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Using Form Helper with Custom Fields loop

Posted: 27 March 2008 12:06 AM

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Seems like this ought to work, yet none of my fields get populated. My Title field is being populated, but its above the custom fields loop.

{custom_fields}

         <tr><td class="title">{if required}<span class="redstar">*</span>{/if}{field_label}:</td>
          <td>

           {if textarea}
           <textarea id="{field_name}" name="{exp:form_helper:field_grabber field_name='{field_name}'}" cols="40" rows="{rows}">{field_data}</textarea>
           {/if}

           {if textinput}
           <input type="text" id="{field_name}" value="{field_data}" name="{exp:form_helper:field_grabber field_name='{field_name}'}" maxlength="{maxlength}" size="30" />
           {/if}

           {if pulldown}
            <select name="{exp:form_helper:field_grabber field_name='{field_name}'}">
             {exp:form_helper:custom_pulldown entry_id="{entry_id}" field_name="{field_name}"}
             <option value="{value}" {selected}>{value}</option>
             {/exp:form_helper:custom_pulldown}
            </select>
           {/if}

          </td>
         </tr>

         <tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="formhelp">{field_instructions}</td></tr>

        {/custom_fields}


        <tr><td colspan="2" class="continue"><input type="submit" name="bSubmit" value="Update" /></td></tr>
       </table>

      {/exp:weblog:entry_form}

Thanks,
Chad

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Posted: 27 March 2008 06:33 AM

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I’ve never actually tested this out using it this… only hardcoded…

Can I assume you have this at the beginning of your form?

{exp:weblog:entries rdf="off"}
{exp:weblog:entry_form weblog="your_weblog" return="template_group/template"}
<input type="hidden" name="entry_id" value="{entry_id}" />

You should probably also use {field_name} instead of {field_data}

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Chad Crowell

Posted: 27 March 2008 08:30 AM

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Here is the entire form

<h1>My Company Profile</h1>
    
    
    {exp:weblog:entries weblog="companies" disable="category_fields|member_data|pagination|trackbacks" rdf="off" author_id="CURRENT_USER" limit="1"}

     {if no_results}  
      <!-- Show the entry form -->
      
       {Company Profile Entry}
     
       {exp:weblog:entry_form weblog="companies" return="account" use_live_url="no" category="9"}

        <table class="formtable">
         <tr><td></td><td class="required-info"><span class="redstar">*</span> Required information</td></tr>

         <tr><td class="title"><span class="redstar">*</span>Company Name:</td>
          <td>
           <input type="text" name="title" value="" id="title" size="30" /> 
          </td>
         </tr>


         {custom_fields}

          <tr><td class="title">{if required}<span class="redstar">*</span>{/if}{field_label}:</td>
           <td>

            {if textarea}
            <textarea id="{field_name}" name="{field_name}" cols="40" rows="{rows}">{field_data}</textarea>
            {/if}

            {if textinput}
            <input type="text" id="{field_name}" name="{field_name}" maxlength="{maxlength}" size="30" />
            {/if}

            {if pulldown}
             <select id="{field_name}" name="{field_name}">
              {options}<option value="{option_value}"{selected}>{option_name}</option>{/options}
             </select>
            {/if}

           </td>
          </tr>

          <tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="formhelp">{field_instructions}</td></tr>

         {/custom_fields}


         <tr><td colspan="2" class="continue"><input type="submit" name="bSubmit" value="Submit" /></td></tr>
        </table>

       {/exp:weblog:entry_form}
     
     
     {/if} <!-- no_entries -->

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Posted: 27 March 2008 08:31 AM

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<!-- show the edit form -->
      
      {Company Profile Edit}
      
      {exp:weblog:entry_form weblog="companies" return="account"}
       <input type="hidden" name="entry_id" value="{entry_id}" />
       <input type="hidden" name="title" value="{title}" />
       <input type="hidden" name="entry_date" value="{entry_date format='%Y-%m-%d %g:%i %A'}" />
       <input type="hidden" name="category[]" value="{cat_id}" />
      
      
      
       <table class="formtable">
        <tr><td></td><td class="required-info"><span class="redstar">*</span> Required information</td></tr>

        <tr><td class="title"><span class="redstar">*</span>Company Name:</td>
         <td>
          <input type="text" name="title" value="{title}" id="title" size="30" /> 
         </td>
        </tr>


        {custom_fields}

         <tr><td class="title">{if required}<span class="redstar">*</span>{/if}{field_label}:</td>
          <td>

           {if textarea}
           <textarea id="{field_name}" name="{exp:form_helper:field_grabber field_name='{field_name}'}" cols="40" rows="{rows}">{field_data}</textarea>
           {/if}

           {if textinput}
           <input type="text" id="{field_name}" value="{field_data}" name="{exp:form_helper:field_grabber field_name='{field_name}'}" maxlength="{maxlength}" size="30" />
           {/if}

           {if pulldown}
            <select name="{exp:form_helper:field_grabber field_name='{field_name}'}">
             {exp:form_helper:custom_pulldown entry_id="{entry_id}" field_name="{field_name}"}
             <option value="{value}" {selected}>{value}</option>
             {/exp:form_helper:custom_pulldown}
            </select>
           {/if}

          </td>
         </tr>

         <tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td class="formhelp">{field_instructions}</td></tr>

        {/custom_fields}


        <tr><td colspan="2" class="continue"><input type="submit" name="bSubmit" value="Update" /></td></tr>
       </table>

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Posted: 27 March 2008 02:40 PM

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Have you tried it with using {field_name} instead of {field_data}?

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Chad Crowell

Posted: 27 March 2008 04:46 PM

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field_name yields form fields with “field_id_xx” in the textbox/textarea. I can definitely hard code it- was hoping this would work almost as a scaffolding.

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Posted: 27 March 2008 04:48 PM

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Haha… yeah, I think Hardcoded is the only way to go

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Posted: 28 April 2008 01:23 PM

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Can someone help me “hard code” this? I’m in the exact situation here.

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Posted: 28 April 2008 01:34 PM

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David,

If you’re after Hardcoding the SAEF, have a look at this thread:

http://www.solspace.com/forums/viewthread/836/

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Posted: 28 April 2008 01:38 PM

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Oh, I see. So you just mean not using the custom fields loop? I think I understand. I was thinking there was a nifty way to use the custom fields loop with the Form Helper plugin. It looks like I’ll have to go the standard route.

Thanks for the advice.

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Posted: 28 April 2008 01:44 PM

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David,

Correct. You cannot use the Custom Fields variable pair within the Formhelper loop.
Here’s another post on hardcoded editing with Formhelper:

http://www.solspace.com/forums/viewthread/846/

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