Retrieve admin link for a Form

hbadger

Hi everyone,
I'm new to Cryptpad and successfully managed to set up a Form for a survey, checked that it worked, copied public link and distributed it. Now, after a few days, I want to check on responses, but the Form is nowhere to be found on my CryptDrive. In fact, it's nowhere to be found at all. I traced back the link in the browser history and sure enough, that brought the Form back in admin mode which is necessary to retrieve responses, but it did not give me the option to save it on the CryptDrive. Is this a bug?
Kind regards,
HB

AlexQ

Hi @hbadger , I will try it and post my result.

Could you please give the details in the meantime:

a) Which CryptPad server? (cryptpad.fr, self host, other)

b) Which CryptPad version? (if not cryptpad.fr)

c) Did you start the form from the "New" menu in your cryptdrive or from the start page / landing page of the server?

Thanks

AlexQ

Result:

In addition to my questions a) - c):

d) You said, you can bring back the form in admin (edit) mode from browser history, but cannot save it. Please check, you should always see the CryptPad "File" menu in the upper left corner and there you can retroactively save the form to your cryptdrive with the menu entry "Save in CryptDrive".

e) Please also check your CryptPad user settings. You can activate "Settings" --> "CryptDrive" --> "Document storage in CryptDrive" --> "manual (always ask)". So usally this should actively give you the option or remember you to save your form. I wonder if you maybe have isntead activated "Manual (never ask".

If the GUI elements for d) or e) are missing this would be a strange error. If so, please post a screenshot.

Unexpected behaviour:
What does me wonder is the CryptPad behaviour, this is unexpected to me:
If you never save a form, users can answer anywayit with the public link. I would have expected that an unsaved form (or document in general) gets destroyed. Instead it seems to be hidden somewhere on the CryptPad server. In my opinion it should at last be accessible via the trash "folder" - or don't exist at all.

@hbadger please give feedback to d) - e) if this answer is sufficient for you and the topic is "closed" or to a) - e) if you need more help. Thanks.