Introduction The Masterminds Developers Directory attracts Formidable Forms developers from all across the World. Since it’s important to have Developer contact details in each directory listing, we added an International Dial Code lookup feature to the Developers Directory Registration form. The lookup form, along with its 252 entries, is available as a free download from [Read More…]
Programming
Create Interactive Graphs with Chart.js and Formidable
Requirement A client submitted a Project Application that requested: the creation of an interactive bar chart to calculate and display future values in real time when a “Risk” dropdown is changed on a form the Risk dropdown’s selected option changes color and the interactive chart uses the same color as the Risk option interactive colors [Read More…]
Display Range Slider as Currency
Summary This snippet is an updated version of the example found on the Formidable Knowledge Base JavaScript examples page: https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/javascript-examples/#kb-format-a-slider-field-value-as-a-currency. The KB example works for one slider at a time. This version works for multiple sliders on a single page. It also uses the JavaScript standard built-in Intl.NumberFormat object. This object enables language-sensitive number formatting. [Read More…]
Hide Previously Selected Dynamic Checkboxes in Repeaters
Problem I have two forms that have a repeater with a dynamic field (checkbox) inside it. When a checkbox is checked, I want them to be hidden in the future dynamic fields. Basically, I need every checkbox to only be checked once. If it gets unchecked, I want it to reappear. Once all checkboxes are [Read More…]
Change WordPress User Role when Editing Field in a View
Introduction We check several Formidable related community support sites daily, sometimes more than once a day. We’re always looking for opportunities to help others, but once in a while we’ll bypass an opportunity or two because the amount of research required to solve the challenge takes as much time as doing the job itself. With [Read More…]
Update Form Field Values with PHP
Formidable’s knowledge base is a valuable resource with a lot of very good coding examples. One in a while though, you run into a code example that doesn’t quite work as intended. Such is the case with the example for updating a field value with PHP. The problem with the knowledge base code example has [Read More…]
Building a Workflow Engine
Overview One of the most frequently asked questions when it comes to building a Formidable Forms business process is “How do I build a workflow to assign tasks, track sequence completions, and move to next steps?” Workflows can be complicated. Oftentimes, there are security considerations such as “How can I allow the project manager to [Read More…]
Taming E2PDF Saves
This Mastermind tip is contributed by Rob Levine (@RobL) from the Formidable Slack Community. Thank you Rob! Problem I am using e2PDF to create a PDF of a submitted Formidable Form. The difference for me is that I both want to save it to the server and do it without the user knowing (or caring) [Read More…]