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The plugin allows you to read values from any table in the database
and include them in your form.
It was originally designed to allow access to the jos_users table to create member
profiles but it is capable of much more.
To use the plugin effectively you will need to call the form from a link on your site.
This could be from - for example a list of users, or topics, or events where you have
some related information in a database table.
- Choose the table you want to use in the first drop-down
e.g. jos_users to get a user's name and email.
- Select a field or column name from the table in the second drop down.
This should be a field that will uniquely identify the record you want to use
e.g. 'id' or 'username' for the jos_user table. NB This drop-down will not appear
until you select a table in the first drop-down.
- In the Target field name box put the name of the field you will use to identify the
record e.g. user_id. You will need to add this field to a url calling the form
e.g. . . . &chronoformname=my_form&user_id=99
- You can then use information from this record in your form by putting {column_name} where
you want it to appear e.g. {name} for a users name from the jos_users table.
- Once this plugin is configured you must enable it in the Form 'Plugins'' tab.
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