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How can I safely show a list of e-mail addresses?

Written by Bob Janes

One ChronoForms user wanted to offer form users a drop-down list of e-mail addresses that they could pick from and send the form results to - but they wanted to do it without putting the email addresses themselves on the form page.

We found a way to do this in two parts. First include the following in your Form HTML:

Then enter this code in the 'On Submit code - before sending email' field:

Thanks to deafjoomla.com for this FAQ

How can I add a refresh button for ImageVerification

Written by Bob Janes
In chronocontact.php look for:

if ( trim($paramsvalues->imagever) == 'Yes' ) {
  $imver = '<input name="chrono_verification" type="text"
    id="chrono_verification" value="">
  <img src="'.$mosConfig_live_site
            .'/components/com_chronocontact/chrono_verification.php">';
}

Replace this with:

if ( trim($paramsvalues->imagever) == 'Yes' ) {
    $imver_url = $mosConfig_live_site
        .'/components/com_chronocontact/chrono_verification.php?imtype='
        .$paramsvalues->imtype;
    $imver = '<script type="text/javascript">
        function RefreshImageVer(imgverform) {
            var randnum = Math.random();
            var newverimage = \''.$imver_url.'\'+randnum;
            imgverform.imgver.src=newverimage;
        }
        </script>
        <input name="chrono_verification" type="text" id="chrono_verification" value="">
            <img src="'.$imver_url.'" name="imgver" id="imgver">
        <input type="button" value="refresh" onclick="RefreshImageVer(this.form);" />';
}

And presto, one refresh button ready to go. Tested in IE7 and Fx2 From notexa on 2007/09/02 02:35

How can I keep the form data with ImageVerification?

Written by GreyHead
When you use ImageVerification the form data is passed back to the server so that the image code can be validated. This is needed for security reasons. A consequence of this is that, if the code is not valid, the form is re-sent to the browser. ChronoForms will now re-display the form but you need to set up your form html so that any existing values are preserved.
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How can I add the date and time to my email?

Written by GreyHead
The simplest way to put the date in is probably to put a hidden field in your form and give it a value of value="<?php echo date(r) ?>" The 'r' is a format code that you can change - see the PHP manual here for different options.

How can I show a form in a module?

Written by GreyHead

Joomla modules are the small display boxes that you can put on more than one content page.

It is not possible to paste ChronoForms code directly into a module and have it work. However there is a simple work-around that will let you do this.

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How can I link to my merchant account?

Written by GreyHead

It's a common requirement for commercial websites to want to link to a payment gateway like 'Authorise.net', or 'PayPal'. The exact way to do this will depend on the gateway specifications but here's a general solution that may give some help.

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How can I create a tabbed form?

Written by GreyHead

Here's an example of a very simple Tabbed form implementation in Joomla 1.0.x using the built in tab code. I've just split the parts of the test form across four tabs.

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How can I create a dynamic form?

Written by GreyHead
I think I have a solution that you can try, I'm using Peter Paul Koch's Usable Forms script from quirksmode.org (sorry, the forum won't let me post links to the page).
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