---
title: "Create a form"
url: "https://docs.4hse.com/forms/create-a-form"
description: "How to create a form from the file system, set its launch points and save it."
---

# Create a form

A form is created as an `.hf` file in the file system. See [Forms](/forms/) for the difference between the two editors and for the role of launch points.

1.  Open the **file system** of the office or project.
    
2.  Click the **New** icon (a blank sheet) in the toolbar and choose the editor:
    
    -   **New form (simple editor)**: fields are added one at a time and stacked one below the other;
    -   **New form (advanced editor)**: components can be placed freely, side by side or in different layouts. Before it opens, the editor asks for a starting structure (**Empty model**, **Vertical form**, **Inline form** or **Checklist form**), which can be changed later.
3.  Open the form’s general information:
    
    -   in the simple editor, click the **Configuration** icon (a gear): the **Details** tab opens;
    -   in the advanced editor, open the **Tree** tab and select the **Form** item, the first in the tree: the information is in the **General** section of the properties panel. If another item is selected, the panel shows the properties of that item.
4.  Enter the information:
    
    -   **Name**, required: the name the form is listed under in **Fill in a form**. The simple editor starts with _No name_, to be replaced;
    -   **Description**, optional;
    -   **Tag**, optional: in **Fill in a form** tags can be used to filter the list;
    -   **Launch points**: the items on which the form will be offered;
    -   **Country** and **Language**: used by the filters in **Fill in a form**. If they are left on _All countries_ and _All languages_, the form appears whatever the filter.
    
    ![The Details tab of the simple editor, with name, description, tag, launch points, country and language filled in](/_astro/create-a-form-1.BWuC2ILI_I4vFH.webp)
    
5.  Build the content of the form. See [Build a form with the simple editor](/forms/simple-editor) or [Build a form with the advanced editor](/forms/advanced-editor).
    
6.  Click the **Save** icon (a floppy disk) and choose **Save as**. Enter the file name and pick the folder: the dialog suggests the one open in the file system, but any other can be chosen.
    

From now on **Fill in a form** offers the form on every item that matches its launch points. To fill it in, see [Fill in a form](/forms/fill-in-a-form).

## Edit a form

[Section titled “Edit a form”](#edit-a-form)

1.  In the **file system**, select the form’s `.hf` file.
2.  Click the **Modify** icon (a pencil) in the toolbar, or right-click the file and choose **Modify**. The form opens in the editor it was created with.
3.  Make your changes, then click the **Save** icon (a floppy disk) and choose **Save** to overwrite the file, or **Save as** to create a copy.

Changes apply to later completions: forms already filled in stay as they were.

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