Complete URL with Shortcode Based on Field

I have gone through several pages of help on shortcodes but have yet to find one where I can pull just one field from one record for use in a widget.

I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for. What exactly are you trying to show in your widget? Is this what you're looking for?
http://formidablepro.com/help-desk/referencing-a-value-from-a-past-database-in-a-current-one/

I don't think so, so thank you for giving me the chance to re-explain.

I have a MU install and my blog admins have a bunch of affiliate links and social media links that I want to show on their site.

So, what I want to do is use shortcodes like [affiliatelink] and put that in the actual URL (like sodapop.com/[affiliatelink] so that when served, the link actually works.

I've created a Formidable form for them to fill out their affiliate link and their social media links.

I want to use these kinds of values from the fields of the form to complete URLs for social media widgets.

I hope that makes it clearer than mud.

Is sodapop.com/[affiliatelink] in a custom display? How would you determine which affiliate link to show?

I'm trying to get it to show up inside links in widgets and inside links in posts.

And how I would determine which affiliate link to show is that there is only one record for the 'profile' form and there are fields for each. There is a field for the affiliate link, one for Facebook fan page, etc.

I'll give you another example. I'd like to set it up so that they put in their own Google Analytics code and then I would like use a shortcode in the Google Analytics field and have it work.

Is that even possible?

It sounds like you need to create a custom display, and then insert the custom display wherever you'd like the link to show. You can use the "single" option so only one entry will be used.

Here is more information on creating custom displays: http://formidablepro.com/knowledgebase/display-your-form-data/

OK, so when I use [formidable id=7 title=true description=true], I get the form.

When I use [display-frm-data id=7 entry_id=84] I get "That is not a valid custom display ID" even though the field ID is correct. I am trying to display this in a page.

I would also like to use this form across my WordPress installs, so how can use the key value to make this work?

I also tried [display-frm-data id=7 entry_id="84"] and got the same error.

Oh, I have to create the Display first. Got it.

OK, so I had the right idea, but I just needed to create a Custom Display first. The single entry was the way to go. I have to duplicate the form and change the field key name for each one, but it's reliable.