>section</code> start-tag contains can specify these 3 attributes:
* <code>role</code> : The role that people in this section perform in the event. This is value will appear in the XML representation "<code>Role</code>" column of an events ("EventRoleType").
* <code>type</code> : The type of section. This defines how a section is displayed and people are selected. Allowed values are: '<code>person</code>' for a single person, '<code>multi</code>' for one or more people, or '<code>family</code>' for two people selected by a family.
* <code>title</code> : An optional title which will be This is used to describe when displaying the sectionon the form and provides the only way to visually tell multiple sections apart. In a marriage you would have a "Husband", a "Wife" and possibly others such as "Witnesses".
<nowiki><section role='Primary' type='person' title='Child'></nowiki>
A column element contains:
* An <code>_attribute</code> element. This contains the key used to store column information in the attributes of event reference objects within the Gramps database(The "Type" Attribute of the reference information for the event. If you use "<code>Name</code>" then the selected person's name will be prefilled. Once defined this text must not be changed.* An optional <code>_longname</code> element. This contains a fuller description of the column that and is only used in for tooltips (when you hover the mouse over the tooltips field in the editorform).* A <code>size</code> element. This contains the size of the column in the census report. It is a percentage of the page width. The sum of all size elements in a definition should total 100%.
<column>
Although you can add your definitions to the pre-defined entries in <code>form_xx.xml</code>, it is recommended you create a separate file called <code>custom.xml</code> or <code>test.xml</code> for this purpose.
 
====Tips on debugging your custom form definitions====
After creating or updating a form (in <code>custom.xml</code> or <code>test.xml</code>) to make sure your Form is correctly formatted use a text editor that includes an XML mode and syntax check, (like <code>NotePad++</code> and install the "<code>XML Tools</code>" plugin), then the editor will be able to tell you if your Form's XML code is formatted correctly.
 
If the XML form check worked then start Gramps to test it and if the {{man button|New}} and {{man button|Edit}} buttons don't appear in the {{man label|Forms Gramplet}} then there is a good chance that an XML syntax (or other) error has occurred. The {{man label|Forms Gramplet}} will not tell you where the error is, but luckily you may get a message in <code>grampsXX.log</code> (in the root of gramps user directory) that may look like:
 
<nowiki>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\GrampsAIO64-5.1.2\gramps\gen\plug\_manager.py", line 252, in load_plugin
_module = self.import_plugin(pdata)
...
File "C:\Users\<~username>\AppData\Roaming\gramps\gramps51\plugins\Form\form.py", line 114, in __load_definitions
dom = xml.dom.minidom.parse(definition_file)
File "AIO/xml/dom/minidom.py", line 1958, in parse
File "AIO/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 911, in parse
File "AIO/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 207, in parseFile xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: mismatched tag: line 12, column 10</nowiki>
 
If there are other (non-syntax) errors in the file then when you use the {{man button|New}} button and select the form, it will probably fail and suggest you restart Gramps,
if you open the details first you will see some information which may give you a clue as to where the issue is (start from the bottom of the error message), the following is an example:
 
<nowiki>
25285: ERROR: grampsapp.py: line 157: Unhandled exception
...
File "C:\Users\<~username>\AppData\Roaming\gramps\gramps51\plugins\Form\editform.py", line 995, in __init__
title1, title2 = title.split('/')
ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 2, got 1)</nowiki>
 
For the example error above, the title was fine, the Forms Gramplet was reporting that one of the entries in the custom form was incorrectly typed and should be exactly like the supported [[Form_Addons#Writing_your_own_form_definitions|form elements]].
=== Submitting your form definitions ===
A [[Form Testing]] area is available for this purpose.
 
See existing [[Form Definitions]] for a current list.
 
==Issues==
See issues attached to the ''[https://gramps-project.org/bugs/tag_view_page.php?tag_id=257 Forms]'' tag.
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==See also==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vital_record Vital records] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census Census] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
* [[Data Entry Gramplet]] addon that allows an easy method of editing previously added people, and adding new and related people in your family tree.
 
===Form Tutorials===
* Using the Form Gramplet, By Tim Graham, Photo Restorations by Tim G.
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5hijkAF6eE Using the Form Gramplet] - Shows an older version of the Form addon (Published on Aug 4, 2016) Note: Video says it can be installed on the Dashboard and or the Charts page but current version cannot.
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQL5shB9NzQ Defining Custom Forms for the Form Gramplet] - Shows an older version of the Form addon (Published on Aug 1, 2016)
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