[pmwiki-users] passing an http variable into newgroupbox form
adam overton
a at plus1plus1plus.org
Sat Jun 28 19:51:30 CDT 2008
... but it still fails either way when using PageBoxPlus...
: (
> ooo
> something very interesting just happened
> it turns out the form will create a new group if the default value
> starts with a lowercase letter, but not in the reverse.
> for instance:
>
> MySite.CreateNewGroup?v=catMan
> ... hitting submit leads the successful creation of the group CatMan
>
> however
> MySite.CreateNewGroup?v=CatMan
> ... hitting submit fails
>
> is this a bug?
> any suggestions for a workaround?
>
> thanks,
> adam
>
>
>>
>> Hi
>> i'm having a slight trouble with newgroupbox
>>
>> on my site, when someone tries to access a group that doesn't
>> exist, i've added to my 'Site.PageNotFound' a link to a
>> MySite.CreateNewGroup?v={*$Group}, with the non-existent group
>> added to the link as an http variable...
>>
>> when the user clicks, they end up at the CreateNewGroup page,
>> where NewGroupBox is installed, and i've the following conditional
>> code:
>>
>> (:cellnr width=100% align=center:)
>> (:if !equal {$urlVarV} "":)
>> (:newgroupbox base=Index size=25 label="Create Profile"
>> button="right" value="{$urlVarV}" focus=false save=true:)
>> (:else:)
>> (:newgroupbox base=Index size=25 label="Create Profile"
>> button="right" value="Enter New Group Here" focus=true save=true:)
>> (:ifend:)
>> (:tableend:)
>>
>> (note: i've got $urlVarV set up in my config to $_REQUEST "v" from
>> the URL)
>>
>>
>> this *seems* to work fine up to this point - the new group name
>> stored in the variable "v" successfully shows up as the default in
>> the textbox.
>> however, when i finally click "Create Profile", nothing happens.
>> if i then delete the default text, and re-enter it manually,
>> everything works fine, and i'm redirected to the new group.
>>
>> is there any way to get this form to accept and submit its default
>> value when an http variable is providing it?
>>
>> thanks!
>> adam
>>
>>
>> . . .
>>
>> a at plus1plus1plus.org
>> 661 373 8679
>>
>>
>>
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