Can you transfer variables to a web form?

Can anyone think of an easy way to get variables into a web form?

I've found lots of people including myself would like to gather information from learners and be able to save it (not just print it) in a file.  Anyone know how to do this without spending thousands of dollars on coding or using the only partially functional mail function?

I had this vision of creating a web form that had the variable names in it, and embedding the web object in Storyline, and it filling the form automatically. Too easy and I don't know enough to be sure I'm doing it right anyway to test the theory.