What was used to make form dynamic when FormAPI was not available ?

nirali

When FormAPI was not available, was it only JavaScript used to make form dynamic. Was javascript invoked just by using <script> tag ?
Do we still have option of using JavaScript, if we dont want to use FormAPI ? Or we have to use FormAPI only to make form dynamic.
For making remote server calls, callOut CGI was used. While in FormAPI, its callServer API. But we still can use callout CGI. Do we still have of option od using JavaScript instead of FormAPI ?

(Someone asked me this question , I dont have answer, so I am putting this question on forum.)

Thanks

Migrateduser

Can you provide some context for the question? Are you trying to do something in particular, or is this just historical curiousity?

Prior to FormAPI, there wasn't much one could do to make a form dynamic. You had inlines and cgi-callouts and that was it.

Speaking of historical curiousity, I was on one of the very first projects that used FormAPI. At the time, it was a black patch that was being beta tested by my employer. Those were fun times.