Blank page in Frontend view (even with the simplest form)

Hi,

I just downloaded CF. My installation is Joomla 1.7.3 (English, SEO/SEF totally off) and ChronoForms J1.6 V4 RC3.0. I've also downloaded and installed the CFs module (same version). My problem is after I create a form and try to view it in Frontend view I receive a totally blank page.

My form:
test_form is created by the Form Wizard. Elements contain only one Text Box (Label Text: Test, Field Name: test, all other is default). Actions contain an On Load event which is Show html(0) (all settings are default). Save & Close the form. Click on Frontend view and I get a new, _blank_ browser window.

What did I do wrong? I need to create am extended registration form quickly and I think CFs will be the best way to do that. Although I don't really know how to handle some new registration fields (I know how to create them).

Any help welcome!
Peter

Hi Peter,

A completely blank page is usually an indicator of a PHP Error. Please try temporarily setting your Site Error Reporting to Maximum in the Site Global Configuration and see if you get a more helpful error message.

Bob

Hi Peter,

A completely blank page is usually an indicator of a PHP Error. Please try temporarily setting your Site Error Reporting to Maximum in the Site Global Configuration and see if you get a more helpful error message.

Bob

Hi,

I set the Joomla's configuration to Debug Yes. Unfortunately I cannot change the php.ini file, I have no permission to do that. Nothing special appears only the blank page. On the admin page the debug give no clue, CFs form is only displayed regarding languages:

**Untranslated Strings**

# **Unknown file**

BACKUP_FORMS="Forms"
COPY_FORM="form"
CREATE_TABLE="table"
INSTALL_ACTION="Action"
RESTORE_FORMS="Forms"
SHOW_DATA="Data"

# /var/www/administrator/components/com_chronoforms/toolbar.chronoforms.php

FORMS_MANAGER="Manager"

Managed to turn on error reporting PHP feature and turned out that the otherwise well working JoomDoc is the guilty:

Fatal error: Class 'JModel' not found in /var/www/modules/mod_joomdoc/mod_joomdoc.php on line 37

I don't know anything about the problem, because JoomDoc was working. Removing it solved the problem, but generate a new one: How can these two extension live with each other?

Hi Peter,

This is a bug in the JoomDoc module - it assumes that some other component will have loaded the Joomla! JModel file. I think this is the third module we've seen with this problem.
You can try putting this code into a Custom Code action in your form's On Load action:

<?php
jimport( 'joomla.application.component.model' );
?>

Hopefully that will fix the problem.

There's a slighty fuller description of a fix for another module here

Bob

Thank you very much Bob! I'll follow the link you gave and apply the "patch" you presented.
Peter