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Hi, I'm using drupal 5 and civicrm.

I think I must be using the custom fields wrong.

* I create a custom field group for the type of event I need.
*Then, I create the fields which I want event participants to fill in.  I make none of them required.
* Then I create the event.
* When I go to view (test) it, the questions show up, but _no_ input areas, drop-down menus or other means of putting in information.

Am I using custom fields wrong?

Please help? I've been at this for weeks.

Thank you for telling me that the custom field group needs to be for the participants.

I have now done that and recreated an event.

Unfortunately, now, the custom fields do not show at all.  There's a mismatch somewhere.

I also get this error (but I got it before): warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/www/vipassanahawaii.org/drupal5/sites/all/modules/civicrm/CRM/Event/Form/Registration/Register.php on line 98.

To summarize, I have
*created a custom group for participants (in my case ... for participants ... type: retreat participants
*created fields within that group
*created an event of the type needed.
(I did not require any fields.)
*Tested / viewed event ... no fields.

In fact, previously, custom fields showed up in the creation of the event.  Now they don't.

I will try again from scratch.

David

Hi iteachnet.org

By chance I have also created an "Retreat Participant" custom group and had it work up to a point.  In my case with Paypal Standard, custom groups don't work and won't work until a future release.  (www.lamponthepath.org)

So you will have to use Paypal Pro or a non paypal credit card gateway.  Being in the U.S. you have this option.  In Canada (and elswhere) Paypal Standard is the only form made available by Paypal.

I didn't realize that 1.8 is not yet available.  Hmmm.  Friend of mine found this: http://www.codeforchange.net/downloads 

I wonder if this isn't a red herring.

Perhaps I should stick with the one I've got and fool with paypal?

David

Dear All,

Ok. So, I have confirmed for myself that

a) whether I create a custom fields group (and fields within it) for 1. events or 2. for participants --> retreat participants, the fields show up in the resulting form not as input fields, but as the name of the fields.  See screenshot here:
http://iteachnet.org/~david/download/eventregistrationpage1TEST.png

b) the error message persists and no upgrade to 1.8 is yet available, but this is minor in comparison to point a since we can hope that there will be a 1.8.

Aside: The strange thing is that during the creation of the event, the first page shows the custom fields I have created for that type of event.  But on a subsequent page in the process of creating the event (after I say I want an online registration page), it has a place to choose a custom event from a menu.  I suppose this really means choose a profile?


Has anyone successfully used custom fields?  Really?

David

For this particular event sign up, I think I owe everyone an apology.

Although I do not yet have a working form, I did get custom fields to work for logged in users.

Here's how:

* create custom event type (if necessary)
* create custom participant type (if necessary)
* create custom group for participants
* create fields in that group
* create a profile using each of the fields.
* create the event.

Before I was trying to do it without a profile.  Many apologies.

The form still doesn't work
*(for some reason you have to be logged in to see the custom fields when signing up even though I've been over access control many times and made the event public)
*(and I have to get it to work with paypal still which may require paypal pro according to at least one of you)

But I'm further along.

Thank you for your help.

David