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6/3/2018 5:39 PM
 

Greetings to you!

I am trying to migrate a form I built using DataSprings Dynamic Form few years ago (with DNN 5). I used "Host >> Lists" to create many Lists to feed as the entries for many DropDown lists used in the form. For example: List of Registration Options, List of items with Parent-Child relationships (for use in 'Dependent Lists'), etc. Now in DNN 9 the "Host >> Lists" feature is totally removed; as such, there is no way for me to easily create Lists for use with DropDown lists in the Forms.

For example: In the Form, I have a DropDown list named: "Select your Community Center" with a list of "Community Centers" shown based on a SQL query:

Example 1: (simple list):
select Text as QuestionOption, Text as QuestionOptionValue from Lists where ListName= 'Community Centers' ORDER BY QuestionOption

Example 2: Parent-Child relationship:
select Text as QuestionOption, value as QuestionOptionValue from Lists where ListName= 'R05_Ret_Reg_Rate' AND ParentID = '$(Master_Reg_Option)'  ORDER BY QuestionOption

In the absence of Host >> Lists feature in DNN, how can I create a Table called Lists or NewLists to provide a similar functionality of earlier "Host >> Lists"?

I think we need columns like:
Item Id: <unique id>
Item Text: <Label or visible text to be used as an Option in the Dropdown list, Checkbox list, RadioButons list, etc.>
Item Value: <the 'value' associated with the Label / visible Text: example: Sunday (SUN), Monday (MON), Tuesday (TUE), etc. 
Parent Item Id: <Parent Id, if applicable>

One advantage of using Form and List to create such "Lists" is any authorized user (not necessarily a Host or Admin) can maintain the List (adding, changing, deleting the entries in a List using the browser interface).

Any help (any pointer to a detailed example) is greatly appreciated.

 
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6/5/2018 1:53 PM
 
Perhaps you can try the 2sxc module (free) from here: https://2sxc.org/en/
Or: openform from Sacha: https://github.com/sachatrauwaen
 
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6/6/2018 8:23 AM
 
Either use Form&List to create your data and forms or use any of the other forms modules.
Maybe even DataSprings Forms does include an editor in latest version?

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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6/6/2018 8:24 AM
 
PS:: There are plans to integrate LiquidForms from Evoq into DNN in the future, but there are no details atm.

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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