Can you test some of the other field types?
john mcnally
On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 08:55, Mitch Christensen wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> Is it necessary to use a "business object" behind the intake service in
> order to access the invalid 'value' of a field upon redisplaying a form?
>
> My scenario is this, I present an empty form. The user inputs some invalid
> data. Using intake, I validate the form and redisplay the form with error
> message(s). There error message shows up fine, but setting the "text"
> input's value="$GroupVariable.[FieldName]" doesn't redisplay the invalid
> data originally input by the user (it's empty). I'm not currently using a
> "business object" behind the scenes, is this necessary? If not, any ideas
> why the original (invalid) data isn't accessible from the intake pull tool?
>
> Thanks,
> Mitch
>
> FWIW, here is a snippet from my .vm page showing the form and my
> intake.xml...
>
> ---------------------form snippet-----------------------------------------
> ...
> #set($CaseNumberGroup = $intake.CaseNumberSearch.Default)
> <form name="search" method="post"
> action="$link.setPage("CaseNumber.vm").setAction("CaseNumberSearch")">
> ...
> <!-- first field -->
> #if ( $CaseNumberGroup.CaseNumber.isValid() )
> <input type="text" name="$CaseNumberGroup.CaseNumber.Key">
> #else
> <input type="text" name="$CaseNumberGroup.CaseNumber.Key">
> <span class="error">$CaseNumberGroup.CaseNumber.Message</span>
> #end
> ...
> <!-- second field -->
> #if ( $CaseNumberGroup.FromDate.isValid() )
> <input type="text" name="$CaseNumberGroup.FromDate.Key">
> #else
> <!-- *****HERE LIES THE PROBLEM! THE value="" IS ALWAYS EMPTY***** -->
> <input type="text" name="$CaseNumberGroup.FromDate.Key"
> value="$CaseNumberGroup.FromDate">
> <span class="error">$CaseNumberGroup.FromDate.Message</span>
> #end
> ...
> <!-- obligatory hidden fields -->
> $intake.declareGroups()
> ...
>
>
>
> ----------------intake.xml----------------------------------------------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
>
> <input-data basePackage="us.costars.formbeans.">
>
> <!-- validation for the CaseNumber search page -->
> <group name="CaseNumberSearch" key="caseNumberSearchKey">
>
> <!-- validate the case number -->
> <field name="CaseNumber" key="CaseNumberKey" type="String">
> <rule name="required" value="true">Case number is required</rule>
> <rule name="minLength" value="7">Must be 7-15 characters long</rule>
> <rule name="maxLength" value="15">Must be 7-15 characters long</rule>
> </field>
>
> <!-- validate the Form # -->
> <field name="FormNumber" key="FormNumberKey" type="String">
> <rule name="maxLength" value="4">Must be exactly 4 digits</rule>
> <rule name="mask" value="^$|[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]">Requires exactly 4
> digits</rule>
> </field>
>
> <!-- validate the from date -->
> <field name="FromDate" key="FromDateKey" type="String">
> <rule name="mask"
> value="^$|[0-1][0-9]/?[0-3][0-9]/?[12][90][0-9][0-9]">Invalid date
> format</rule>
> </field>
>
> <!-- validate the to date -->
> <field name="ToDate" key="ToDateKey" type="String">
> <rule name="mask"
> value="^$|[0-1][0-9]/?[0-3][0-9]/?[12][90][0-9][0-9]">Invalid date
> format</rule>
> </field>
>
> </group><!-- CaseNumberSearch -->
>
>
> </input-data>
> ----
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