error with form_wizard.php

Hello,

I downloaded ChronoForms 2 or 3 weeks ago and spent a long time getting my three forms set up (I use Joomla 2.5). I have the forms set to email me whenever someone submits a form. However, I'm about to migrate my site and thus want to change the email recipient to be my boss (i.e. he is emailed instead of me when someone submits a form).

I went in to make the change and I'm getting error messages when I click on either Form Wizard or Easy Form Wizard. The error messages read:

Warning: require_once(/home/papers6/public_html/bears/administrator/components/com_chronoforms/form_widgets/_vti_cnf/input__vti_cnf.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/papers6/public_html/bears/administrator/components/com_chronoforms/views/form_wizard.php on line 290

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/papers6/public_html/bears/administrator/components/com_chronoforms/form_widgets/_vti_cnf/input__vti_cnf.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/papers6/php') in /home/papers6/public_html/bears/administrator/components/com_chronoforms/views/form_wizard.php on line 290

In my /home/papers6/public_html/bears/administrator/components/com_chronoforms/views/ directory there is no form_wizard.php file so I assume that is the problem. There also isn't a form_widgets folder in the com_chronoforms directory.

But I haven't deleted/ moved anything from chronoforms and the component was working fine 2 or 3 weeks ago when I created the forms.

I tested and the forms still work and the email gets sent to me fine, plus the form data appears in the table as it should. But I can't figure out how to either a) fix the problem so I can use the forms wizard or b) change the code to ensure the emails are sent to my boss and not me.

Thanks,
Helena

HI Helena,

It looks as though you have Microsoft FrontPage extensions on your site and they have added some extra files into the ChronoForms folders (the _vti_cnf id the clue). ChronoForms checks the folder and tries to load a widget from each file in the folder. Because there are now extra files that aren't widgets you are getting these errors.

I'd suggest that you remove the FrontPage Extensions files and check if you can safely disable the feature on your server. I don't think it's even needed with a Joomla! site.

Bob

Hello Bob,

Thanks for your quick reply (and sorry for my slow response: I only work on the website 2 days a week plus I've been out of the office for 2 weeks). Unfortunately, the problem seems a bit more fundamental than stray FrontPage extensions. On a closer look, it appears that I have *no* form_widgets folder at all in components/administrator/components/com_chronoforms/ where it should be, which certainly explains why it isn't able to read/write from that directory. It's odd, though, because I know I didn't delete anything and it worked find when I created my forms.

Any suggestions how to fix this? If I reinstalled Chronoforms would I have to recreate the forms I've already created?

Thanks,
Helena

Hi Helena,

The folder should be in administrator/components/com_chronoforms/ (not components/administrator/components/com_chronoforms/) and I'm pretty sure that you have to have the folder to create the error messages at all.

Bob

Ooops, yes: while the first "components" was a typo in my previous post, I was still in the wrong place.

However, in /administrator/components/com_chronoforms/form_widgets/_vti_cnf/ I don't have the input__vti_cnf.php file. All that's in the /administrator/components/com_chronoforms/form_widgets/_vti_cnf/ directory is an HTML index file that reads:
vti_encoding:SR|utf8-nl
vti_timelastmodified:TR|03 Dec 2012 15:56:26 -0000
vti_extenderversion:SR|5.0.2.4803
vti_cacheddtm:TX|03 Dec 2012 15:56:26 -0000
vti_filesize:IR|0
vti_cachedneedsrewrite:BR|false
vti_cachedhasbots:BR|false
vti_cachedhastheme:BR|false
vti_cachedhasborder:BR|false
vti_charset:SR|windows-1252
vti_backlinkinfo:VX|

I also can't see any extraneous FrontPage extensions in /administrator/components/com_chronoforms anywhere, but then I'm not quite sure what I'm looking for.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Helena

Hi Helana,

It's that _vti_cnf folder that Front Page has added that is causing the problem. ChronoForms assumes that any folder inside the form_widgets folder contains a widget - and _vti_cnf doesn't.

Try deleting the _vti_cnf folder completely; ChronoForms will then be happy, but there's a chance that the folder will be re-created by Front Page and you'll have the same problem again.

Bob

Thank you! It works now. I figured out the problem with Frontpage extensions too, so it shouldn't reoccur. Thanks for all your help.

Best,
Helena