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Re: Formulize module menu help

2007/5/7 15:44
jegelstaff
Module Developer
Posts: 518
Since: 2004/7/2 2

Hi there,

The best thing is to look through the threads on the dev.xoops.org area for formulize. I have given some fairly detailed responses to people's queries, and if you carefully follow some of those threads, the nuances should become clear.

The current development version of Formulize includes some very powerful new admin features that remove the need to custom code most pageworks pages though. You can accomplish 90% of what people use Pageworks for using the admin UI now, which is really cool.

I hope we can get a release out this month with that functionality in it. There are extensive database additions and changes in the current version, and that takes time to write intelligent patches for.

Anyway, the most important things to be familiar with for writing pageworks pages is to know the parameters of the displayForm function, especially the done destination and the button text.

Also, you need to understand how the internalRecordIds function works, or else you won't be able to direct people to specific entries after showing them a list.

Those are the major things. Good luck, post on dev.xoops.org with more questions.

--Julian

Technical Architect - Freeform Solutions
Formulize - custom registration forms, ad hoc forms and reports

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Re: Groups/ Meetups.com

2007/5/7 15:39
jegelstaff
Module Developer
Posts: 518
Since: 2004/7/2 2

FYI: Formulize + Reg Codes does allow users to create accounts and for those accounts to be automatically assigned to one or more pre-existing groups. But it does not allow users to arbitrarily create groups.

Creating groups wouldn't really be very useful in XOOPS, it might make more sense in other systems where content is automatically grouped according to whatever groups are defined. In XOOPS a group means nothing until an admin has actually assigned specific permissions and access rights to it. So even if users created their own groups, someone would have to also create the permissions and access rights for that group before anyone in it could even see anything in the site (unless they were also a member of another group).

--Julian

Technical Architect - Freeform Solutions
Formulize - custom registration forms, ad hoc forms and reports

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Re: Formulize module menu help

2007/5/2 14:54
jegelstaff
Module Developer
Posts: 518
Since: 2004/7/2 2

I have replied in more detail on our dev.xoops.org forums...

http://dev.xoops.org/modules/xfmod/forum/forum.php?thread_id=3125&forum_id=746

I hope that helps,

--Julian

Technical Architect - Freeform Solutions
Formulize - custom registration forms, ad hoc forms and reports

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Re: Formulize module menu help

2007/4/30 13:00
jegelstaff
Module Developer
Posts: 518
Since: 2004/7/2 2

Hello,

I see the form in your menu now too, when I follow that link. However it appears you have given anonymous users all the permissions. Including add_proxy_entries. I suggest turning at least that permission off, since it causes that "Is this info entered on behalf of someone else?" question to appear at the bottom of the form. And that question is confusing and not relevant to this form.

Good luck with the site,

--Julian

Technical Architect - Freeform Solutions
Formulize - custom registration forms, ad hoc forms and reports

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Re: requst for form builder to database

2007/4/29 2:58
jegelstaff
Module Developer
Posts: 518
Since: 2004/7/2 2

You can download Formulize here:

http://www.freeformsolutions.ca/formulize

It's the best choice if you need to craft a whole workflow around your form, for instance, certain users only able to see certain entries, or only able to edit certain entries or even certain questions within an entry. It's also good if you need to create completely customized pages containing information submitted through a form.

If you just want to make a form and save the data, that's it, you may be better off with Formulaire:

http://dev.xoops.org/modules/xfmod/project/?formulaire

Good luck,

--Julian

Technical Architect - Freeform Solutions
Formulize - custom registration forms, ad hoc forms and reports

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Re: Need a product catalogue module : will pay

2007/4/29 2:52
jegelstaff
Module Developer
Posts: 518
Since: 2004/7/2 2

Hello. That's definitely the kind of thing you can do in Formulize. It will be a whole lot easier in the next release, but for now with 2.2 you can get a lot done with Formulize+Pageworks.

From your basic description, you want to...

1. Create a form in Formulize

2. Create a page in Pageworks to display entries in the Formulize form. There are several functions available to help you do that, there is reading material about this on our dev.xoops.org area, accessible throughhttp://www.freeformsolutions.ca/formulize

3. Create another page in Pageworks to act as your custom block with random info on it. Then make a PHP block in XOOPS and make the contents of that PHP block:


// assume your pageworks page is number 12

// but of course you would use whatever the 

// actual number is when you make it

$page = 12;

include XOOPS_ROOT_PATH . "/modules/pageworks/index.php";

With that, your Pageworks page 12 will appear in a block that you can then place wherever you want on your XOOPS site.

If you dig into this with Formulize, please post followups in the Formulize area on dev.xoops.org where we try to centralize application development discussions.

Good luck,

--Julian

Technical Architect - Freeform Solutions
Formulize - custom registration forms, ad hoc forms and reports

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Re: Formulize module menu help

2007/4/29 2:46
jegelstaff
Module Developer
Posts: 518
Since: 2004/7/2 2

Hello, sorry to hear you're having trouble.

What menu are you referring to? The Form Menu? Or the formulize entry in the Main Menu? Or the admin side of the module where it lists all the forms?

For which account(s) does this problem happen? Your webmaster account? Regular accounts? Both?

What permissions on the form have you given to which groups?

If you can provide a detailed description of the problem, we may be able to give some suggestions.

--Julian

Technical Architect - Freeform Solutions
Formulize - custom registration forms, ad hoc forms and reports

88

Kudos on the debug timers

2007/4/24 15:23
jegelstaff
Module Developer
Posts: 518
Since: 2004/7/2 2

I just wanted to say a big thanks to whomever worked on adding in the timers to the inline debug controls, somewhere between XOOPS 2.0.13.2 and 2.0.16. They are AWESOME!

Thanks so much, it's very much appreciated.

--Julian

Technical Architect - Freeform Solutions
Formulize - custom registration forms, ad hoc forms and reports

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Re: replace PHP_SELF with REQUEST_URI

2007/4/12 0:09
jegelstaff
Module Developer
Posts: 518
Since: 2004/7/2 2

Side note: Since $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] contains the URL from the browser's address line, it is therefore an attack vector for malicious users (ie: it is something the user has control over). So if you have any custom code in your site, you should be sure to escape $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] when using it in your code. ie:


$request_uri = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));

Otherwise, your site is open to an XSS attack.

--Julian

Technical Architect - Freeform Solutions
Formulize - custom registration forms, ad hoc forms and reports

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Re: Form Maker

2007/4/5 5:38
jegelstaff
Module Developer
Posts: 518
Since: 2004/7/2 2

We'd recommend Formulize.

Liase and Formulaire are good too, depending what you need. If you need a form only, Formulize might be overkill. If you need a form as part of a system or software application that your users are interacting with, kind of like an ad hoc module, more than just a contact form, and you need to do reports on the data, then Formulize may be the best choice. It can be used as a rapid application development tool.

--Julian

Technical Architect - Freeform Solutions
Formulize - custom registration forms, ad hoc forms and reports

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