{"id":8591592,"date":"2016-12-26T19:29:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T19:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/auto-generated-reference-number\/"},"modified":"2017-06-17T13:27:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T13:27:02","slug":"auto-generated-reference-number","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/auto-generated-reference-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto-generated reference number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>I am trying to get a reference number to appear in my form.  I have used the form processor as given here:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/caldera-form-auto-generate-unique-code\/<\/p>\n<p>Once I submit the form, I am able to see the generated reference number with ease, but I cannot see it in the form.  If I use any field, it will just display <code>{keygen: key}<\/code> in the field.  What I would like to do is have a reference number generated before the form is submitted, as I would also like to have a HTML section that says:<\/p>\n<p><code>&quot;If you would like to send attachments, please email me@thisaddress.com, quoting reference [REFERENCE].&quot;<\/code><\/p>\n<p>In addition, when I submit the form, the AJAX feedback says <code>{keygen:key}<\/code> instead of the generated key.  Is there a way of having a key generated before the form is submitted based on a predefined format?  Perhaps something like <code>ORD-YYMMDDXXX<\/code>, where YYMMDD is the date and XXX is a randomly generated three character reference?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-8591592","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-processor"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/8591592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/8591592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8591592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}