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Form Builder has an option "Call a User Defined Tag with the form results".

I need to create a form manually, not using Form Builder, as I need to set the default input values using smarty variables in the page and I don't think that is possible using Form Builder. How can I call a UDT with the results of a manually created form?

You need to read a: the smarty manual, and b: the formbuilder help. Yes, you can provide default values to a formbuilder form based on smarty variables.

And to answer the next question. you point the form action at a URL which will land on a CMSMS page. all you have to do is make sure that the UDT is executed on that page.

something like:
{if isset($smarty.get.foo) && $smarty.get.foo == 'bar'}
<p>You entered: {$smarty.post.text1}</p>
{my_udt}
{else}
<form action="http://www.mysite.com/page.html?foo=bar">
<input type="text" name="text1" value="foo"/>
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
{/if}

Thanks for the advice - it helped me to get both options working.

To spell it out for anyone else wondering...

Smarty variable to default values with Form Builder POST array to UDT

Smarty variable to default values with Form Builder The last time I tried this on some existing sites and new builds it was broken in Formbuilder. I would be interested to know if you actually have this working.

Using value_FIELDNAME can be unreliable at times. Use value_fldNUMBER instead. Works fine.

I used value_FIELDNAME=$my_variable with no problems.

psy wrote:Use value_fldNUMBER instead.

I do, doesn't work will have to re-test.