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I am getting ready to design a piece of software that will basically have a lot of questions, and hold data in a database. Over 100 questions here. Should I just make multiple forms, and have the data stored from form to form, or should I use the same form and simply have it change as the user goes on with the questions? Or is there a better way to go about this??

Niradhip Chakraborty · Answer

Yes you can do it. Only thing is that you have to create multiple pages. Why dont you go for datagrid with scrolling option.Inside datagrid you can show all your questions and by scrolling on user can read all the questions.Anyways all your questions are coming from database so it will not a big deal to show the questions in datagrid and by doing this you can avoid multiple pages.Think about it

Baruch F · Answer

Which would you reccommend?? one form with lot of hiding and showing or multiple files? to me, it seems that multiple files would be easier to code. By multiple files, I mean multiple forms. So I would create the next form object, then I would pass the data to that form, and then I would close the other form. Would it be ok to do it that way??? Otherwise, my form will be a mess of hidden objects in the designer.

Niradhip Chakraborty · Answer

You also can use a datagrid to show your questions with a scrolling option.

Niradhip Chakraborty · Answer

Yes you can hide and show it. If you want you can go for next option. Create a table with a scroll and display the questions .

Baruch F · Answer

Yes,but to do it with the next button from the programmer's standpoint, should I just hide and show a bunch of items, or just make a new form, and pass the values to the new form?

Niradhip Chakraborty · Answer

You can go with a single form with a previous and next link. You can show 10 questions on each time. Clicking on next link next 10 questions will display. Or You can display 100 questions at a time with a scroll. You can give a specific height to your table. So your page won’t have scroll but the table having scrolling option. User can scroll and read out the questions.