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Hi, I want to set and populate a drop-down option field in my form, actually I want the user to chose what department to contact by choosing from the drop-down menu and I want by choosing it the selected department that user e mail to be sent on the exact e mail of the chosen department, I tried to find solution but I could not find, please help me.

Hi dleltd,

Please check this post

Bob

Thanks Bob, I will try and let you know if I made it:)

Hi Bob, I did everything as it is explained in your post link, but I have a problem.
I can see all the emails I entered in the custom element in the preview but I do not see them in the actual form on the website, there on the website drop-down box is empty,why?
what mistake I have done?
<!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.leaderwriter.com">www.leaderwriter.com</a><!-- w --> is my website link and if you click the Contact Us top menu item you will see the actual form.
This is what I use in the check box in options in the preview ( there I can see all the mails I entered and I can choose from).:
em1=adve
em2=bill
em3=cust
em4=techn
em5=acc
em6=art
em7=ebooks
These are shorts of my fully entered e mails.

In the events On Submit I use as you recommended me Custom Code action with the following code:
?php
$recipient = JRequest : :getString ('recipients', 'em1', 'post');
$emails = array (
'em1' => [email]'advertising@leaderwriter.com[/email]',
'em2' => [email]'billing@leaderwriter.com[/email]',
'em3' => [email]'customersupport@leaderwriter.com[/email]',
'em4' => [email]'technicalsupport@leaderwriter.com[/email]',
'em5' => [email]'accounts@leaderwriter.com[/email]',
'em6' => [email]'articles@leaderwriter.com[/email]',
'em7' => [email]'ebooks@leaderwriter.com[/email]',

};
$form->data['email_to_use'] = $emails[$recipient];
?>
What is wrong with this Bob, I think I done everything you told me in the link?

Hi dleltd,

I don't see a Select drop-down in the form?

Bob

that is my point Bob, I did everything by your link about setting drop-down box field,
there is a drop-down field but it is empty, I really do not know how to fix it,here is the link of the form : http://www.leaderwriter.com/index.php/contact-us
can you help me?

Here is what I see in the Preview , I see the drop-down field with all emails in it and I can choose any email I want, but when I publish it, there is nothing in the drop-down field in my form.
I sent and attachment from my Preview you may notice there is drop-down field with all emails i entered in but it does not show in the published form.
I apologise for the bad quality of the attachment.
Please , give me some help to fix this problem.
Here is the link of the form : http://www.leaderwriter.com/index.php/contact-us

Hi dleltd,

Please take a Form Backup using the icon in the Forms Manager and post it here (as a zipped file) or PM or email it to me and I'll take a closer look.

Bob

Ok Bob, I made a back up form and it is attached here, take a look and please tell me what I am doing wrong.
Bob I still wait for your help, what I did wrong with the form.

Hi dleltd ,

You have enabled the Dynamic Data option in the Dynamic Data tab of the Select drop-down element. When you do this ChronoForms ignores the entries in the Options box as it expects to get the options from the Dynamic Data - but there is none specified here.

Disable this option and the emails will display.

Bob

Thanks again Bob, for your help.
it works now