 readme  id readmetxt v 1124 20100719 141757 fago exp rules forms module maintained by klaus purer this module allows you to manipulate customize forms on your site with rules installation the rules forms module ships with the rules module so copy the whole rules directory to your module directory and activate the rules forms module warning most of the conditions and actions provided for forms directly work on the form structure generated by drupal however in drupal 7 this structure is going to look different thus an automatic upgrade of the conditions actions using the form structure cannot be implemented therefore notice that you will have to manually update any rules making use of the rules forms support getting started this is a short usage guide to build rules on you forms go to the form events page in the rules administration menu admin rules forms select the checkbox enable event activation messages on forms and hit the save settings button go to the form on your site that you would like to customize with rules eg go to node add story to enable events on the create story form on the top of the page you see a drupal message with a link to activate events for the form click it confirm the activation by clicking the activate button go to the triggered rules admin page admin rules trigger and click the add a new rule tab fill out the label choose a form event by selecting one in the rules forms group and confirm with save changes now you can add conditions and actions to react on the form event form element conditions and actions the rules forms module allows you to manipulate single form elements where you need the id of the element this guide shows you you how to find them go to the form events page in the rules administration menu admin rules forms make sure that you have activated events on your target form it should be listed on the page select the checkbox display form element ids and hit the save settings button go to the target form on your site where you will see the form element id below each form element copy the id of the form element you would like to examine or manipulate eg copy bodyfield body on the create story form if you want to do something with the node body textarea paste this id when you create a condition or an action which requires a form element id  