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Main topics: ARB: a Short Introduction Glossary | Related topics: Search and Replace Tool (SRT)
# Write to Submission Forms OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION FILLING NOTES EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### ARB_NT/Species/Submission
## DESCRIPTION
### First you have to select the species you want to submit (or enter the species ID (shortname) of the species by hand). ### Then click on 'READ INFO' to extract some needed data from that species. The extracted data will show up in the nearby edit field. ### Select the form you want to use for submission. ### Press fill the form. This replaces all search strings (which are defined in 'Your private data' and next to 'READ INFO') with their values and shows the filled-out form in the third textbox. ### At last enter a name, press save file and send that file by email to some submission address.
## FILLING
### The forms provided with ARB contain fields in the form $(SOME_ID) These fields are replaced by the respective values from 'Your private data' and 'READ INFO'. ### The format of these sections is search1=replacewith1: search2=replacewith2: search3=replacewith3: ### For a detailed description refer to ´Search and Replace Tool (SRT)´.
## NOTES
### None
## EXAMPLES
### None
## WARNINGS
### Before submitting you should check the filled-out form for any un-replaced fields. If you find any, define them in the 'Your private data' section.
## BUGS
### No bugs known