PolyForm (TM) is a powerful 32-bit Web forms tool that helps you easily build and manage interactive Web pages. PolyForm's interactive forms make it easy and fun for users to respond to the contents of your Web with their own feedback, ideas, or requests for more information. PolyForm lets you collect, process, and respond to each user's specific input. Best of all, forms that once required hours of complicated programming can be created in minutes because PolyForm automatically handles all of the CGI programming for processing form contents.

Who is PolyForm for? PolyForm is ideal for all those who want to open up their Web servers for two-way communication with their users, including businesses that need to interact with Web customers, online publications and newsletters asking for reader input, companies collecting time sheets or managers' reports through an internal Web, work groups collaborating on an Intranet, and others.

What makes PolyForm the best forms creation solution? PolyForm's graphical interface and intuitive design give Web managers with all levels of experience the ability to quickly develop and maintain inviting Web forms. Beginners will have effective forms up and running in minutes with the easy-to-use Script Wizard and templates for the most common form types. Experienced Web managers can take advantage of PolyForm's advanced form processing features and concentrate on formatting for more elaborate HTML form design. Of course, PolyForm performs all of the associated CGI script writing.

Easy to install and use PolyForm's Installation Wizard gets you up and running in minutes with WebSite (TM) or any Web server that is compliant with the Windows Common Gateway Interface (Win-CGI) 1.1, or ISAPI (including Newscape servers, Microsoft IIS, and more). Whether you're a novice or an advanced Web manager, you'll find yourself quickly designing Web forms that draw attention to your site. PolyForm's intuitive graphical interface lets you use simple point-and-click control to determine exactly how form contents are collected, stored, and processed, and what type of response to send to the user.

Wizard and intuitive templates Use the simple, elegant Script Wizard and built-in templates to create the most common types of forms. Or, design tailor-made forms with your favorite HTML editor. Either way, PolyForm saves hours of programming since it automatically handles all the CGI script writing and frees you to concentrate on the appearance of your forms.

Power and security PolyForm comes with features that eliminate the need for additional software or custom programming. No more time-consuming email administration with PolyForm's built-in email capability. You can automatically forward form contents to any number of email addresses and send the user a customized message. Create tamper-proof forms that enable your server to identify and reject modified forms.

Full-featured forms and responses Impress your users by applying PolyForm's advanced form-processing features. Send users customized HTML pages that incorporate items from the forms they submit. Create HTML documents on your Web: use one of PolyForm's HTML templates to build a home page based on form input, and deliver the user the URL of the finished product. Include multiple submit buttons or script targets on a form to determine how form contents are processed based on the information a user provides. Designate essential response areas as required fields on your forms to ensure respondents provide all the information you need.

What do I need to use PolyForm?

• 486 (or higher) Intel-based system
• 12 MB RAM minimum for Windows(R) 95 (24 MB recommended); 16 MB RAM for Windows NT(TM) 3.51 (32 MB recommended)
• 6 MB free hard disk space
• Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.51 or higher
• WebSite(TM) or any Web server (such as Microsoft Internet Information Server(TM), Netscape(TM) servers, and others) that fully supports the Windows Common Gateway Interface (Win-CGI), version 1.1 or higher, or ISAPI

How do I get my copy? PolyForm is available in software stores and bookstores across the United States and internationally. Call O'Reilly at 707-829-0515 for the names of stores near you that sell PolyForm. If you have product questions, visit http://polyform.ora.com for information, demos, and free software; or send an email message to software@ora.com.

About O'Reilly & Associates O'Reilly & Associates is a recognized leader in software development and technical publishing, specializing in Internet-related software and books on open systems. The company's software and online development has included Global Network Navigator (GNN) (TM); WebSite, a 32-bit server for Windows NT and Windows 95; and WebBoard (TM), a multi-threaded conferencing system that adds online conferencing capability to Windows Web servers.

The PolyForm package includes a comprehensive book and full online Help. Registered users get 90 days of free technical support via phone and email. For those seeking ongoing support, O'Reilly offers a fee-based annual technical support program.

PolyForm is created in cooperation with Mark C. Bracewell. PolyForm, WebBoard, and WebSite are trademarks of O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. All other names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.