I'm a total newbie to Chonoforms so please bear with me if my questions are elementary or totally offbase....
I've downloaded & installed the Chronoforms v4 component and have followed the video tutorials to set up a basic form. I'm impressed with the ease of setting up a form and creating a data table from it. I can see how to use Chronoforms to capture data, but I haven't worked enough with it yet to determine if I can use it to display data based on some user-specified criteria.
For example, we have a website for land surveyors and want to set up a database which will include information on our individual member's surveying specializations. I can use Chronoforms to create a profile form on which each member can indicate their specialty using check boxes and store that in the database. That I know I can do.
On the flip side, can I create a form that will extract a list of surveyors from the database based on required survey specialization? What we're trying to do is provide site visitors with the ability to get a list of surveyors who can perform the type of survey they need.
I don't want to open a database management can of worms which is why Chronoforms looks so attractive. I know I can accomplish half my task with it and am hoping I can do the other half, too. Normally I would try to figure this out on my own but I've spent so much time looking at other add ons (and hitting dead ends after way too much time invested) that I figured I'd asked if this was at least possible before charging ahead.
Any guidance would be deeply appreciated.
I've downloaded & installed the Chronoforms v4 component and have followed the video tutorials to set up a basic form. I'm impressed with the ease of setting up a form and creating a data table from it. I can see how to use Chronoforms to capture data, but I haven't worked enough with it yet to determine if I can use it to display data based on some user-specified criteria.
For example, we have a website for land surveyors and want to set up a database which will include information on our individual member's surveying specializations. I can use Chronoforms to create a profile form on which each member can indicate their specialty using check boxes and store that in the database. That I know I can do.
On the flip side, can I create a form that will extract a list of surveyors from the database based on required survey specialization? What we're trying to do is provide site visitors with the ability to get a list of surveyors who can perform the type of survey they need.
I don't want to open a database management can of worms which is why Chronoforms looks so attractive. I know I can accomplish half my task with it and am hoping I can do the other half, too. Normally I would try to figure this out on my own but I've spent so much time looking at other add ons (and hitting dead ends after way too much time invested) that I figured I'd asked if this was at least possible before charging ahead.
Any guidance would be deeply appreciated.
Hi jmahun,
There are three ways to create a listing page using the Chrono products. Which to use depends on exactly what your needs are.
1) The simplest version is to create a form with a DB Multi Record Loader in the On Load event and to enable the Dynamic display tab. This will create an automated listing table for the records and columns that you specify.
2) The next simplest is to repeat 1 abut instead of the Dynamic Display use PHP in a Custom element element in your form to take the data loaded and format that using PHP and HTML. This gives you much more control over the layout and content.
3) The last is to use ChronoConnectivity v4 or v5 to display your listing. This gives you much more control and flexibility - but there's a learning curve attached.
Bob
There are three ways to create a listing page using the Chrono products. Which to use depends on exactly what your needs are.
1) The simplest version is to create a form with a DB Multi Record Loader in the On Load event and to enable the Dynamic display tab. This will create an automated listing table for the records and columns that you specify.
2) The next simplest is to repeat 1 abut instead of the Dynamic Display use PHP in a Custom element element in your form to take the data loaded and format that using PHP and HTML. This gives you much more control over the layout and content.
3) The last is to use ChronoConnectivity v4 or v5 to display your listing. This gives you much more control and flexibility - but there's a learning curve attached.
Bob
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