some remarks to mod_survey

Hi,

we are using mod_survey now for some months and it is an amazing
flexible tool. For instance it was - with your help, thanks! - possilble
to create a multilanguage questionaire. Nevertheless there are some
questions or remarks to make mod_survey still better.

First some "cosmetic" things:

- After filling out the last page, you submit the survey. Now the
unlovely thing happends that you get a individual message (this is good
;-) but in an entire other design. I've used this suboptimal workaround:
<SURVEY ... CONTINUE="http://my-last-page" REDIRECT="yes"> on the last
page. So I have a customizable but static page, without the success or
error message. Is there another way to use a template or an include
directive to get the last page in an adapted design with the dynamic
messages?

- It is a problem to use a dynamic footer. Even if you include a CUSTOM
section after the last question, the submit button will ever be the last
item in the sourcecode. How can I insert code after the submit button?

Next a remark relating to mandatory fields

- The implementation of <CHOICE .. MUSTANSWER="yes"> is a problem. You
get the message that an input is missing on the next page (btw. in a
different design, is it customizable?). You have to go back (by browser
function) and you have to search "by hand" the missing fields. Would it
be possible to present the "normal" page with an additional text on top
"mandatory fields are empty" and a message "pleas fill out" next the
empty but mandatory fields? It would improve the usability for the
mandatory fields a lot.

Last a thing concerning data export:

- On questions with <CHOICE ... OTHERFIELD="Other"> you can export data
in one variable. But it would be nice to write the given alternatives in
one variable and all answers typed in, in a second variable.

Best regards
Clemesn

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