Joerg That's it exactly! It may not be elegant or "intuitively obvious" , but it works and that is what counts.
Thanks Derek (Guess I need to go and reread the manual in my spare time :) >>> On 2008/03/04 at 07:39, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joerg Heinicke >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What about http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/userdocs/widgetconcepts/selectionlists.html Joerg On 04.03.2008 00:26, Derek Hohls wrote: > Jason > > Thanks for pointing out that I was trying to make use of > a missing feature! > > My example, because I simplified things, was a bit misleading. > What I am trying to do in the form construction, is dynamically > pass in an array of values to act as the <fd:item> elements in > a multi-field array. If that can be done some in flowscript, > I would appreciate knowing how. At the moment, in the form > definition, I have: > > <jx:forEach var="record" varStatus="status" items="${irecords}"> > <fd:item value="${record}"><fd:label>${record}</fd:label></fd:item> > </jx:forEach> > > where the "irecords" would be the array passed in from flowscript. > > Could I use something like: > form.lookupWidget("records").setValue ( recordArray ); > > Any guidance here is appreciated. > > Thanks > Derek > > PS Where is the best place to find the documentation for the > form.lookupWidget, and other form.* functions? I have been using: > http://www.jdocs.com/cocoon/2.1.9/org/apache/cocoon/forms/formmodel/Widget.html > > but its not clear from that if the setValue method can take an array? > >>>> On 2008/03/03 at 05:22, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jason Johnston >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Derek Hohls wrote: >> Working with Cocoon 2.1.8 >> >> I am trying to pass data from flowscript to a from, but >> with no success. The value of "foo" in the scenario below >> simply does not show up (although normal widgets, which I >> have stripped out in the sample below, show up fine). >> >> What do I need to change? >> >> Thanks >> Derek >> >> >> >> The flowscript looks like: >> >> var tForm = new Form("cocoon:/db/update/form/test", {"foo":"foob"}); > > Unfortunately the Form constructor does not allow a second argument like > this. I'm pretty sure there is a feature request for this in Jira but I > can't find it right now... > >> var tmodel = tForm.getModel(); >> tForm.showForm("db/test.uforms"); >> >> The sitemap has: >> >> <map:match pattern="db/update/form/*"> >> <map:generate src="update/{1}_defn.xml" type="jx"> >> <use-request-parameters>true</use-request-parameters> >> </map:generate> >> <map:transform src="stylesheets/forms/strip-page.xsl" > >> <map:serialize type="xml" /> >> </map:match> >> >> <map:match pattern="db/*.uforms"> >> <map:generate src="update/{1}_template.xml" >> type="jx"></map:generate> >> <map:transform type="forms" > >> <map:transform type="i18n"/> >> <map:transform src="stylesheets/doc/cforms.xsl"/> >> <map:serialize type="html"/> >> </map:match> >> >> And the simple form (test_defn.xml) looks like: >> >> <fd:form >> xmlns:fd="http://apache.org/cocoon/forms/1.0#definition"; >> xmlns:jx="http://apache.org/cocoon/templates/jx/1.0"; >> xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1";> >> >> <fd:widgets> >> >> <fd:field id="message" required="false"> >> <fd:label></fd:label> >> <fd:initial-value>* ${foo} *</fd:initial-value> >> <fd:datatype base="string"> >> </fd:datatype> >> </fd:field> > > It looks like you just want to set the initial value of this widget > based on a value in your flowscript? If so, then that can easily be > done directly by the flowscript: > > var form = new Form(...); > form.lookupWidget("message").value = "foob"; > form.showForm(...); > > >> <fd:submit id="ok" action-command="ok" validate="true"> >> <fd:label> OK </fd:label> >> </fd:submit> >> <fd:submit id="cancel" action-command="cancel" validate="false"> >> <fd:label>Cancel</fd:label> >> </fd:submit> >> >> </fd:widgets> >> </fd:form> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
