From version 03.06.05 we have added support for dynamic tokens to the Workflow From email field.

Enabling this support provides further flexibilty in using the a form value as the From email address in workflow email notification.  Once of the advatanges of this feature is that it could be used in a Feedback / Contact Us type forms to allow the form submitter to use his/her email address for direct email correspondence between the users.  An example of this is the Contact Us page where we are using to allow customers to contact us directly without having to use the Enterprise Forms workflow engine.

DotNetNuke(DNN) has a built-in storage area where list and list entries could be created from Host  Lists menu.  Lists are used to store lookup information such as Countries and its associated Regions.  DotNetNuke provides a facility to create your own list but it does not provide a way to access and use it within its core functionalities or modules.

This article discusses the technique of using a DNN List and bind to a form field (Select List form element) in Enterprise Forms. 

To achieve this we will be using the Databind feature in Enterprise Forms to call a Stored Procedure (SP) that retrieve the required list entries based on a set of parameters. The stored procedure concerned is

GetListEntries @ListName, @ParentKey

Where

@ListName is the name of the list – in our case it is called Country @ParentKey is the key associated to the parent of the list – in our case Country is the top parent list thus we use ‘’ (empty string) as the...

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One of the new features in Enterprise Forms 3.6 is the ability customize user registration form and processes.  Unlike other custom registration modules, Enterprise Forms user registration feature leverage the full form designer and workflow capabilities in Enterprise Forms.   This in turn gives power users the ability to create user registration forms with custom look and feel of their choosing as well as create a business process workflow such that approval is required before users can be registered to the system.

The process of creating a user registration form is as simple as creating any other Enterprise Forms templates

Create the form layout Create the workflow Fields mapping for user registration  

Create the form layout

For the purpose of simplicity we create a simple registration form with minimal number of fields required to register a new user to the system



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Enterprise Forms 3.6 has been released and made available to active subscribers of the product.

Changes in this version include

Form Template Designer New:  Workflow Processing - the ability to trigger advanced workflow processingUser Registration - the ability to register new users to the system via the built-in workflow systemEdit User Profile - the ability to provide users to customize and edit their profile Improved user experience on form field validation Added support for Regular Expression validation Ability to Preview Form from the main Templates listing Added support for data encryption on Password fields NOTE:  This...

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Enterprise Form 3.6 or later now include the ability to call or execute a database stored procedure (upon) a form submittsion or form state transition within the workflow.

This feature has a number of added benefits to the way Enterprise Forms handles it form data.  In cases where additional data processing or data replication is required this feature provides the much needed help to accomplish the task.Â

Setting up the workflow step in Enterprise Forms to incorparte the feature is quite simple.Â

In the Workflow Step editor screen (Form Template Details --> Workflow), select to create or edit an existing workflow step

Expand the Advanced Worklow Options section Select the "Run SQL" Option Type Select the "Stored Procedure" SQL Type.  Note, currently only executing Stored Procecure is supported.  Provide the name and parameters for the stored procedure to be executed.  Here dynamic form tokens are supported.  Thus it is possible...

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