[SOLVED] Form generates unique code

[CMSmonkey]

Hi Everyone,
I am working with CMSMS 1.6.7 and FormBuilder 0.6.1.  A client wants to have each form submitted generate a unique code.  This code will be used later when a user logs in.  Is this possible?  I know there is a "unique integer (serial)" field, but could this be altered to include additional characters?  For example, instead of responding back "1", can I alter it to respond back "DS1", "DS2", etc.?

[CMSmonkey]

Anyone?

[Jeff]

this will give you a random number {math equation='rand(10,100)'}

[CMSmonkey]

this will give you a random number {math equation='rand(10,100)'}

Thanks for the response, ajprog.  Where is this entered?  Should I designate it as the value of a hidden field?  And is there anyway I can add some non-numerical characters to it?

[Nullig]

I sometimes use the time() as the unique identifier, something like this:

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$reference = "DS" . time();

in a UDT.

Nullig

[CMSmonkey]

I sometimes use the time() as the unique identifier, something like this:

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$reference = "DS" . time();

in a UDT.

Nullig

Awesome!  That works great!

[CMSmonkey]

Thought it was solved... but I guess it wasn't. 

This works great in a UDT -- but how do I get it to be the value of a field?

[CMSmonkey]

Yeah! I got it to work!

For anyone else who wants to know...

I created a UDT and called it ref with the following code:

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global $gCms;
$smarty = &$gCms->GetSmarty();
$reference = "DS" . time();
$smarty->assign('reference', $reference);

On the page where the form is to be called, I added {ref} into the content section.

On the form, I created a hidden field, put {$reference} in as the value, and checked off "process smarty tags" on the Advanced Settings page of the field settings.

Thank you Nullig for the suggestion.