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Is there a way to fill in a pulldown in an SAEF using values specified in a template? The values are going to have to be dynamic, so I can’t pre-fill them in the custom field. The following code in the SAEF is displaying correctly, but after submission no values appear in the entry.

{if pulldown}
<select id="{field_name}" name="{field_name}">
<option value="Purpose">Purpose
<option value="Prices">Prices
<option value="Employees">Employees
<option value="{custom1}">{custom1}
<option value="{custom2}">{custom2}
<option value="Community">Community
</select>
{/if}

What are custom1 and custom2? Is this EE1.x or EE2.x? I see you have licenses for both.

Sue,

I am using 1.6.9. I just wrote {custom1} to show that I would be putting an EE tag there. It will actually be something like this: {exp:weblog:entries weblog="place"}{if title == "Business"}{review1-title}{/if}{/exp:weblog:entries}

I simply want members to be able to select an item for a list, which will be entered into a custom field. The problem is that I don’t think I can put those items in the custom field drop-down list, because, as you see, the items are not just words - they are dynamically created by EE tags. Maybe there’s an easier way to do this?

Thanks,

Geoff

Geoff,

yo could use an emebd here if I am picking up what you want to do right.

{if pulldown}
<select id="{field_name}" name="{field_name}">
{embed="template_group/template_to_embed"}
</select>
{/if}

Contents of embedded template

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="place" dynamic="off"}
<option value="{title}">{title}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

Does that help?

John,

Yes, the embed is useful in getting the values for the drop-down, but that’s not the problem that I’m having. The problem is that it seems that it is not possible to populate a drop-down field using a template - at least, that is what I’m trying and unable to do. Normally of course one enters the values to choose from in the drop-down field in the custom field. I want to be able to do this in the template.

I am able to submit the form using the code I have, and it does create an entry, but nothing is added to the drop-down field.

Thanks,

Geoff

Geoff ,

I am able to submit the form using the code I have, and it does create an entry, but nothing is added to the drop-down field.

That won’t be possible I don’t believe. You can certainly use a dropdown on your SAEF to populate a text input for your entry but not select an option from a dropdown field