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Allow users to create task form?

junkah 22 Jul, 2009
hi,
i am trying to clone the functionality of http://www.lzechernishmas.com/.

basically, there is a form which is a project manager. users can log on and generate one of these forms with their own title. other users (we'll call them user2) can then select tasks from the project. when a user2 selects a task, it is saved on the form so a task is not done twice.

can chronoforms do any step of this functionality? thanks!

-junkah
GreyHead 22 Jul, 2009
Hi junkah,

This is possible. You'll probably need:

a) One master form in ChronoForms to create a new project and create a database record for it

b) A ChronoConnectivity list to allow users to select a project

c) A second form for project signup that takes and saves it's data to the master record.

Bob
junkah 22 Jul, 2009
Thanks as always, Bob.

I really know nothing about databases, could you direct me towards tutorials? (I know this is not your department, just though I would ask.) Thanks.
Max_admin 26 Jul, 2009
Hi junkah,

Bob tried to give you some ideas to do it, you may now read the tutorials available for creating forms and using connectivity..etc and once you are aware of how everything works you may start putting it together to accomplish your target!😉

Regards
Max
Max
ChronoForms developer...
Did you try ChronoMyAdmin for managing your Joomla database tables ?
dlwilson007 09 Nov, 2010
I have a similar question, but the answer is not clear to me. I would like to create a task list and display the form results using chrono connectivity. From what I have read, I should have no problem making this happen.

Is there also a way to update tasks that have already been created? What about creating different views of the resulting data? And would the email functionality work for each update of the data? Finally, could I use any table data in my joomla database to populate the forms (for example, I could pull a registered users' email address and use this for sending email).

As for the data display, if I have a state of 'active' and a state of 'completed', and I could show the results of 'active' items by filtering. And on a different screen display the 'completed' items only.

I'm not yet worried about creating the relationship to a parent, such as a project...at least not yet.

Sounds like a lot...but if someone says it can be done, then that's really all I need to know. And if it can't be done, then I'll just have to go back to the MCV drawing board and develop a Joomla extension.
GreyHead 09 Nov, 2010
Hi dlwilson007,

A quick answer because it's 11:30 pm and I'm leaving for a week's trip in less than eight hours.

Yes, you can do all of that.

There's the beginnings of a series of ChronoConnectivity tutorials you can download here. They will get you as far as displaying details from a list. Editing and re-saving are only one strp on from that.

Bob
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