>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:28:48 +0100 >From: david roundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >hellois there a way once a form has been created to dis-allow >editing of certain fields?for example, a form is created with a >server name, that is unlikely to change. could the editeform >for certain fields subsequently be greyed out to stop >accidental changes to that field, if someone then wants to >revise that form?i'd prefer to keep the wiki open and avoid >having to use authuser (or the like). i'm not talking malicious >users just accidental ones!thanks againdavid
No, but... Currently, you can prevent a field from being edited using the 'hide' type or by passing a value as part of the url. However, you can't yet say 'allow create, but not edit'. When I use it in Wikipublisher, an author can pre-set field values, which are then displayed with a hidden variable. I think I can adapt the code so a template can say, "Under editing, prevent changes to this value." Of course, an author can still use the regular 'Edit' link to fix errors. I think what we can do is add a qualifier to the 'hide' field type. If (for example) the field type is (*hide) we can get the recipe to display a text field when creating a new record. But I need to check to see if this will have any undesirable side-effects. You can test this on your existing installation. Suppose you have a field called 'servername'. On the page that contains the data entry form (i.e. the (:wikiform:) directive) add ?servername=kauri to the url in the browser address bar, then press return. The field box should be replaced by 'kauri'. So we just have to tweak the code so you get a box on entry, but not on edit. And I suppose you'd like an option to specify the size of the box, such as (hide=30) to hide on edit and give a 30 character box on entry. >From: david roundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [pmwiki-users] urls in wikiform fields? > >another query! can a wikiform field be 'pre-entered' with a url >so that when the user enters data in the field and saves >the form, the field links to documentation/url held elsewhere? > >for example i have a server that has other documentation held elsewhere. > >%newwin%[[http://location_of_documentation?Machine=nnnnnn | nnnnnn]] > >if the user inputs nnnnnn the url picks this up to then link to that >documentation/url. > >i appreciate i could perhaps pre-fill the field with the url >but wondered if there was a user friendly way of showing this? >or is this not handled by wikiforms? I think the easiest way to do this is by taking advantage of pmwiki's page text variables. See http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PageTextVariables 1. create a field for the Machine :Machine:machine Note that the text between the : ... : MUST NOT contain spaces. 2. create a field of type hide with value [[(http://location_of_documentation?Machine=){$:Machine}]] This should tell PmWiki to use the value of the Machine in the link text. The alternatives are: - create a ViewTemplate for the entire page and insert the <machine> field into the url (View Templates pre-date page text variables, so use a different substitution syntax) - set up an intermap link for Machine: that translates Machine:name into http://location_of_documentation?Machine=name and use a text field with Machine: as the default value with an instruction to add the name after the prefix If none of these works, we'll have to think of something else. JR -- John Rankin Affinity Limited T 64 4 495 3737 F 64 4 473 7991 021 RANKIN [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.affinity.co.nz _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
