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Hello,

I'm using ChonoForms and it is a wondelful program for Joomla, I've created serveral forms with it but I have a couple of questions;

1) Can you give each form that is created and sent in by mail a unique serial number?
2) Is it possible to store the sent forms in a database like mysql?

Thanks a lot!

Greetings from me

Hi szd94,

Which version of ChronoForms are you using? You can find the version from Site Admin | Extensions | Install/Uninstall | Components in Joomla! 1.5 or Site Admin | Extensions | Extension Manager | Manage in Joomla! 1.6.

Bob

Hi Bob,

When I look in Components I only see CronoContact, version 3.2. Is this what you mean?

I forgot a question; Were on Joomla 1.5 now and we want to upgrade to 1.6 and V4 of ChronoForms.
Is it anyway possible to migrate the forms from the 'old' ChronoForms to the 'new' Chronoforms?

Hi szd94,

With ChronoForms v3.2:

You can create a unique ID in the OnSubmit Before Email code box.

You use a DB Connection to save data to the database. See the tutorial from the Tutorials link above.

With ChronoForms v4:

You can create a unique ID with a Custom Code action.

You use a DB Save action to save data to the database.

Bob

Thanks a lot, this helps.

But is it possible to copy or transfer or migrate the forms to the new ChronoForms?

Hi szd94,

There's no automatic upgrade as the way the forms are stored is very different. If you are starting out now then use ChronoForms v4; you can backup and restore CFv4 forms from Joomla! 1.5 to Joomla! 1.6/1.7

If you have forms in ChronoForms V3 you can copy and paste over blocks of code - the Form HTML for example - from one to the other. But if the forms are simple it's probably easier in the long run to rebuild them in CFv4.

Bob

And how will this be in the future, for example everytime there's a update you will have to make new forms?

And how to add this field to a email, this submitbeforecode?

I would like to when users fill in a form and email it, there's gonne be a unique number in the email so I can store it in the database.

Thanks a very lot!