Thanks Bruno. That did it. Have a nice weekend. Regards, Moin
-----Original Message----- From: Bruno Dumon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 3:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cocoon binding for multivaluefield (multi select combo box) On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 12:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi , > > I am trying to read values from a multivaluefield (multi select combo > box) from a cocoon form and use cocoon form binding to extract the > values. My intent is to create an xml file from the data that has been > selected in the form. > > I have tried all variation of cocoon form binding to get the data , > but not able to do so. > > I am able to successfully read the value of a single select drop down > box, by using " <value id="searchFields" path="@searchFields" />" , > but not able to get values for multi select combo box. I have tried > the following: > > 1. ) I have tried using repeaters but that give a class cast > exception. at form.save method <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <context path="/content" > xmlns="http://apache.org/cocoon/forms/1.0#binding";> > <repeater id="searchFields" parent-path="." row-path="searchFields"> > <identity> > <value id="name" path="@id" /> > </identity> > <on-bind> > <value id="name" path="@id" /> > </on-bind> > <on-insert-row> > <insert-node> > <entry name="" /> > </insert-node> > </on-insert-row> > </repeater> > </context> > > ======================================================================== > 2. ) later I tried using only <value id="searchFields" > path="@searchFields" />, with this I am not getting any exceptions as > such but I am not able to get the values of the selected combo box. > > ====================================================================== > == > 3) > I also tried using aggregator, with this I am not getting any > exceptions as such but I am not able to get the values of the selected > combo box. > <aggregate id="searchFields" parent-path="." row-path="searchFields"> > <value id="value" path="@value" /> > </aggregate> > ======================================================================== > > My definition file is as below: > <multivaluefield id="searchFields"> > <datatype base="string" /> > <selection-list src="cocoon:/select-search-fields" > dynamic="true" /> > </multivaluefield>> > > > > Can any one please throw some pointers what I can do to get the value > from a multivaluefield or let me know where I am going wrong I thought there was a multivaluefield binding... yes, there is: check the javadoc of the class MultiValueJXPathBindingBuilder for more info. BTW, if the default bindings don't suffice, it is always possible to write some custom code (eg. using the fb:javascript binding) to do the binding for you. -- Bruno Dumon http://outerthought.org/ Outerthought - Open Source, Java & XML Competence Support Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
