Hi Hugh, On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Hugh Hulme <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you Guillaume > > That is what I was looking for. > Glad I could help. Maybe there should be a link on > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/Forms ? > Feel free to add it, XWiki.org is a wiki ;-) Guillaume > (BTW - search has now ceased to function - I guess Vincent must be > playing with it? :)) > > Thanks again, > - Hugh > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Guillaume Lerouge > Sent: 01 March 2010 3:53 PM > To: XWiki Developers > Subject: Re: [xwiki-devs] Documentation request > > Hi Hugh, > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Hugh Hulme <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > > > I'm an experienced software engineer but scripting XWiki still seems > > to be about as clear as mud to me. > > > > I know I could create a Form. > > I know this could result in a new Page being generated. > > However, I have no idea how to make this happen. > > Is an event raised when I submit the form? If so, how do I attach a > > handler to that event? What do I then need to do to squeeze the > > user-provided data into a page generated from a template? Or into some > > > data store from which a templated page would be generated? > > > > I would be incredibly grateful if someone could throw together a very > > quick walk-through of doing the following from a web browser: > > > > Creating a new form with a singular field, e.g. Name Writing the code > > which takes the contents of this form and creates a new page with > > title "Name's Greeting" and content "Hello, Name!" > > > > This does raise further questions. For example: Can a user go back > > later and edit the data in the form? Or would the resulting page need > > to be edited instead? > > > > You should try following this tutorial: > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/FAQTutorial > > It will help a lot. > > Guillaume > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > -- > Guillaume Lerouge > Product Manager - XWiki SAS > Skype: wikibc > Twitter: glerouge > http://guillaumelerouge.com/ > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki SAS Skype: wikibc Twitter: glerouge http://guillaumelerouge.com/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
