https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Where is option for custom "inactive" message (Ver 3.5) en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:09:43 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/where-is-option-for-custom-inactive-message-ver-35#post-18279 Wed, 15 May 2013 05:47:41 +0000 AMurray 18279@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Williamsley, </p> <p>I found a problem with the auto scheduling, it doesn't seem to enable the form at the time / date specified. This is regardless of the form manager setting of "enable" or "disable" for the form since the auto-scheduling I assumed, would over-ride that setting.</p> <p>Anyway I have posted this as a problem in a separate thread. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/where-is-option-for-custom-inactive-message-ver-35#post-18277 Wed, 15 May 2013 05:32:22 +0000 williamansley 18277@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>@AMurray: Thanks a lot for testing that. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/where-is-option-for-custom-inactive-message-ver-35#post-18275 Wed, 15 May 2013 04:54:27 +0000 AMurray 18275@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>OK, problem solved, as per Steve1951 suggestion, </p> <p>Clearing the cache worked - (I ran the excellent "CCleaner") and it made the Disabled Message window open, on clicking the "Disable" button for the particular form in Form Manager.</p> <p>Williamsley - the message you set stays, when you disable/enable the form you don't have to retype it every time. </p> <p>You can schedule the form to appear between a certain time (date range) and it will be automatically disabled the rest of the time, using the custom "Inactive" message. You set these dates in the Form Properties for the particular form. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/where-is-option-for-custom-inactive-message-ver-35#post-18274 Wed, 15 May 2013 04:12:34 +0000 williamansley 18274@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>@Steve1951: That's interesting. What are we supposed to do if we want a custom disabled message for a form that is set to be disabled on schedule, rather than manually? Would you mind testing to see if a form that you add a custom disabled message to by disabling it, keeps the custom message when you re-enable it manually and then disable it again? Then please see if a form that you have assigned a custom disabled message to and re-enabled displays the custom disabled message when it is disabled on schedule. If you don't have the time to try this, that's fine; thanks anyway. I just won't have time to upgrade to the new version for a while, since we have customized our current version, so it's not simply a matter of running the upgrade script. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/where-is-option-for-custom-inactive-message-ver-35#post-18273 Wed, 15 May 2013 02:49:05 +0000 Steve1951 18273@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I just installed version 3.5. I found the magic button to use a custom message. Just click on Disable and the custom disabled message box will appear. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/where-is-option-for-custom-inactive-message-ver-35#post-18272 Tue, 14 May 2013 10:38:21 +0000 simonb 18272@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Yes but it still isn't showing in my upgraded 3.5 site<br /> Everything else is ( Tax etc......ie new add ons ) but if I click disabled on a form it just , well, disables it.<br /> I have cleared cookies caches etc. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/where-is-option-for-custom-inactive-message-ver-35#post-18271 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:15:18 +0000 Steve1951 18271@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>The demo on this site is still running version 3.4 so the custom message option is not available. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/where-is-option-for-custom-inactive-message-ver-35#post-18268 Tue, 14 May 2013 06:22:48 +0000 simonb 18268@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>+1 @ AMurray<br /> I tested the demo also here and I cannot find a way to set a custom message </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/where-is-option-for-custom-inactive-message-ver-35#post-18266 Tue, 14 May 2013 06:15:33 +0000 Steve1951 18266@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>When I upgraded from Version 3.3 to version 3.4 I had to clear my browser cache before the new options were displayed properly. It's possible some of the older versions of the JavaScript files are cached. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/where-is-option-for-custom-inactive-message-ver-35#post-18265 Tue, 14 May 2013 05:31:39 +0000 AMurray 18265@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I can't seem to find the option for the disabled form custom message as detailed here : <a href="http://www.appnitro.com/blog-several-improvements-v35." rel="nofollow">http://www.appnitro.com/blog-several-improvements-v35.</a></p> <p>I'm using V3.5 (as of 14/5/2013) but can't find any other "disable form" option other than the option that has always been part of Machform, which results in "This form is currently inactive".</p> <p>The standard documentation (not yet updated) still describes the previous way this was done, that simply uses the same, standard "inactive" message but doesn't describe the new feature in detail. <a href="http://www.appnitro.com/doc-form-manager#enable-disable" rel="nofollow">http://www.appnitro.com/doc-form-manager#enable-disable</a> </p>