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Email woes.. - conradcliff - Sep 22nd, 2010
Hey guys, I'm back..
So, I've got a form that gives me all the information I need to fill in a certain line in an excel document.
I'm trying to setup form tools in such a way so that I can simply copy and past a single line of info from an email into the first cell in a row and it will fill in all the remaining pertinent rows.
I was hoping that simply adding a comma between each chunk of info would do the trick but then the info ends up becoming all mixed up for some reason or just simply get's pasted all into the first cell.
What I can do is put tabs between each info chunk but form tools wont allow me to add these to the email template.
So, if anyone has any ideas I would really appreciate it..I'm trying to play around with the export manager but it seems a little beyond me at current.
Also, is there a way to have the export manager automatically export a new file for each form submittal and then have swiftmailer attach that exported file to the email that it automatically sends me upon form submittal? (I think I asked this before but can't remember :/ )
Thanks for any help!
RE: Email woes.. - Ben - Sep 25th, 2010
Hi Conrad,
Sheesh - sounds like a tricky one.
Quote:What I can do is put tabs between each info chunk but form tools wont allow me to add these to the email template.
Yeah, that's probably how I'd tackle it. However, it's not Form Tools that's the problem here - it's web browsers. Clicking tab will always move the focus to the next field. Form Tools fields work the same way as any other webpage field. Could you try this: open up notepad or textedit, add a tab and copy & paste it into the email template? That may well work...
Secondly, apologies about the Export Manager documentation - it's really pretty weak, I know. I kind of need to update both the documentation and the module itself. But I can't think of a decent way to do what you need; at least, not without a fair bit of custom programming...
Sorry about that!
- Ben
RE: Email woes.. - conradcliff - Sep 25th, 2010
Well thanks a ton for he advice, I'll try copying and pasting and check back and tell you how it goes...though I think I already tried it :/
Thanks again!