When users submit a form, is it possible to get both email and data (for excel or whatever)? I haven't quite figured that out yet.
And validation, do I need the new Mambot .3 for the ChronoForm 2.3 for form validation? I'd notice that serveral errors occurred when I use it (but this is based on the CF I've downloaded some 2 weeks ago).
Thanks.
Hi newseed,
Q1: Yes, saving into the database and emailing results are independent. You can do one or the other, both or neither.
Once you've saved to the database you can export your results to Excel (there are a couple of bugs in the Excel layout in 2.3RC1 - there are fixes in the forums here).
Q2: You need the mambot to embed forms in Joomla Content Pages, and v3.0 if you want to use the ChronoForms Validation code with embedded forms (there are a couple of bugs with the validation too, it makes every validated field required for one).
Bob
Could you shed some light on the export issue. I see where it allows you to create a table for the data but it doesn't have many choices to view the data. Maybe I am not fully understanding how the process works. I basically want all the data to be emailed automatically via form and then emailed again with the excel date file attached.
As for the validation, do you suggest to use a pop-up like form page that is seperate from Joomla or will the mambot work. The form I made is not embedded into a existing content page in Joomla or am I misinterpreting what you mean by that?
Hi newseed,
At present there's no way to e-mail the data in an Excel file (at least not directly from ChronoForms). You could possibly use the My template facility to create a csv format in the e-mail that could be pasted into Excel.
Can you say a little more about what you want to do - I don't see how it helps to have a single record in an Excel file?
For validation, if you aren't embedding the form in a content page then you don't need the mambot. You can use the built-in validation (but mind the bugs) or create your own - there's a tutorial on the site here on using the Really Simple Field Validation with ChronoForms.
What do you need to validate?
Bob
Hi newseed,
For the data export I'd be inclined to add the data to a database table using ChronoForms then use some kind of FTP link or database tool to transfer the data over to the local system. I'm no expert but there seem to be various tools and Excel macros that can do this kind of thing???
The data validation you're looking for can most likely be handled with the built in code but may need some little code hacks to work around the bugs.
Bob
