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Hello everyone,

I'm having a problem with submitting a form. The link is at:
http://ccchesstest.cumberlandcountychess.org/index.php?option=com_chronoforms&view=form&Itemid=800

When a category is selected and the form submitted, the user gets a list of books. When a title is selected, the user gets the following error:

"Connection name can NOT be empty!"

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help.

Hi chriso0258,

I'm not an expert on ChronoConnectivity :-(

The edit links look like this:

. . . /index.php?option=com_chronoconnectivity&view=form&Itemid=800&task=cc_edit_data&cb=2645

and that doesn't include the name of the listing. It also isn't in the page URL which is a ChronoForms URL.

Bob

Hi GreyHead, thanks for the reply.

Strange. When a user selects a category it calls up a connectivity app connection called library_category. In the Front editing section the connection is set to use a form called librarydisplaybks front form. I've created/used other connectivity apps and used the Front editing section to display a form with no problems. The only difference I see is that in those cases I link to the connectivity app directly from a menu item, whereas here I'm linking to one from a form.

If I'm not making the connection correctly, how should I?

Should I address this issue in the connectivity forum?

Thanks for your assistance.

Hello again.

I have noticed that when I select a book from a link directly to the the connectivity app via a menu item, the link looks like this:

http://ccchesstest.cumberlandcountychess.org/index.php?option=com_chronoconnectivity&view=connection&Itemid=828&task=cc_edit_data&cb=2645

However, if I select the same book from a listing gotten from a form using a drop down menu to select a category, the link looks like this:

http://ccchesstest.cumberlandcountychess.org/index.php?option=com_chronoconnectivity&view=form&Itemid=800&task=cc_edit_data&cb=2645

The difference in links is the "view" and "Itemid". Would it be possible to change these variables in my form that uses the drop down menu using custom code so that view=connection (instead of form) and itemid=828 (instead of 800)? If so, how would I go about it? I tried putting the following code in the onSubmit event section but it didn't work :

<?php
$view="connection";
$Itemid=828;
?>

Thanks for your assistance.

If so, how would I go about it? I tried putting the following code in the onSubmit event section but it didn't work :

Never mind the above question. I realized I needed to change the form data array. I did that, but unfortunately it did not change the url even though the debugger showed the variables had been changed.

I'm afraid I'm at a loss. 😟

Any ideas?

Sorry for the many posts. I don't like to just sit around.

Hi chriso0258,

Sorry I don't have much to suggest - you can try asking Max to take a look by posting him a link through the Contact Us button above.

The ITemID value is the Joomla! menu identifier - that probably doesn't make a difference.

The view=form I think tells ChronoConnectivity to load up a ChronoForm - but presumably there should be something to say which form.

Bob