Formhandler Multiple Forms on one page - typo3

Question

I'm stuck with formhandler on creating multiple forms on one page. What I've done so far is the following Code in my Setup Variables
plugin.Tx_Formhandler.settings {
debug = 0
formValuesPrefix = formhandler
singleErrorTemplate {
totalWrap = <div class="error">|</div>
singleWrap = <span class="message">|</span>
}
preProcessors {
1.class = Tx_Formhandler_PreProcessor_LoadDefaultValues
1 {
config.1 {
name.defaultValue = Name
email.defaultValue = E-Mail
}
}
}
validators {
1.class = Validator_Default
1.config.fieldConf {
name {
errorCheck.1 = required
}
email {
errorCheck.1 = required
errorCheck.2 = email
}
}
}
singleErrorTemplate {
totalWrap = <div class="error">|</div>
singleWrap = <span class="message">|</span>
}
finishers {
# Finisher_Mail sends emails to an admin and/or the user.
1.class = Finisher_Mail
# Finisher_Redirect will redirect the user to another page after the form was submitted successfully.
5.class = Finisher_Redirect
5.config {
redirectPage = {$formhandlerExamples.basic.contact-form.redirectPage}
}
}
}
But now I want to add a second form to my site. If I simply add a second plugin.Tx_Formhandler.settings {} with a new formValuesPrefix it is not working. I am only getting a "Caught exception: Template not found" error.
When I remove the first form and the first settings, my form is working.
I could use a tutorial or something on how to add multiple forms with formhandler on one page.

Answer 1

I've finally figured that out. What you need to do is, work with settings.predef instead of standard settings. For example
plugin.Tx_Formhandler.settings.predef.formhandler {
# This name appears in the dropdown selector in plugin record
name = Newsletter Contact
debug = 0
formValuesPrefix = formhandler
singleErrorTemplate {
totalWrap = <div class="error">|</div>
singleWrap = <span class="message">|</span>
}
validators {
1.class = Validator_Default
1.config.fieldConf {
name {
errorCheck.1 = required
}
email {
errorCheck.1 = required
errorCheck.2 = email
}
}
}
singleErrorTemplate {
totalWrap = <div class="error">|</div>
singleWrap = <span class="message">|</span>
}
finishers {
# Finisher_Mail sends emails to an admin and/or the user.
1.class = Finisher_Mail
# Finisher_Redirect will redirect the user to another page after the form was submitted successfully.
5.class = Finisher_Redirect
5.config {
redirectPage = 8
}
}
}
Now you will find in your module this setting in a dropdown. If you create more of those, you'll have more settings to select. And every Form needs it's own setting.predef.