Problem restoring forms from 2.5 J1.5 RC1 naar 3.0 beta2

I backuped my forms from version 2.5 J1.5RC1. Removed chronoforms 2.5 and installed 3.0 beta2. When I restore the backuped forms I get the following messages:
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Restoring the whole form failed Failed, error : Unknown column 'extraemail' in 'field list' SQL=INSERT INTO jos_chrono_contact (id,name,html,scriptcode,redirecturl,emailresults,extraemail,emailsubject,onsubmitcode,onsubmitcodeb4,attformtag,submiturl,emailtemplate,paramsall,titlesall,autogenerated,published) VALUES ('','Jouw_aanmeldgegevens','

Jouw aanmeldgegevens



email; // set up the database query $sql = \"SELECT * FROM #__chronoforms_3 WHERE email=\'$email\' order by Naam,recordtime DESC ;\"; $database->setQuery($sql); // retrieve the data from the database $rows = $database->loadObjectList(); ?> Naam Datum aanmelding Emailadres Aantal personen
\"; foreach ( $rows as $record ) { echo \" \".$record->Naam.\" \".$record->recordtime.\" \".$record->email.\" \".$record->aant_pers.\"
\"; } ?> ','','','0','','','','','','','','ccemail= bccemail= formmethod=post omittedfields= recip=Yes from_email= from_name= replyto_email= replyto_name= email_type=1 debug=0 mysql_type=1 enmambots=No emailfield= subjectfield= ccfield= bccfield= fromemailfield= fromnamefield= uploads=No uploadfields= uploadmax= uploadmin= dvfields= imagever=No validate=No val_required= val_validate_number= val_validate_digits= val_validate_alpha= val_validate_alphanum= val_validate_date= val_validate_email= val_validate_url= val_validate_date_au= val_validate_currency_dollar= val_validate_selection= val_validate_one_required=','','','0')
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What went wrong?????????

V2.5 forms can't be restored on V3.0 and vice versa!

Max

Wow... I hope you are kidding... because I shouldn't have to recreate my chronoforms all over again to move up a version.

That's a pretty harsh migration path.

Hi danieli,

unfortunately the whole database table structure and email data and file uploads have been changed, pretty hard to get a converter but may be I make one if I got time for this, if you checked how V3.0 looks then you will see how much things have changed.

Regards,

Max

Thanks for the reply Max.

I do have a "non-live" version of my site that I could load the new version in to have a look at it. But exactly how much might I be loosing?
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Will my form tables remain intact?

Can I repoint the "migrated" form to the old tables?

If I have 2 versions of my site, could I simply copy/paste the form code from the "old" version to the new version?

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#1- yes, you will not lose saved data on uninstall (records)
#2- yes, much easier in the new version, just 2 dropdowns to select your table and enable connection.
#3- yes of course, you can copy and paste code from here to there.

Regards.

Max

Awesome... then no form needs to be "recreated", just re-added manually... not as bad as I thought.

Thanks Max.

sorry, but how is this done ? I've got several forms made in V2.5.Now I want to add a date picker...only available in V3.x ...so i need to migrate the forms. I noticed that simply updating Chronoforms wont work (table structure).
Copy past of the old code into the new version also gives # errors.

I there a manual ? Please ?

neils77,

Pretty hard to know why you might be getting errors without knowing what's on your chronoform.

Basically, this was my process...
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Used a non-live Joomla to do all my testing before moving to live

Spent some time creating forms from scratch in the new version, getting used to some of the changes and advancements

Paid special attention to the new email config/options

setup one "wizard" form with each form type so I could see the code and adapt it to my non-wizard forms

recreated a simple form of mine manually before moving to one that was more complex

etc...

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Basically, make sure you build some comfort with the new version before trying to migrate old code; it is different, and for the better, IMHO. While email options will need to be rethought/reworked, the form body from the old version should just plug in (I was able to remove some variables/code I was using to try create my own "dynamic" e-mail options before)... after all, it's still the same html/php based form.

If you don't have a second joomla install for "test"... now is a good time to set one up.

Hi niels77,

danieli's advice is spot on.

If you just want to add a datepicker then you can do that in the old version but you have to add the code by hand. There must be examples here of how to do it - I forget now, it's been many months since I looked at it :-(

Bob

Thanks guys,

If you could help me on my way with the datepicker for the old version, please.

Niels

I think if you want to approach your situation that way, you should open a new thread with a snippet of your form code, and a clear statement of where you want to add the datepicker.

And how do I start a thread ?

Gentlemen,

where do I upload my calendar script in order for my form to find it ? which is the right folder/path ?

niels.