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Collecting data in addition to defining an alternative form action
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interstice

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12:28 am July 14, 2009
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Please replace the ??? with your data!

I've set up the form in question to use an alternative form action to send the data to another site. I was wondering if it is possible to also collect the data and send it via email as usual (or just store it in the DB). I've searched around and did notice the note in the Form Settings page, but was unsure what it meant by those features not being possible in 'non-AJAX' mode, as I am using the AJAX mode.Is it possible to collect the form data AND send it to the other site?

Thanks for your time,

Erin
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Oliver

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7:37 am July 14, 2009
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no, it is not possible, since you're giving away all control to the remote site.

however, there is a workaround now: you can setup a multi-page form (e.g. 2 forms). the first being the regular form, validated, saved and emails, the second is the "same form" with the alternative action/target URL. Via CSS you can hide all fields (which ontop can be made read-only) in the second form and simply use the success message to indicate: either that information is now sent to a 3rd party site, or to confirm user input etc.

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interstice

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8:07 am July 14, 2009
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Very nice. Thanks so much for the suggestion. That works very well.
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