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ChronoForms8

How to articles for many features of the newest ChronoForms v8

How to setup fields events using Triggers & Listeners in Chronoforms8

Posted: Nov 4 2024, 22:00

Sometimes you need to show/hide/disable/enable fields or sections of your form based on the values of other form fields, here is how to use Triggers and Listeners behaviors to setup custom fields events in Chronforms8

ChronoForms shortcodes

Posted: Oct 27 2024, 11:48

You can use Chronoforms shortcodes to retrieve form or system info, or generate some data like UUIDs, here is a list of supported shortcodes in Chronoforms v8:

How to create a multi page form in Chronoforms8

Posted: Oct 22 2024, 15:02

Creating a multi page form could never be easier than how its in Chronoforms8, here is how to do this:

How to create a PDF file and attach it to email

Posted: Oct 16 2024, 12:18

Create PDF files using your Chronoforms8

Could not instantiate mail function

Posted: Apr 26 2024, 16:17

This is a common error with contact forms in Joomla, let's try to find out why it occurs

How to save form data to a custom database table using Sava Data action

Posted: Apr 23 2024, 23:15

if saving the form data in the forms log is not enough for your needs, you can use the Save Data action to save the form data to a custom database table, this table may already be in your database or you may create it using a database administration tool like PHPMyAdmin or ChronoMyAdmin

How to set Calendar start & end dates in ChronoForms8

Posted: Apr 21 2024, 13:33

In Chronoforms8 you can control the limits between which the calendar is allowed to select dates, here is how to do this:

How to use custom JavaScript or PHP validation in your form

Posted: Apr 20 2024, 21:55

in ChronoForms v8 you can validate field values using PHP or JavaScript functions, here is how to do it:

How to export saved form data to CSV

Posted: Apr 20 2024, 21:54

Here is how you can export stored form log data to a CSV file

How to use PHP data anywhere in your form

Posted: Apr 18 2024, 15:49

In ChronoForms 8 you can run PHP code, capture the results in a variable then use the results in later actions or views in your form using the {var:php_action_name}, here are the steps to do this: