I am looking to set a closing date on a form submission.
The form is being made public but no forms will be accepted after a specific date.
Anyone know the best way to achieve this?
One option would be to add a Calendar field and simply hide it. Set the default value to be the current date. Then using Field Rules you can show and hide different sections of the page, depending on the date that you set for them to show or hide.
You can also choose to simply hide the whole default page, but a notice of form close would be neater. I would also add some type of script to hide the submit button or something.
Give the Main Section a class of "mainPage" and then add this to the JavaScript Section
$( document ).ready(function() {
if ($(".mainPage").is(":visible")) {
$('.action-btn').show();
}
else
{
$('.action-btn').hide();
}
});
I have done this through workflow. Using the date as a conditional I use a custom query to change the status of the form by un-publishing it. Here is the query that I use to publish/hide the form.
update [YOUR DATABASE HERE].[dbo].[cf_business_processes] set [is_activated] = '0' where [name] = 'YOUR FORM NAME HERE'
0 hides it and 1 publishes the form. By doing this I am able to insure that application periods are adhered to.