Hi Chris,

As mentioned in this thread, I plan to implement a form wizard within the next few months and it will be on sale in the soon opening mojoportal store.

Best,

Joe

I don't have any easy workarounds. If you're developer its fairly easy to create a custom feature that you can plug in. If you have Codesmith, you can generate a starter module control using my templates under the CodeSmithTemplates/Codesmith4x folder. Then add your custom inputs and write your code to send the email when the button is clicked.

Hope it helps,

Joe

I just added a Codesmith template that can generate a starter SiteModuleControl using inline code instead of a codebehind file, so its all contained in one file. I suspect this is the easiest point of entry for a new developer to implement a custom mojoportal feature. I still generally prefer the code behind/compiled into the dll in the bin model, but some may find the inline code approach easier to understand. Using the new Codesmith template you an generate one using your own class names and file names but really you could juts edit this which is an example of the generated control:

<%@ Control Language="C#" ClassName="MyCustomSiteModule.ascx" Inherits="mojoPortal.Web.SiteModuleControl" %>

<%@ Import Namespace="mojoPortal.Business" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="mojoPortal.Business.WebHelpers" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="mojoPortal.Web.Framework" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="mojoPortal.Web.Controls" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="mojoPortal.Web.Editor" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="mojoPortal.Net" %>

protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnInit(e);

}

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

LoadSettings();
PopulateLabels();
PopulateControls();

}

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
TextBox1.Text = "Hello Web";
}

private void PopulateControls()
{
TextBox1.Text = "Click the button";

}

private void PopulateLabels()
{

}

private void LoadSettings()
{

// TODO: if yous feature has an edit page link to it here
//Title1.EditUrl = SiteRoot + "/MyClassEdit.aspx";
//Title1.EditText =

Title1.Visible = !this.RenderInWebPartMode;
if (this.ModuleConfiguration != null)
{
this.Title = this.ModuleConfiguration.ModuleTitle;
this.Description = this.ModuleConfiguration.FeatureName;
}

}

</script>

<mp:CornerRounderTop id="ctop1" runat="server" />
<asp:Panel ID="pnlWrapper" runat="server" CssClass="panelwrapper linksmodule">
<portal:ModuleTitleControl id="Title1" runat="server" />
<asp:Panel ID="pnlMyClass" runat="server" EnableViewState="false" CssClass="modulecontent">

Your custom form goes here.
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClick="Button1_Click" Text="Button" />

</asp:Panel>
<div class="modulefooter"></div>
</asp:Panel>
<mp:CornerRounderBottom id="cbottom1" runat="server" />

Its a basic hello world example that you can modify to create a custom feature. You would then drop the control into the Web/Modules folder then "install" it from (Key icon) Administration Menu > Advanced Tools > Feature Installation by entering a nem for it and the path to the control.

So you would just add whatever needed asp.net controls and code to capture your data and send an email.

Hope it helps,

Joe
 

Hi Chris,

Thanks a lot for your feedback.

Is it possible to be able to put the Question Title to the left and the Question field (data entry box) to the right all on one line

Not currently. You can style it with css but there is a hard break after the label. I will look into making it more flexible in a futre version.

section headers?

Not currently. That sounds more like a Survey than a Form to me. I am considering future improvements to Form Wizard so it can be used as a Survey or a Form.

Also UTC time - can this be set to the local time of the user?

Which user? The user viewing the data in Excel or the user submitting the form? How can we know the user's timezone for sure? Using Utc we know exactly what time it was and we can adjust to different time zones later. We can know the admin user's timezone and could transform to that on export. I will consider adding a setting for that in a future release.

One last question - I have about 5 versions of the same booking form with some slightly different questions on each - is it possible to make copies of the booking form I have already completed but each form is treated seperately.

Not currently, but I will consider implementing an option so that new forms can be created by copying an existing one as a starting point.

- Able to restrict a text box to allow only so many characters entered
- Assign a type to a text box - ie.  Text (characters and number), Numbers only, Phone field, Email field (did a check to see if was in email format), etc
- Subject line for email sent with form details.
- View all details of form submission online - search, delete, etc

All good ideas. I will keep them in mind for future improvements.

Best,

Joe