[pmwiki-users] FGS Pre-update Questions

[John Feezell]

Ciaran,  it not a problem with what you gave me.  I didn't know how to 
set the group so I hard-coded it in to test the setup.  I've removed 
that and you should be able to set the group now.

/JF

Ciaran wrote:

>I was playing with 'my' definitions on your site, and it seems there's
>a bug in whatever I gave you, it doesn't allow you to specify 'other'
>groups than the one you're currently in, oops... you should be able to
>specify group='Contacts' etc in the kbstart field... interesting, I've
>looked at the copy of the code I have, and although I do set that
>parameter up, its never used!!!
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>Yes I suspect it wouldn't work at all well with replicating fields and bundles. 
>I've never used either in my forms so haven't needed this, although
>with regards to replicating fields I think that should be easily
>integrated, but I've no idea about bundles as
>I've never ever used them <g>
>- Ciaran
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>On 26/04/05, John Feezell <JohnFeezell at 3wplace.com> wrote:
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>>Thanks.  Have a look at <http://cbfa-cos.org/xwiki/Main/WikiSandbox> and
>>see what you think.  Shouldn't be a problem to integrate your table
>>structure into the next version of FGS.  It will require one small
>>change in the code you sent me before, updating existing pages that have
>>forms attached, and applying ?action=prepform to update the formguides
>>on your system.
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>>Your table structure is interesting.  It appears to work correctly with
>>single field structures but I think it would need to be modified to
>>handle self-replicating fields and bundles that FGS uses.  I plan to
>>experiment with it some more.
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>>/JF
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>>Ciaran wrote:
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>>>Certainly, here's an example where I have a 'Download' group , where
>>>each page in the group is a download and contains any information
>>>about the download (release date, stability etc) ... the Download
>>>homepage ( http://www.wombatinvasion.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Downloads/Downloads
>>>) Lists all of these in a table and allows a user to download iwth one
>>>click ....
>>>- Ciaran
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>>>On 26/04/05, John Feezell <JohnFeezell at 3wplace.com> wrote:
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>>>>Ok.  I'll look at that material again.  Just want to be sure I was
>>>>headed in the right direction.   Do you have a working version of this
>>>>somewhere that I could look at to get a better feel for the output?
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>>>>/JF
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>>>>Ciaran wrote:
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>>>>>The mechanism I proposed and implemented several months back for
>>>>>extracting the data in tabular form.  With the ability to produce
>>>>>different markup for different values in certain fields etc? We had
>>>>>several long discussions about it :) ?
>>>>>- ciaran
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>>>>>On 26/04/05, John Feezell <JohnFeezell at 3wplace.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>Ciaran,
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>>>>>>I'm not sure I understand your question.  Can you tell me more about
>>>>>>what you have in mind?
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>>>>>>Ciaran wrote:
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>>>>>>>Hmm, I think I preferred my tables that I generated from FGS, is there
>>>>>>>any intention to provide similar abilities in the native FGS?
>>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>>- Ciaran
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On 26/04/05, John Feezell <JohnFeezell at 3wplace.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>I'm getting ready to post an update for FGS but I have a couple of
>>>>>>>>questions before I do.  Because of changes in PmWiki's variable storage
>>>>>>>>and read routines for a page, this update will require that ALL pages
>>>>>>>>using the prior FGS version be passed through an update function and
>>>>>>>>that ?action=prepform be done for ALL existing formguides.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The update will also include a "DataPort" function that supports markup
>>>>>>>>so that the content of form fields can be retrieved and placed in an
>>>>>>>>html table within a PmWiki page.  You can see this in action at:
>>>>>>>><http://cbfa-cos.org/xwiki/Main/WikiSandbox>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Two questions:
>>>>>>>>1.  Anyone currently using FGS in a "live" rather than a "test" environment?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>2.  What is the best way to post this update to the cookbook?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>>>/JF
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