On Mar 1, 2010, at 5:41 PM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote: > 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 ;-)
No need, the link is already there. Thanks -Vincent > > 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
