On Mar 1, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Vincent Massol wrote: > > 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.
ok I've reorganized it a bit + added the link. Thanks -Vincent >>> (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
