Start up a project with Formidable

Note: for a codeless way of running your XML file, please read this.

1: create your frontend plugin

Proceed as usual. Using the extension kickstarter will ease the process.

2: include the Formidable API in your plugin

In your plugin php-file, add, just before the class declaration:

PATH_formidableapi is a constant pointing to the main class php-file of Formidable.

3: create and initialize a new object tx_ameosformidable

Add these lines in the main() function of your plugin.

First line of code create the blank object.

Second line initializes it, passing the reference to the current plugin and the path to the xml file as parameters.

4: execute Formidable

There's still a line of php to add, the one that renders your application.

To the bottom of your main() function, add a call to render(), so that you have:

Now if the xml file you gave as a parameter doesn't exists, you'll have this display coming up:

Just copy-paste the generated xml in the file path you gave during the init, and you're done.