[pmwiki-users] passing an http variable into newgroupbox form

[adam overton]

apologies for all the emails. i finally figured it out.
'twas a single line in NewGroupBox and NewPageBoxPlus that prevents  
the default "value" from being used as a Group or Page name...

	if (@$_REQUEST['focus'] && $name==$_REQUEST['value']) Redirect 
($pagename);

with it commented out, my http variables now work great...
thanks for bearing with me
a



On 28 Jun 2008, at 5:51 PM, adam overton wrote:

>
> ... 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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