Hi Andrew, Yes, the tiddler has to be created before the form is active on my solution, but it does have tags. Not ideal.
I couldn't find a way around this. Do you need the tags? You might be able to use fET to get something from the title of the contents of the tiddler? Following your quest with interest, ALex 2009/5/28 AndrewMc <[email protected]> > > Hi Alex > > The newJournal macro does pretty much what I did with the newTiddler > macro. Both create a new tiddler in edit mode. However, what I want is > for the new tiddler to be created from a form, have certain tags, and > be shown in view mode. The newTiddlerWithForm macro does this but > unfortunately does not have a way of specifying tags during the > tiddler creation. > > Cheers > Andrew Mc > > On May 28, 7:50 pm, Alex Hough <[email protected]> wrote: > > A while back i did something with monitoring. The key was to ensure > > that the new tiddler has a unique name. TiddlyAdvisors recomended the > > time and date. I experimented with two formats for the dateBelow is > > what I ended up doing; > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Tiddler Monitoring Dashboard > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > <<newJournal > > "(YYYY-0MM-0DD 0hh:0mm) S3*" > > label:"new daily monitoring form Us format" > > text:{{store.getTiddlerText("DailyMonitoringTemplate")}} > > tag:"S3*">> <<newJournal > > > > "(DDD DDth MMM YYYY 0hh:0mm) S3*" > > label:"new daily monitoring form UK format" > > text:{{store.getTiddlerText("DailyMonitoringTemplate")}} > > tag:"S3*" > > > > > > > > List of existing records > > <<forEachTiddler > > where > > 'tiddler.title.contains("S3*") && tiddler.tags.contains("S3*")' > > >> > > > > Editing Monitoring Dashboard > > To edit the daily monitoring form you will need to edit the > > <<newTiddler "MonitoringTemplate" label:"MonitoringTemplate">> > > > > -------------------------------------- > > tags: DashBoard > > ------------------------------------- > > > > You would have to make your own MonitoringTemplate using Udos formTiddler > > > > Alex > > > > (I have used the tag 'S3*' for my monitoring tiddlers. The reason is > > that in the VSM system 3* is about monitoring) - seehttp:// > www.allennaleonard.com/PersVSM.html#sys3*if you are interested > > in this method of organisation. > > > > 2009/5/28 AndrewMc <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Alex > > > > > Thanks for the suggestion. The TaskTimerPlugin looks interesting but > > > seems to be most useful for when you are timing activities while you > > > have access to your Wiki. In my case, however, I want to enter the > > > times that I have spent doing other activities which are almost always > > > done away from a computer. So, sadly, TaskTimerPlugin won't solve my > > > particular problem. > > > > > Cheers > > > Andrew Mc > > > > > On May 28, 12:17 am, Alex Hough <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Try Erics solution: > > > > >>http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#TaskTimerPluginhttp://www.TiddlyTools.com. > .. > > > > >> Alex > > > > >> 2009/5/27 AndrewMc <[email protected]>: > > > > >> > Hi All > > > > >> > I am working on a study project for which I need to record the hours > > >> > that I work. I am trying to store these "timesheet" records in my > > >> > wiki . I have set up a template tiddler containing a form with three > > >> > fields: Date, Hours, and Topic. I wish to have a macro button that > > >> > enables me to create new timesheet records. I have tried three ways > of > > >> > doing this. I have added Udo's plugin, > http://tiddlywiki.abego-software.de/#FormTiddlerPlugin, > > >> > and used <<newTiddler>> with <<formTiddler>>, and used > > >> > <<newTiddlerWithForm>>. I have also triedhttp:// > zaptest.tiddlyspot.com/#NewSavedTiddlerPlugin > > >> > and the <<newSavedTiddler>> macro. > > > > >> > <<newTiddler > > >> > title:{{"Time_test_"+(new Date()).formatString > > >> > ("YYYY0MM0DD_hh0mm0ss")}} > > >> > label:"New timesheet record button" > > >> > text:{{"<<formTiddler TimesheetRecordTemplate\>\>"}} > > >> > tag:"timesheettest">> > > > > >> > <<newTiddlerWithForm > > >> > TimesheetRecordTemplate > > >> > "newtiddlerwithform button" > > >> > [["Time_test_"+(new Date()).formatString("YYYY0MM0DD_hh0mm0ss")]]>> > > > > >> > <<newSavedTiddler > > >> > text:{{"<<formTiddler [[TimesheetRecordTemplate]]>" + ">"}} > > >> > tag:"timesheettest" > > >> > label:'newSavedTiddler button'>> > > > > >> > Of these three methods, the newTiddler method lets me easily specify > > >> > default content by adding a "<data> </data>" statement to the text, > > >> > but opens the tiddler in edit mode when I would much rather it be in > > >> > view mode. The newTiddlerWithForm method lets me specify default > > >> > content and opens the new tiddler in view mode, but doesn't let me > > >> > automatically add tags to the new tiddler. The newSavedTiddler opens > > >> > in view mode and lets me specify default content, but does not let > me > > >> > automatically create a title for the tiddler (instead you need to > type > > >> > in the new title at a prompt). > > > > >> > What I would like to be able to do is to modify newTiddlerWithForm > so > > >> > that this macro accepts a "tags:" parameter. Is it possible to do > > >> > this? If so, how would I start doing this? > > > > >> > Or, is there another way to achieve what I want to do? > > > > >> > I have found these two threads: > > >> > 'coding to auto-tag a tiddler created by FormTiddlerPlugin?' > > >> > > http://groups.google.co.nz/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/7212... > > > > >> > 'Automatically adding tags when using NewTiddlerWithForm' > > >> > > http://groups.google.co.nz/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/c642... > > > > >> > Cheers > > >> > Andrew Mc > > > > >> -- > > >> t: 0161 442 2202 > > >> m: 0781 372 50 17 > > >> skype: alexhough > > >> delicious: alexhough > > > > -- > > t: 0161 442 2202 > > m: 0781 372 50 17 > > skype: alexhough > > delicious: alexhough > > > -- t: 0161 442 2202 m: 0781 372 50 17 skype: alexhough delicious: alexhough --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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