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When you restore forms that are created in V3.1 RC3 to V3.1 RC4

1) the Menu Types are lost for the FORMS. You have to go back to Menu Manager and define the menu types again
2) when you define the menu types again, the links on the Page (website) don't open up the FORMS


I can't see why not. The ID's are all right. The FORM names in the menu editor are right. The FORMS have the right access and are published... I just keep on seeing...

There is no form with this name or may be the form is unpublished, Please check the form and the url and the form management

but if I use the link to the FORM in ChronoForms UI, the FORM comes up in the broswer... so somehow the the MENUS are not able to call the FORMS.

update:

if I copy the URL from the link on my website to the FORM that was there in V3.1 RC3 you would see this:

http://funkyhousebeats.com/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=Add_a_Mix_link

This was the working link in RC3 that opened the FORM. After doing the update to V3.1 RC4, these are the parameters for the MENU item that would open this FORM in the main window.

URL = index.php?option=com_chronocontact
FORM NAME = Add_a_Mix_link
ID = 97
PUBLISHED = Yes
ACCESS LEVEL = Registered


... so I'm not sure why it says the FORM is not being displayed when logged in as a REGISTERED user or as the ADMIN???


Aaron

(what the link in the menu points to (copy link location from Webpage) and doesn't open FORM
http://funkyhousebeats.com/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&Itemid=97


what the link in ChronoForms points to and does work (if I manually take the URL and put it in the browser)
http://funkyhousebeats.com/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=Add_a_Mix_link


How do I get the menu to point to that URL??


Aaron

Hi Aaron,

The links don't work as the site is down. It looks as though you haven't added a form name parameter to the menu link.

Bob

The form names are assigned to the MENU items

Form name : Add_a_Mix_link

are you talking about "Form Name" parameter
or
Link: index.php?option=com_chronocontact

Because I can't change the latter of the two...

FORM links are for REGISTERED users. I can put those as public if needed???

:-)

Here are the differences...
I'll remove the http in this post for easy reading...

this doesn't work
//funkyhousebeats.com/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&Itemid=52

this does
//funkyhousebeats.com/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=Add_a_Mix_link

PROBLEM:

the first doesn't work, but that is how you define a menu item that is of ChronoForm type. You edit the MENU item and the LINK in the box can't be edited and is defaulted to:

Link: index.php?option=com_chronocontact

and you enter the form name like:

Form name: Add_a_Mix_link

... which is how you get the url for that menu item:

//funkyhousebeats.com/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&Itemid=52

... but that doesn't work... the working link to the form is:

//funkyhousebeats.com/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=Add_a_Mix_link

so somehow you have to get the menu item to point to that working URL or the ...itemid=52 URL has to be fixed????

Hi Aaron,

I see the problem now, just fixed it!🙂

Thanks!

Max

does that mean I have to download a new version of the Forms? RC5??

well no, you need to patch the file components/com_chronocontact/libraries/chronoform.php

get the one from the current install package and overwrite yours, this will fix it🙂

Regards,
Max

huh?

Hi Aaron,

you have this file at your server:

components/com_chronocontact/libraries/chronoform.php

extract the installer you get from the downloads area here, and find the same file and overwrite yours!

Regards
Max

ah ok... I just didn't realize you had the fix in the current download. I was looking for a fix link

:)

Great!!! It worked!!!

For everyone else!!

If you are seeing the symptom of the MENUS you have created for the FORMS in RC3 not working on the FORMS in RC4, do the following.

1) Go to the downloads section
2) Grab this installer (http://www.chronoengine.com/downloads/file/88-Chronoforms%20V3.1%20RC4.0.zip.html :: Saturday, 04 April 2009 13:46)
3) extract chronoform.php from the libraries dir
4) upload chronoform.php from the download and replace it on the server in the following dir (/joomla/components/com_chronocontact/libraries/
5) check your FORMS to verify

Aaron

Hi Aaron,

Sorry, I hadn't even realised that Max had released RC4 :-(

Bob

Hi there,

There is a little bug when restoring the form files. When you click submit without selecting a file, the program gives an error

Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\gt-loket15\administrator\components\com_chronocontact\admin.chronocontact.php on line 120
Sorry, But this is not a valid ChronoForms backup file, Backup files should end with .cfbak 

Regards,

I think that is expected. I could be wrong but the message is telling you that you have the wrong file type (blank) because you haven't selected one. Maybe what is displayed in the error could be more accurate... like "You must select the correct file type first"

Aaron

Thanks, Fixed!🙂

Regards,
Max