In the end I gave up and worked around the issue using an event handler to post information out to the other system.

Still interested in other answers and suggestions.

    using Umbraco.Core;
    using Umbraco.Forms.Core;
    using Umbraco.Forms.Data.Storage;

    namespace blar.Forms
    {
        public class UmbracoFormsListener : ApplicationEventHandler
        {
            protected override void ApplicationStarted(
                UmbracoApplicationBase umbracoApplication,
                ApplicationContext applicationContext)
            {
                //Listen for when form changes  is being saved
                FormStorage.Created += new EventHandler<FormEventArgs>(FormStorage_FormCreated);
                FormStorage.Saved += new EventHandler<FormEventArgs>(FormStorage_FormSaved);
                FormStorage.Deleted += new EventHandler<FormEventArgs>(FormStorage_FormDelete);
            }
   ....
  }

Hello,

I hope this is the correct thread to query. If not, please accept my apologies.

I am trying to find out more about the Forms API. I have read the documents on this site which confirm that data queried from Forms comes back as a dynamic object and that the static methods can be found within Umbraco.Forms.Mvc.DynamicObjects.Library.

Unfortunately, I am a newbie to Umbraco, Razor, and C#. I have been learning more about C# and how classes and namespaces work, but my background is JS, not C#.

Through trial and error, and cobbling together information from other threads, I have been able to retrieve the prevalues for a list of options in the form as follows:

    @inherits Umbraco.Web.Macros.PartialViewMacroPage

@using Umbraco.Forms.Mvc.DynamicObjects


<ul>
 @foreach (dynamic record in Library.GetApprovedRecordsFromFormOnPage(@CurrentPage.Id, "myFormID").OrderBy("Created"))
 {

<li>

         @foreach( var field in record.RecordFields )
{

    var prev1=field.Value.Field.PreValues[0];
    var prev2=field.Value.Field.PreValues[1];
    }
    }

However, how would I go about finding this sort of thing out in the future via a more direct route? I can't find any documentation which describes the deeper levels within the class beyond what is provided for in the brief discussion on the above-linked page.

I was able to list the properties of the returned Dynamic Records by using the following Razor code:

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Macros.PartialViewMacroPage

@using Umbraco.Forms.Mvc.DynamicObjects

@foreach (dynamic record in Library.GetApprovedRecordsFromFormOnPage(@CurrentPage.Id, "myFormID").OrderBy("Created"))
 {
foreach(var prop in record.GetType().GetProperties()) {

    <p>@prop.Name</p>

}
}

This information, however, is already available in the documentation linked above. How would I find out what is available within RecordFields (for example)?

Thank you.

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