What is the best way to prompt a Form user to enter a value

Hi,
I apologize in advance if this topic has already been raised on the forum - I've done a search but couldn't find anything.
Basically I would be interested in finding out if there is a 'best way' to prompt and accept an entered value from a user. I am just experimenting at the moment with asking a user to enter a date value which will then be used in code. I am running Form 9.0.4.
Any suggestions or links would be gratefully accepted,
regards,
Kevin.

I am rather puzzled by the question. Forms primary use is to accept user input, and then respond to that input. It is no wonder a search does not turn anything up.
So there are a number of ways to accept input. The first that comes to mind is a simple input field on the canvas with some prompt text next to it.
I don't think there really is a "best practice". It really depends on what your form is doing.
If you explained what you mean by "which will then be used in code", or described what your form needs to do, then you would get some good suggestions.

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