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Hello I am trying to create a button that links to a page with a contact form already present. What I want is for the button to auto fill a few text boxes through the link. I had a look at this post http://www.chronoengine.com/forums/posts/f2/t92137.html , but for some reason I keep getting a 404 when i tried. What are the steps to getting it set up properly? I am using a local client.

Any help would be appreciated

Hi Datty,

What URL are you using in the link? If you get a 404 message presumably it's not a valid URL. The code in the FAQ works correctly.

Bob

For example I want the name field to be automatically filled in with a link on the page called contact would I use this link:

localhost/mysite/contact?option=com_chronoforms&view=form&Itemid=1&name=Datty

I assume Item id is found in the chronoform which is currently 1. The form already exists on the page as I want to use that one form but have many different links fill it up depending on where the user accesses it from.

Hi Datty,

That's mostly correct . . . except that ItemId is the Joomla! Menu item. You can either use that if it's a CF Menu item, or you can include the form name in the URL

localhost/mysite/index.php?option=com_chronoforms&chronoform=my_form_name&name=Datty

Note that I've also replaced the first 'contact' with index.php and removed the view parameter (I think that's also used by the Menu).

Bob

I am still unsure as why it is not working, would the auto fill work if the form was embedded using code in an article?

Hi Datty,

I can only speak with certainty about CFv4 but I think that CFv5 probably does the same.

Bob

Ive installed CFv4 instead but i still cant quite get it to work, I may be setting it up wrong. Which field in the form wizard will I need to give the label "name" for it to fill?

Hi Datty,

It's the 'name' of the Input that you need to set (not the Label or Title).

Bob