1. Can I use data from entries to pass to custom field on a new form? I tried but I only get entry ID and not the text value
2.Im trying to use “Just Show It” option for data from entries field where only one value is existing but nothing is showed. Checkbox, dropdown are showing the value but I cant make it to be preselected.




December 2, 2011 at 9:14 am
1. How do you have this set up?
2. Can you attach a screenshot of your field options for your just show it field? Do you have it set to be hidden unless to value of another data from entries field is equal to anything? Just show it fields are considered dependent fields like in the video.
http://formidablepro.com/knowledgebase/create-a-form/using-data-from-entries-fields/
December 2, 2011 at 10:27 am
1. I have text input field in form A that is post title in the custom post created by form A.
On the next form B I get data entries from that field in a dropdown and that value from the dropdown goes to custom field in different custom post created with form B.
Im getting just the id of the entry from the form A in the custom field value in the post created by the form B
2. I didn't know that that it depends from other fields.
Thanks
December 2, 2011 at 11:05 am
Data from entries fields always save the entry ID. How are you trying to use this value? In a custom template file? Have you considered using a custom display?
December 2, 2011 at 4:15 pm
No, its not about the template. I need that values. I can try with custom user meta field. That value is passed with text. I noticed some problems.. if registration form is updated the password is lost even if the password fiel value is same. The value stays the same in the form entries.
December 2, 2011 at 6:25 pm
My question is, what are you doing with the value and how/where are you retrieving it.
Default values are ONLY used for new entries, not when editing entries. This would overwrite values the user inserted or intentionally left blank.
December 3, 2011 at 3:49 am
Ok I will try now with custom display. This is the case:
I have form A that creates custom post type – band profile.
I have form B that creates custom post type- event.
In the form B I want to show band profiles in a dropdown and select one of them.
Then I have custom display for form B ( events in this case) that lists all events .
Now the questions is how to show hyperlink to band profile selected in the form B?
After that I want to make a custom display to show band profile and show all events related to that band
December 3, 2011 at 10:17 am
Have you set up the band profile dropdown in form B as a data from entries field?
You could show the link like this:
example.com/form-a-custom-display?entry=[25 show=key]
I've just made a change so the next beta release for 1.6 (should be ready today) will allow to option to do this, and link directly to the actual post page:
example.com/?p=[25 show=post_id]
To show the only the entries for that band on the band page, a small tweak is needed. You can install a php plugin like Exec PHP, and in your custom display for Form A you can add a line like this:
<?php $_GET['whatever'] = '[25 show=id]'; ?>
Then in your custom display settings for Form B, add a where row in the advanced box.
Band profile field is equal to [get param=whatever]
Another way to do this would be to add the events for the band directly on the band page, and add a hidden field with the dynamic default value of [post_id]. This would replace the data from entries drop-down in form B. This way, your link would be
example.com/?p=[25] (where 25 is the ID of the hidden post ID field)
and the where row in the custom display would be
Post ID field is equal to [post_id]
Topic closed.