hello,

Is it possible to post two (or more) identical questions on the same form using dynamic forms 2.2?

I haven't succceeded in getting this to work.

For example:

I am building a form in which a visitor can order a shoe.
(sorry for the lame example)

My first question is:

 Select a size:
   * 8
   * 9
   * 10

After that, lets say i want the user to choose a color.

But the colors available depends on the chosen size.

So if the user choose size 8, i want to show different colors (answers) than when the chosen color is 10.

But i both cases i want to show the question "Select a Color".

Can this be done with dynamic forms?

with kind regards,

Erik

Erik,

There are two ways of doing this.

Solution #1: Create your first question of 'Size' with the dropdownlist values that you mentioned.

Next, create three questions but for each question set the advanced field option 'Hidden until forced visible by an event' for these field types.

Next, under Question Events create three event types. Choose the question event type to display a hidden question based on a fields value. For each event you can set it up so that if the user selects 8, it would display the question that was originally hidden and has the colors that match with 8 and if the user chooses 9 it woudl display the question that goes with the colors for shoe size 9 etc...

Solution #2: This involves SQL so its more complicated but it also isn't much trouble to get it going.

First, make a dropdownlist field as you were going to in solution #1.

Next, setup one question called 'Shoe Color'. From within this question dropdownlist use SQL instead of manually entering the colors. This means you will need to have a table in your database that really has two major columns. One column would be color and the other column would be shoe size. Next, whatever you named your 'Shortnamefield' within the first dropdownlist for sizes keep that shortname field handy because you will use it in the query.

Example would look like this:

Select Color as QuestionOption, Color as QuestionOptionValue from MyShoesTable Where ShoeSize = '$(MyShoeSizeShortNameField)'

Thats the basics... Now, I believe you will need to make a question event to get the 'post back' feature once you select the dropdownlist field type for size you might still want to make the show color field hidden until forced visible by an event.

Oh, and for 'Select Color' you could do something like this:

Select '- Select Shoe Color -' as QuestionOption, 'Default' as QuestionOptionValue
Union
Select Color as QuestionOption, Color as QuestionOptionValue from MyShoesTable Where ShoeSize = '$(MyShoeSizeShortNameField)'

Then the query would first pull up a - Select Show Color - within the dropdownlist before it would load the colors.

-Chad