Is it possible to add dynamically new fields to a form?

For example I would like to register products by typing their serial number, but I don't know in advance how many of them the users will have. The ideal would be a button saying for example \"add more\" which would make appear using javascript new fields.
When the user is done he could click on a send button and all the fields would be sent.

Does that make sense?

And over all, is it possible to have rsform process fields that were not created via the admin interface?

Thanx in advance for your replies and help.<br><br>Post edited by: jfprevost, at: 2008/07/07 13:59

First solution :
Maybe it's more easy to use an text area and go to line after everyone references.

Second solution :
Created a small independant Forms for the user to add their references. At the end, in your good for, with smal script, insert this value into a multiple dropdown (or selectfield). And rate the one he need.

If you choose the second solution, give me news, io will help you to build the function for.

Thanks dragonjc for your help.

Actually my problem is bigger than it seems.
It's a form for a RMA (Return Material Authorization).
That is, a user will need to fill various information (serial number of product, date of purchase, apparent problem, etc.) for _each_ request.
A user (customer) might well only have one product to return, then the actual form is fine. But often he will have more than one (up to an unlimited quantity) different defect products to return.
For each and every different product it's necessary to fill in the above info.
But we don' want the customer to have to go through the entire form (including address, etc.) for each return request, so we need a form that could dynamically add the necessary fields for an additional return request and then submit all the requests once supplied into the form.

So my problem is that I don't know in advance how many return requests are going to be issued.
I have thought of javascript to add dynamically the new fields, with no problem. But how am I going to ask RSForm to take them in account?

More over there's a \"Script\" section when editing the form with a part 'called on form display' and another 'called on form process'. The second one seems to be processed only after the thank you message.
I believe that when the 'thank you' message appears the data has already been processed and the e-mail sent as well. So this isn't much helpful.

A (half) solution:
I might create an hidden field with rsform called for example 'rmadata' that would hold all the rma specific data (see above) filled by the user , concatenated with javascript. Then it would be split with PHP prior to sending the e-mail.
But how can I do this as the script called on process shows up after sending the e-mail...?

So I'm thinking strongly thinking about finding a solution. If anyone could help me ... ?

Thanks in advance.
J.F.<br><br>Post edited by: jfprevost, at: 2008/07/11 01:19

Your problem is easy, maybe the solution is to cut yopur forms in several forms who are useful and have linked between.

First Customer register, so he have with is account the possibility to :





So the process is :
First user connect




For Asking RMA Generals information :
He have link :
For RMA Asking products he have the same forms for all products :If you agree with that i can help you a little on pre filled select list with pro version. But for next upgrade of pro version it will be more easy to do.

Say me and i help you (i have my site to do too, so it can be not immediatelly, but i will help you.<br><br>Post edited by: dragonjc, at: 2008/07/11 19:16

Thanks for your help dragonjc.

I forgot to tell you that one of the requirements is to have the clients to input their RMA datas on one and _only_ one screen.
They already have an account on the website (in fact that's how they can access the RMA form, only when they are logged in).
When they arrive on the RMA form their infos (name, address, company, etc) is pre-filled (that part works fine now).

The idea is to have a group of fields (quantity, product name, serial number, description and repair request) added dynamically to the form for each RMA request (there might be several ones).
So that the client types in the infos at one time (he clicks on a \"add\" button for a new RMA request, which makes appear a new group of fields for a new RMA request).

My idea is to have a hidden field named, for example, RMAnumber which would have as its value the number of RMA requests filled by the user (that value would be incremented every time a new group of fields is added).
Then an other hidden field with its value updated with a concatenation of all the fields dynamically added.
The processform would then split the value of this field by the number of RMAnumber (so that we keep track of how many fields have been added and how much data we are supposed to retrieve).
At last, by email we would format as many tables as RMA requests issued.

So I'm working on it...
Thanx for your help.

P.S.: si tu parles français msg moi.

Thanks for your help dragonjc.

I forgot to tell you that one of the requirements is to have the clients to input their RMA datas on one and _only_ one screen.
They already have an account on the website (in fact that's how they can access the RMA form, only when they are logged in).
When they arrive on the RMA form their infos (name, address, company, etc) is pre-filled (that part works fine now).

The idea is to have a group of fields (quantity, product name, serial number, description and repair request) added dynamically to the form for each RMA request (there might be several ones).
So that the client types in the infos at one time (he clicks on a \"add\" button for a new RMA request, which makes appear a new group of fields for a new RMA request).

My idea is to have a hidden field named, for example, RMAnumber which would have as its value the number of RMA requests filled by the user (that value would be incremented every time a new group of fields is added).
Then an other hidden field with its value updated with a concatenation of all the fields dynamically added.
The processform would then split the value of this field by the number of RMAnumber (so that we keep track of how many fields have been added and how much data we are supposed to retrieve).
At last, by email we would format as many tables as RMA requests issued.

So I'm working on it...
Thanx for your help.

P.S.: si tu parles français msg moi.

lol je suis français ^^ donc message moi toi aussi ^^