How can I embed a common Product Drop Down Form with another Form ?

Hello,

I have a form which needs to collect up to 8 lines of Product details. Each line needs to be selected from the same Product list. I have duplicated the Drop-down field 8 times (which of course also duplicates the long product list).

Problem is when I try to save, I get  'Data Cannot be Decoded message'.

I think it may be caused by the number of Products in my product lists.  As a work around I ham trying two approaches:

Approach 1) To have a single Product Drop-down field within a Form which is capable of inserting the selection first into Product line 1, using a Conditional process. Then using the same field selector to fill Line 2 if Line 1 has alread been filled.

I can't get this to work.

Approach 2) Is a similar idea, but instead of a common field, save the Product List as a common Form. This could then be embeded into other forms when Product selection is required.

Please can you help ?

many thanks

Richard

Thank you for your help. Below is the URL of a typical example. Similar to a multi item order form, the process would be.

1) User selects Product from Drop-down (1000+ items!!)

2) Jotform copies selection to Line 1

3) If required User selects another Product from the same Drop-down 

4) Jotform copies this second entry to Line 2 

5 and so on until Submit is pressed.

Note: Jotform won't let me copy the Product List a number of times in the actual form because of memory constraints.

http://www.jotform.com//?formID=41276408682964

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us.

1) User selects Product from Drop-down (1000+ items!!)

Use the dropdown option to create your selection.

2) Jotform copies selection to Line 1

There is no built in feature that will make this prepopulate to other field, but you can make a custom script like in this example. A value is populated with other value depending on which selection.

3) If required User selects another Product from the same Drop-down 

You can increase the height of the dropdown box and hold CTRL button to add another selection and CTRL+A to select all.

4) Jotform copies this second entry to Line 2 and so on until Submit is pressed.

Same goes with your question number 2. You have to create your own custom script meaning to say that you have to download your form source and modify the script.

Thank you for your answer. Please can you help me create the 'custom script'

Hello,

Before we go the script method - consider our Configurable List Widget -http://widgets.jotform.com/widget/configurable_list

Demo Form - http://www.jotformpro.com/form/41284136331952

Let us know whether this turns in the right direction.

Thank you so much, that is so close to what I'm after.

My questions are:

1) If the list is of Products, is there anyway of associating a Price against each one ?

2) Can the selections be used in conjunction with the Conditional Calculation options ?

@intranet.admin

If you are trying to include this widget (Configurable list) as an operand for the calculation widget, then the answer is no. Widgets cannot communicate with one another. Sorry about that.

As for the script, our colleagues who have volunteered will be updating you soon.

Thanks!

Thank you so much, that is so close to what I'm after, but please can you tell me if

@ intranet.admin

Hi,

I have created a separate post regarding your new different question here

http://www.jotform.com/answers/374598 -- we will attend to it as soon as we can.

As for the original question that involve the custom script, I will relay a follow-up to my colleague to provide you an update about it also. 

I will also provide my version of the custom script when I can.

Thanks.

Hello,

This is on regards to your question number 2,3,4.

2) Jotform copies selection to Line 1

3) If required User selects another Product from the same Drop-down 

4) Jotform copies this second entry to Line 2 

What I did what used the conditional logic to add new products so certain questions will be asked. Here's how it looks.

User selects in "Products" then value would pop up in Line 1. Once done they will choose if "Done with the selection" if yes they will be asked if they "Would like to add another product" if yes they will see another product list and selected option will be displayed in Line 2 if they choose no questions will be hidden according to conditional logic and user will then submit the form.

Basically, you'll just have to repeat the process since you will be adding a number of a text box. 

You can view the sample on this link.

Thank you so much for this. What I can't quite see is if there is only one Products field in the Form? Please can I have a copy of the Form.

Absolutely. Just clone it and you'll be able to examine it to your heart's content!

Cheers

Sorry, from the link, I do not know how to 'see' the form to clone. I only get the input screen. Please help!

Doh! Just relaised that your Clone It link, tells me exactly how to do it! Thanks for your help!

Well I've examined it, and unfortunately this does not answer the question. This merely duplicates the Product list, which is how I originally tried, but the problem is when I try to save, I get  'Data Cannot be Decoded because the  Product list is so long, and Jotform runs out of memmory if I copy it more than once!

Please can someone help?

I misread your question number 3. If required User selects another Product from the same Drop-down. I thought when user selects another product they will add to the same field. So if user selects 3 products in 3 products will be displayed in line 1.

The closest solution that I've tested was using a configurable list like what my colleague mention in his previous post but base on my own test I can only add 500 products exceeding to that would give you some error like this. But if you are fine with that then you can go ahead and use that widget.

About the error that you get "Data cannot be decoded" when you duplicated the dropdown 8 times, I wasn't able to encounter that. This form does contain 8 dropdown fields with 1000 products without any error.

UPDATE:

By the way, I have made a custom script with your form id 41276408682964 with only one dropdown selection. You can view the form by clicking this link and if you want to download the rar file you can download it in this link. This one does allows you to have 1000 products in your dropdown selection.