Form: Dropdown-box

Posted on 03/03/2008 09:21:29

Is there a way you can use a value from a dropdown-box directly in the formular?

The reason I ask, is that I am trying to create a dropdown-box, with three different contacts, and thereby three different email-adresses. When one creates a formular, you have to type in a reciepient. I would like that to be the value of the dropdown-box, so if the user choses contact 1, an email gets sent to contact 1 and if contact 2 is selected an email is sent to contact 2.

Is this possible?

You have to give the dropdown-box a system-name, so one must be able to access the value by using this name. I would imagine that you would have to type in something like

!--@FormToEmailValue[systemname]--

Or something simular...

- Lars Britz

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Nicolai Høeg Pedersen

Posted on 04/03/2008 15:12:50

You can use a javascript in your master or page template:

SendFormTo is a dropdown box with e-mail adresses as values. Recipient is the name of the field containing the recipient of the form.

Nicolai Høeg Pedersen

Posted on 04/03/2008 15:13:40

Posted on 04/03/2008 15:52:28

You have to specify a recipient in the form-module but I want to avoid this, so I guess I have to create a formmail instead, by using the dokumentation.txt?

Nicolai Høeg Pedersen

Posted on 04/03/2008 16:17:13

larsbb wrote:

You have to specify a recipient in the form-module but I want to avoid this, so I guess I have to create a formmail instead, by using the dokumentation.txt?

You can just specify a bogus e-mail address and set the one you want when the user chooses another. But you can also use Formmailer.

Posted on 05/03/2008 08:35:40

Of course... Why didnt I think of that myself.

It doesnt quite work however. Do I have to add something to the script you gave me? Like a systemname of the dropdown-field?

Posted on 05/03/2008 09:39:26

The recipient field shoud be named FM_ToEmail.

Posted on 05/03/2008 11:06:06

I must be slightly retarded, because it still doesnt work for me. These are my settings:

Modules >> Form >> Kontakt_2 >> FM_ToEmail >> Field: Vælg Afdeling >> Systemname: FM_ToEmail

Page in navigation: FormModule >> Recipient: dgjkdgj@dgkkdg.dk

Mastertemplate:

In the header i have added:

What am I doing wrong?

Nicolai Høeg Pedersen

Posted on 05/03/2008 11:15:48

Hi Lars

Cannot help anymore - it would just be a wild guess. But it seems like you get the idea, and then you just have to figure it out.

If you cannot you would have to provide a URL for us to check out.

Posted on 05/03/2008 11:19:02

The Url is: http://lbr.net.dynamicweb.dk/Default.aspx?ID=20

I appreciate your help so far!

Nicolai Høeg Pedersen

Posted on 05/03/2008 12:31:05

larsbb wrote:

The Url is: http://lbr.net.dynamicweb.dk/Default.aspx?ID=20

I appreciate your help so far!

OK - this script will work with your form:

And place the script after the form - not before in the header as you did. Else the script will fail.

Posted on 05/03/2008 13:47:11

Thanks! It doesnt quite work, but I will just have to spend a little time trying to figure it out. At least the basic idea is in place and I know now that the script has to be placed in the master-template, before the and after the content.

Thank you for your help!

Nicolai Høeg Pedersen

Posted on 05/03/2008 14:35:25

larsbb wrote:

Thanks! It doesnt quite work, but I will just have to spend a little time trying to figure it out. At least the basic idea is in place and I know now that the script has to be placed in the master-template, before the and after the content.

Thank you for your help!

I inserted the script - now it works.

Posted on 05/03/2008 14:44:30

Thanks a lot!

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