Setting parameter from other pages to eForm

Hello,
I have a question for you gurus... What would be the best way to pass a value/parameter from a document to another document which contains a eform and then set a field within eform to that value. I hope I make myself understood...
Thanks for your help

Probably use the SESSION array, and a custom snippet using an eForm event to load the data into the $fields array.

You do not need a snippet to read the SESSION var (once the SESSION has been set), eForm has built in feature to create placeholders from selected session vars:

# &sessionVars (optional)
Comma delimited list of $_SESSION variable names. These will be added to the list of field values before the form is displayed and can for instance be used to populate (hidden) fields. When using this parameter make sure you are not disclosing sensitive information from the session!! (a hidden field is not all that hidden afterall)
As eForm does not parse the complete form 1st time around you will have to have the same placeholders in the form template so the form can receive the values. So for example: [!eForm &sessionVars=`jobID` ... !]and <input type="hidden" value="[+jobID+]" />

I’ve read that bit of documentation innumerable times, and that just didn’t register. Very useful to know; I won’t forget about it again!

Thanks all for your valuable help...

You do not need a snippet to read the SESSION var (once the SESSION has been set), eForm has built in feature to create placeholders from selected session vars:

Just looking though the eform code, and saw that I’m the one that wrote the code to add the session variables to the $fields array! I’d completely forgotten about that

Just looking though the eform code, and saw that I’m the one that wrote the code to add the session variables to the $fields array! I’d completely forgotten about that

LOL

LOL. That tops my common experience of searching the forums looking for a solution to a problem and finding it in one of my own posts.