On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:00:09 -0500, Kamna Jain wrote
> Hello Devs,
>
> I have been trying to figure if there is a possibility of adding
> HTML forms
> (UI to obtain input from users) to Xwiki as part of the application
> we are trying to build. I know that XWiki pages can be edited to
> include HTML code in them. But, I guess my question is where should
> we be looking in the code to see how the data that goes into the
> form fields as user input, would be processed by the XWiki Core? Has
> anyone done this before ?
Yes, I wrote a simple application in such manner.
Just <form > and javascript inside xwiki (inside {pre} {/pre} tags)
Javascript can use prototype js library, bundled with xwiki
form parameters can be retrieved with $request.getParameter()
also it is possible do request redirects.
>
> Also, if we wanted to create tandard UI in XWiki, would it be a better
> option to create a template (.vm) file for this purpose?
>
> We also looked at creating Classes and Objects for this purpose but,
> I am not sure if thats the option we need to choose.
>
> What would be the best way to accomplish this task?
>
> Thanks for all help.
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