This is such great software with an offer you won't want to miss. Our friends at Quask are giving away FREE copies of the 'Presto' version of FormArtist (usually £29) to all Internet Magazine readers. And if you decide you need more, there are huge discounts on the 'Standard' and 'Professional' versions. See below for details about the Quask FormArtist offer.

What is FormArtist?

Take a look at some samples on the Quask Web site and we're sure you'll agree it can actually be fun to fill in forms.

FormArtist is a desktop software package that enables Web developers, sales and marketing staff, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and human resources professionals rapidly to create and publish Web and email based forms, surveys, e-brochures and opinion polls without any technical knowledge or programming abilities.

Creating forms with FormArtist is straightforward due to its Powerpoint like WYSIWYG drag-and-drop interface and its pre-defined style sheets, enabling forms and surveys to be created in a matter of minutes. FormArtist incorporates a comprehensive library of data collection objects, picture grids and form design features (including its patent pending interactive emoticons) allowing you to create highly attractive, visually rich forms that are more likely to encourage high response rates. You can create multi-page, high speed forms that don't require Web re-loading between pages or plug-ins to display the forms.

Surveys can be published to any Web server, though Quask provides Web hosting facilities if required (at a small cost), and forms can be deployed by email, 'pop-up' window or embedded into a company's Web page. No server database is required and all that is needed to get up and running on FormArtist is a PC, an internet connection and access to a Web server. Data, stored in FormArtist's local database, is easily exported to Excel to produce reports containing statistics, tables, bar charts, graphs, etc. Alternatively, FormArtist supports HTML, CSV, SPSS, Snap, ODBC and other formats for data analysis.

FormArtist Standard additional features include the ability to store acquired data automatically in a database and to create reports, analysis and statistics for Excel automatically. FormArtist Professional integrates with databases and third party Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software (ACT!, GoldMine and Microsoft CRM) so, for example, sales response forms can be fed directly into a company's database for rapid response to enquiries. The Enterprise edition features advanced server-side components based on .NET and SQL-Server, and is used by organisations requiring a developer interface and good integration of the data collected from FormArtist forms with their own internal systems.

The Offer

The FormArtist range of products comprises FormArtist Presto (normally £29, but free to Internet Magazine readers), FormArtist Standard (normally £129, reduced to £89 for our readers), FormArtist Professional (normally £549, reduced to £299) and FormArtist Enterprise (prices available on request). Prices are exclusive of VAT.

Installing FormArtist

FormArtist v3.1.29 requires Windows versions 98, ME, NT, 2000, or XP and a minimum 64MB of RAM.

You may want to install the software (from the link below) as a trial initially, to assess which version you'd like to obtain. But to take advantage of this great offer you will then need to activate the software by getting a product licence key from the Quask Web site before January 31st 2004. Please follow the steps below:

1. In your browser go to http://www.quask.com/purchase
2. Select the 'Purchase' button for the required product (you will see the full list prices at this stage)
3. In the 'Coupon' field enter INTERNETMAG
4. The remaining steps are self-explanatory and you will be emailed your license key
5. On starting up FormArtist you can enter your licence key to activate the full functionality

Please note: this offer will run until January 31st 2004 so to get these special prices don't delay.

• Install Quask FormArtist for Windows...

  (If using MS Internet Explorer browser, choose 'Open'; otherwise, choose 'Save' to save the installation file on your hard disk, then go to the location you chose and install by double-clicking the file from there; or you could copy the QUASK_FORMARTIST folder from this Internet Magazine cover CD to your hard disk and run the installation file – QuaskInstall.exe – from there.)

You can find Quask on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.quask.com/
Telephone 020 7738 9777