Umbraco Forms - Basics

Umbraco Forms Introduction:

a) Stores the forms in the /App_Plugins/UmbracoForms/Data/forms/ folder
b)  Stores the forms in JSON format
c)  Gives each form a GUID, such as: ea-3e73-4b99-9d81-3055149e3c2e.json that can be used to reference the forms.



In the main umbraco template add links to, 

• JQUERY, 
• Jquery Validation
• Jquery Unobtrusive Validation

EX:

   <!-- Javascripts -->

    <script src="/js/jquery.min.js"></script>

    <script src="/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<script src="/scripts/fanoe.js"></script>

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.14.0/jquery.validate.js"></script>

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2.3/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js"></script>

Umbraco Forms, list Forms from Directory:

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoTemplatePage
@using System.Xml.XPath
@using System.IO;

@{
    Layout = "Master.cshtml";

}

@{
var request = HttpContext.Current.Request;
string url = Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.Replace(Request.Url.PathAndQuery,
                                             string.Empty);

<p>url: @url</p>

foreach(var fileName in Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath("~/App_Plugins/UmbracoForms/Data/forms/")))
    {
           <p>@fileName</p>
    }
}

Umbraco Forms,Render All Availble forms on to a Page:

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoTemplatePage

@using System.Xml.XPath

@using System.IO;

@using System.Net; 

@using Newtonsoft.Json; 

@using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

@{

    Layout = "Master.cshtml";

}

@{

var request = HttpContext.Current.Request;

string url = Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.Replace(Request.Url.PathAndQuery, 

                                             string.Empty);

foreach(var fileName in Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath("~/App_Plugins/UmbracoForms/Data/forms/")))

    {

var jsonFileUrl = @fileName;

string extension = Path.GetExtension(@jsonFileUrl);

WebClient wc = new WebClient(); 

var json = (JObject)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(wc.DownloadString(jsonFileUrl)); 

var formName = json["name"].ToString(); 

var formGuid = json["id"].ToString();

<p><a href="@jsonFileUrl">@formName</a></p>

<div>

@Umbraco.RenderMacro("FormsRenderForm", new {FormGuid= @formGuid})

</div>

      

    }

}