Requirement

Use Case

Pre-requisites

1. Search for and install the Timer for Zoho Creator extension from Zoho Marketplace. Learn how to Install and Manage Extensions.
   
   

Alternatively, you can also install Timer for Zoho Creator extension directly from Zoho Creator. Navigate to the Operations section > Application > Marketplace > Extensions and install it.

Steps to Follow

1. Create a form with the required field to collect details of the participants for the event. In this tutorial, for demonstration purposes, we have used the Event Registration form from the form template.
   
   
2. Navigate to the form properties of the 'Register for an event' form and set End Time to restrict the form availability after a certain period of time. Here, we have set the end time as 18-Jul-2024 00:00:00. You can also specify the message to be shown after the form is restricted.
   
   
3. Create a page named 'Event Registration' and drag and drop the 'Timer Widget' listed under the Installed category under the Widgets section in the left pane.
   
   
   
   
4. Navigate to the Form section and drag and drop the Embed as form element to the page by selecting the Form as 'Register for an event' from the Event Management Application.
   
   
5. Navigate to the page variables on the page and add the following page variables to include required parameters for the extension.
   

   Variable	Data Type
   endtime	Text
   timezone	Text

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6. Configure Page Script by adding the following script to the editor to supply data to the extension's parameters.
   

Note: 

1. The value of the endtime parameter to be specified in epoch time or one of the supported date-time formats. 
   
2. If the time zone is not specified, the time zone of your Zoho Creator server will be applied automatically. 

See How It Works

Related Links

1. Timer Extension
   
2. Understand Extensions
   
3. Install and Manage Extensions