HTML_QuickForm not getting values from $_POST

Hello there, SHORT DESCRIPTION After successfully processing an HTML_QuickForm and obtaining the submitted values via ->exportValue("valueName"), I create a SECOND HTML_QuickForm object sharing some element names as the previous one and hoping that it will get them as well. The problem ----------- Even if the element names correspond exactly with the $_POST variables the posted variables are NOT imported. Could anyone tell me if I can import those $_POST variables automatically? LONGER DESCRIPTION WITH CODE I am building a sort of wizard[1] with two pages: - Page 1: Form_1 with 3 values - Page 2: Form_2 with more values that takes the former 3 as fixed (i.e. frozen). [1] I know there is HTML_QuickForm_Controller but I don't envisage yet to use it. The problem arrives when Processing the 1st form and Generating the 2nd. At this stage the code does: form_1 =& new HTML_QuickForm("form1", "post", $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; I add the elements and rules form_1->addElement("text", "var1"....) form_1->addRule(... ... I call the validation and I get the variable: if ( !form_1->validate() ) { // Handle the error } variable1 = $form_1->exportValue("var1"); everything goes fine until now. I create another form: $form_2 =& new HTML_QuickForm("form2", "post", $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; I add some common elements that have been submitted (otherwise the previous form would not have been validated). $form_2->addElement("text", "var1", ... (exactly as above) THE PROBLEM When I do $form_2->display() or $form_2->exportValue("var1"); WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK? - Is there a way to automatically import the POST fields in HTML_QuickForm? (sort of $form->setElementValues) - How and when are the submitted values present in $_POST imported into QuickForm? (I have tried to follow the PHP code but I have got lost). I am still a newbie in QuickForm terms so I may be missing some important points. Any response will be kindly appreciated. Regards, Miguel Telleria