Figured out how to set Data From Entries object from another form

OK, after many tries, I finally figured out how to set the Data From Entries object from either another form or a view. The documentation was a little confusing at first. Here is what you do.

• Create your form that you will enter records with
• Add another form that has your Data From Entries object in it.
• Set the data from entries up to be populated by that data entry form. Make sure you select the field within that form to populate the data from entries form.
• I found that using the import function of formidable is the quickest way of populating data from entries object to start with.
• Now, to setup the links: If you are using a view, here is what you enter for the href link

<a href="//localhost/wp-participantsdb/?page_id=290&volperson=[id]">Add Hrs</a>

Note that the volperson is the name of the parameter to pass. The [id] is mandatory as you need to pass the field id #.

On the data from entries form object, open up the field options and then set the Dynamic Default Value field with this:

[get param=volperson]

That will do it for views. Now if you are going from one form directly to the form containing the data from entries form object,

• open up the form's settings and go to the Action after Submission section.
• Click the Redirect to URL radio button and type in the following in that field below:

localhost/wp-participantsdb/?page_id=290&volperson=[id]

The volperson is the name of the parameter and again, you must use [id] to set this up right. Have fun!!

Ed cohen