Missing features in CF7 vs. CF6

Hi,

after digging some days deep into CF7 and migrating a complex CF6, i really can't get why very useful features are not part in CF7.

See: https://www.chronoengine.com/faqs/chronoforms/chronoforms6/variable-shortcodes

There was a very usefull shortcode: {url/full:event_name}
The actual workaround is:

get URL when loading the form

saving it inside the session (because of standalone pages)

use it later on + add details

This makes things more complicable than they need to be. As a user from CF5 on - with no migration possibility from CF6 to CF7 - this is very annoying. When estimating the effort, starting and then see that so many topics need to be redeveloped.

Maybe you have a chance to reintegrate things in an upcoming update of CF7 before stepping completely into CF8, which is in an early state from my point of view.

Don't get me wrong! I like your efforts and your product here but seeing this, it might be the last migration within CF.
:(

Best,
Stefan

Hey,

the same on "Blocks" in CF6.
I was able to combine several actions and reuse them.

Example:

Read Data Action => get data from database

in case "found", "custom code" for sorting outputs and so on + save into form variables

In CF7 this is not possible anymore.
I only can use an action reference which relies on ONE action element (on a helper page for example). I'm not able to combine them.

What is the outlook for CF8 here?

Best,
Stefan

BTW: to fix the missing shortCode issue... is it possible to access somehow

Array
(
    [option] => com_chronoforms7
    [cont] => manager
    [chronoform] => shortcodesTest
)

$this->get("option");

or

$this->data("cont");

don't work.

I need to rebuild a link to get a notification url from an external payment provider without hardcoding it😉

Thx!

use {var:option} or {data:cont}