mark joon replied 2 months ago

Alright. How would you go about the following:

I have 4 sections that can be selected in formidable forms. 1 of them is for window frames. I got a calculator for window frames already which is really big.

But i now also want to calculate some other simpler things, for heat pumps, solar panels etc through formidable forms.

I somehow want the multipage formidable forms calculator to link to the window frame calculator from the formidable forms page about windows.

Then someone should configure all their desired windows and at the end take them back to formidable forms page about windows and paste some amounts from the window configurator into the formidable forms page about windows.

And then people should be able to continue with their formidable form calculator again where they left it.

At the end the end amount should be able to get added to woocommerce cart.

Basically how to leave formidable forms calculator when already halfway through it and link to another calculator to then take data from that other calculator back to the formidable forms calculator and being able to continue where i left off.

mark joon replied 2 months ago

basically:

a good question how to redirect from the form to another page and then go back with some data

is there a reliable solution?

Victor Font replied 2 months ago

On different pages, you pass values with query strings, or use cookies, or Ajax. There are many ways. You can also use local browser storage.

mark joon replied 2 months ago

Yeah but how when i need to leave the page of formidable forms. Cause i need to leave formidable forms halfway to configure windows somehwere else and then when i have done that need to get back to where i left off in formidable forms with some data from the other configurator.

mark joon replied 2 months ago

My developer asked specically:

only how to leave from there on a specific event. preparing the back url is my side

He searched the documentation and couldnt find it.

Victor Font replied 2 months ago

JavaScript/jQuery

mark joon replied 2 months ago

He said:

but should be a short-code to capture some form event to save its state and to a redirect.

I need a reliable handle to save the form on a specific step IF a specific checkbox is checked, and do the redirect probably with a form draft ID to be back to it later.

I prefer to use plugins API than do ****-code with custom events and so on

Is what he said. But if iits unclear il leave it as this.

Victor Font replied 2 months ago

Events are browser based. You must use jQuery/JavaScript. Shortcodes execute on the server before the form is rendered in the browser. There is no shortcode that can capture a browser event in real time.

mark joon replied 2 months ago

He said:

but should be a short-code to capture some form event to save its state and to a redirect.

I need a reliable handle to save the form on a specific step IF a specific checkbox is checked, and do the redirect probably with a form draft ID to be back to it later.

I prefer to use plugins API than do ****-code with custom events and so on

Is what he said. But if iits unclear il leave it as this.

mark joon replied 2 months ago

Hi, he didnt ask me to ask. I just did.

But i moved to his own programm instead that he created himself. It offers more flexibility for someone who cant code. I can have unlimited variables there and has all i need. Its the most flexible form Ive encountered trying many others. Again for someone who cant code, i believe formidable forms is probably better, but limited for me who cant code.

Except.that it didnt used to be a form, but with a tiny change it now is as well.

The perfect solution was under my nose all this time. Thanks anyway!