[SOLVED] Form Builder: Populate field value with Smarty info?

[appleyard]

I'm building a site where a contact form will be on every page, as part of the template. I was planning to make the "Subject" field automatically populate its initial value with the page title (e.g. [ value ="{title}" ]), but now I'm not sure how to do it. Form Builder doesn't seem to evaluate Smarty tags. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Much appreciated!

[appleyard]

Never mind, I figured it out. You can set default values for specific fields using the module parameters, e.g. {FormBuilder form='name' value_FIELDNAME='Default value'}

I just had to capture the info I wanted into a variable and use that. So to populate the Subject field with the title, I used:
{capture assign='formsubject'}Inquiry about {title}{/capture}{FormBuilder form='contact' value_Subject=$formsubject}

[jgormont]

I'm having a similar issue actually. I'd like to set a default value in the Subject field of my form, but I'd like it to be static text, not based on the title. I'm new to CMS and Form Builder, so I'm not sure where to place to tag you provided in your last post. Should it go in the Form Template itself? If so, do you place it at the top or in the section with the subject field?

Here is my code, in case you need it:
{* TABLE FORM LAYOUT / Field titles on Left *}
{* next line sets number of columns for things like checkbox groups *}
{assign var="cols" value="3"}
{literal}

function fbht(htid)
{
var fbhtc=document.getElementById(htid);
if (fbhtc)
{
if (fbhtc.style.display == 'none')
{
fbhtc.style.display = 'inline';
}
else
{
fbhtc.style.display = 'none';
}
}
}

{/literal}
{$fb_form_header}
{if $fb_form_done == 1}
{* This first section is for displaying submission errors *}
{if $fb_submission_error}
{$fb_submission_error}
{if $fb_show_submission_errors}

{foreach from=$fb_submission_error_list item=thisErr}
{$thisErr}
{/foreach}

{/if}
{/if}
{else}
{* this section is for displaying the form *}
{* we start with validation errors *}
{if $fb_form_has_validation_errors}


{foreach from=$fb_form_validation_errors item=thisErr}
{$thisErr}
{/foreach}


{/if}
{if $captcha_error}
{$captcha_error}
{/if}

{* and now the form itself *}
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{$fb_form_start}
{$fb_hidden}


{if $total_pages gt 1}{$title_page_x_of_y}{/if}
{foreach from=$fields item=entry}
{if $entry->display == 1 &&
$entry->type != '-Fieldset Start' &&
$entry->type != '-Fieldset End' }

{strip}
required == 1 || $entry->css_class != ''} class="
{if $entry->required == 1}
required
{/if}
{if $entry->required == 1 && $entry->css_class != ''} {/if}
{if $entry->css_class != ''}
{$entry->css_class}
{/if}
"
{/if}
>
{if $entry->hide_name == 0}
{$entry->name}
{if $entry->required_symbol != ''}
{$entry->required_symbol}
{/if}
{/if}
css_class != ''} class="{$entry->css_class}"{/if}>
{if $entry->multiple_parts == 1}


{section name=numloop loop=$entry->input}
{$entry->input[numloop]->input} {$entry->input[numloop]->name}{if $entry->input[numloop]->op} {$entry->input[numloop]->op}{/if}
{if not ($smarty.section.numloop.rownum mod $cols)}
{if not $smarty.section.numloop.last}

{/if}
{/if}
{if $smarty.section.numloop.last}
{math equation = "n - a % n" n=$cols a=$entry->input|@count assign="cells"}
{if $cells ne $cols}
{section name=pad loop=$cells}

 
{/section}
{/if}

{/if}
{/section}

{else}
{if $entry->smarty_eval == '1'}{eval var=$entry->input}{else}{$entry->input}{/if}
{/if}
{if $entry->valid == 0} <--- {$entry->error}{/if}
{if $entry->helptext != ''} field_helptext_id}')">
field_helptext_id}" style="display:none">{$entry->helptext}{/if}



{/strip}
{/if}
{/foreach}
{if $has_captcha == 1}
{$graphic_captcha}{$input_captcha}
{$title_captcha}
{/if}
{$prev}{$submit}

{$fb_form_end}
{/if}
{$fb_form_footer}

[appleyard]

You don't need to modify the form template at all. You do it when you call the {FormBuilder} tag in your content. Just add value_FIELDNAME='DEFAULT VALUE' to that and replace the caps with your info. So, if the alias of your form is 'contact', the field you want to populate is labeled 'Subject', and the value you want to give it is 'Hello there', you would do something like this:
{FormBuilder form='contact' value_Subject='Hello there'}

Sometimes fields have labels that have punctuation or something that won't work in that format (e.g. "What's your question?") so you can use a unique field ID number instead. Find out the number that FormBuilder assigns to a field by checking "Show Field IDs" in the configuration tab, and just add that number after value_fld when you call the FormBuilder tag -- like this (for field ID = 5):
{FormBuilder form='contact' value_fld5='Hello there'}

[appleyard]

Of course, that's if you want a field that the user will see and can be edited.

If you just want to edit what will show up in the actual subject line of the email when it's submitted, you would edit that in the "Email Subject Line" of the "Send To" / Email Results field.

[jgormont]

I figured it out. Thanks!