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2 months 4 weeks ago #10693 by gemelec
Hello
I'm new in Visforms so I apologize if this issue was already asked. I was not able to find it.
I'm building a site in which each user has a set of forms but only one of each. They are big forms with a lot of fields so it´s very difficult to fill all of them in one time. So I need to show what is already filled when the user comes back.
For example, user A has 7 forms, form1, from2, .... User B has also 7 forms form1, form2, ... (the same) 
On MOnday User A fills form 3 and 6. On Wednesday half of the 4. On Friday finish 4 and half of 1. 
Meanwhile user B has a different schedulle. Some of that forms have several pages also.
I suppose that i need a submit button (called save) in every page without jumping to a send page and that not send a mail.
AS you know more than me the cappacities of VisForm, is there a way to configure such scenery? 

Thank you in advance and thank you for your time and attention

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2 months 4 weeks ago #10694 by Administrator IV
Replied by Administrator IV on topic Save Form to continue filling another day
Hello gemelec,

Forms are rather closed units in themselves.
A form with all fields can only be sent in its entirety at first.

But there is the possibility of post-processing by the user in the frontend.
In this case, the data appears again as a form in edit mode, which has different buttons depending on the editing situation: Cancel and Save.
The edit mode in the frontend is primarily intended for this post-processing of your own data.

Edit data in the frontend: Features:
docs.joomla-5.visforms.vi-solutions.de/e...ront/function-range/

The following feature is also interesting in this context.

User Submissions: Show all transmissions of a logged-in user:
docs.joomla-5.visforms.vi-solutions.de/e...rom-registered-user/

It may be advisable not to look for a purely technical solution.
If I were you, I would investigate the following in addition to the post-processing by the user in edit mode in the frontend.
Can you group the data differently and distribute it across smaller individual forms?
In such a way that your process is better covered.

Re: I need to show what is already filled when the user comes back.
Another option is to display a new additional form to fill out directly in the detailed data record of another submission.
The user can then also see data that has already been entered and enter new data at the same time.

I hope I was able to kind of help you!

Kind regards, Ingmar

:idea: I recommend you the new and up-to-date documentation for Joomla 4:
docs.joomla-5.visforms.vi-solutions.de/en/docs/
Most of this also applies retrospectively to Joomla 3.
Please only ask 1 question per topic :-).

:idea: Ich empfehle Dir die neue und aktuelle Dokumentation für Joomla 4:
docs.joomla-5.visforms.vi-solutions.de/docs/
Das meiste gilt rückwirkend auch für Joomla 3.
Bitte immer nur 1 Frage pro Thema stellen :-).

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2 months 4 weeks ago #10695 by Administrator IV
Replied by Administrator IV on topic Save Form to continue filling another day
Hello gemelec,

Re: and that not send a mail:

For the edit mode you can set the following in the form configuration.
Should the user decide for themselves whether an email should be sent when the data is saved?
This might already help you.

Otherwise an email will always be sent, regardless of whether the data is 'complete in terms of your process' or not.

Unfortunately, this option of sending data-dependent emails is not available in Visforms as a simple configuration.
One option for developers is to create a custom plugin.

The documentation describes how to create a 'Visforms Custom Plugin'.
Custom Plugin Creation:
docs.joomla-4.visforms.vi-solutions.de/e...-plugin-development/
Custom Plugin Event System:
docs.joomla-4.visforms.vi-solutions.de/e...-plugin-development/
There is a complete custom plugin with all events and help functions as a template that comes with the installation of Visforms:
docs.joomla-4.visforms.vi-solutions.de/e...-plugin-development/

The developer can then decide for himself what else should happen.
Creating a custom plugin requires some PHP development experience on Joomla.

If you need help developing the plugin, we can help you with that - even with the complete implementation.
Please understand that we have to calculate this effort at our current hourly rate of 75 euros plus VAT and at least 1 hour.

Kind regards, Ingmar

:idea: I recommend you the new and up-to-date documentation for Joomla 4:
docs.joomla-5.visforms.vi-solutions.de/en/docs/
Most of this also applies retrospectively to Joomla 3.
Please only ask 1 question per topic :-).

:idea: Ich empfehle Dir die neue und aktuelle Dokumentation für Joomla 4:
docs.joomla-5.visforms.vi-solutions.de/docs/
Das meiste gilt rückwirkend auch für Joomla 3.
Bitte immer nur 1 Frage pro Thema stellen :-).

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