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I have a custom form which I have loaded from Kompozer and would like to add the following functionality

Add a button next to the submit button - saying "down Load Form"
When the user presses this a 2 PDFs file on the server should be downloaded to their computer
Message saying click here to return to form.

I would appreciate guidance on this matter and would like to use the core functionality of Chronoengine as much as possible.

Hi apandit,

There's no special code in ChronoForms to help you build file download links. I did one today that was just a button inside a link tag:

    </div>
    <div class="form_element cf_button" >
    	<a href='index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&download=19:bdc_2012&id=3:info'>
        	<input type='button' name='bdc' value="Resubscribe using our order form" style='width:400px; height:40px;' />
        </a>
    </div>

There's an answer here on StackOverFlow that has a more sophisticated approach for PDFs.

Bob

Hello,

Another way would be to simply include 2 submit buttons with the same "field name" but different "value" (text) and check the value after the submission using a "Custom server side validation" box or the "Event switcher [GH]" action.

If you will use the "Custom server side validation", then you can use this code inside:

<?php
if($form->data['submit_button_name'] != "Submit"){ //assuming one of the 2 buttons value (text) = "Submit", case sensitive.
return false;
}
?>

And include the "File Downloader" action in the "On Fail" event of the "Custom SSV" action, leave the "on success" empty because this will be the route for normal submissions🙂

Regards,
Max

Thanks Grey Head and Max for your response, much appreciated.

Feed back!

Both solutions proposed by Max and Bob worked fine.

I have implemented Bobs solution because this by passes the validation of the form.

To see it working use this link http://www.ieyc.de/registration-form.

mfg
apandit