Whats is the difference between prepopulate and prefill

  • zeajorge
    Asked on September 5, 2021 at 10:02 PM

    Hi.
    Teo questions:
    1. Whats is the difference between prepopulate and prefill?
    I have a form that prepopulates via url. If I embed this form in my website how do I send user to my website page containing the prefilled form?

  • Richie JotForm Support
    Replied on September 6, 2021 at 6:47 AM

    Both populate the form field with data but the difference would be on the usage.

    Can you please share more information on how you would like your form to work?

    Do you want the form respondents to be redirected to your web page after submitting the form?

    Or do you want the embedded form to have a prefill data already?

    Looking forward for your response.

  • zeajorge
    Replied on September 6, 2021 at 8:33 AM
    I want to embed a form that already has prepopulated fields.
    Thanks.
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  • Richie JotForm Support
    Replied on September 6, 2021 at 9:55 AM

    You can embed the form using the script code and use the URL parameters to populate the data fields in your form.
    For example, if the page your form is embedded to is https://www.yoursite.com, your would pass the data via URL parameters like this https://www.yoursite.com?Name={name}.

    Guide:https://www.jotform.com/help/71-prepopulating-fields-to-your-jotform-via-url-parameters/

    Let us know how it goes.

  • zeajorge
    Replied on September 6, 2021 at 10:33 AM
    Hi.
    I need additional guidance here. Actual case
    * The pre-populated form is: https://form.jotform.com/212298247066056
    * The source for the prepopulated fields is:
    https://form.jotform.com/212416027006139
    * The pr-epopulating URL is (it works fine):
    https://form.jotform.com/212298247066056?sellersName={sellersName}&contactEmail4={contactEmail4}&propertyStreet={propertyStreet}&city={city}&zipCode={zipCode}&county={county}&askingPrice={askingPrice}&amountOf={amountOf}&Or={Or}&expirationDate={expirationDate}
    * I need to embed the pre-populated form in this page:
    http://snapflatfee.com/wa-listing-agreement/
    What will the embedding script look like?
    Thanks.
    JORGE
    JotForm wrote on 9/6/21 9:55 AM:
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  • Richie JotForm Support
    Replied on September 6, 2021 at 12:12 PM

    Unfortunately, we can only populate static data into an embedded form.

    It seems you would like to pass the data from one form to another.

    Here is a guide on embedding using the script code.

    https://www.jotform.com/help/34-embedding-a-form-to-a-web-page/

    Hope this information helps.

  • zeajorge
    Replied on September 6, 2021 at 7:22 PM
    Just so I understand:
    What you are telling me is that I can't embed the pre-populated form on
    my website?
    Thanks
    jorge
    JotForm wrote on 9/6/21 12:12 PM:
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  • Alexander_G
    Replied on September 6, 2021 at 10:17 PM

    Dear Jorge,

    Thanks for your reply.


    What you are telling me is that I can't embed the pre-populated form on

    my website?


    Yes, it's unable to pre-populated forms to any website. However, the prefilling option that my Colleague mentioned is available.


    Thanks,

    Alex