[pmwiki-users] FGS Pre-update Questions

[Ciaran]

Hmm, actually I take that back, you must have an old version of my
code or something's wrong.  Listing 'other' groups than the one you're
currently in is perfectly valid on my main site , for example this
page (http://www.wombatinvasion.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WikiSandbox)
is listing the Profiles group from within the Main/Sandbox page...
Bizarre! :)
- Ciaran

On 26/04/05, Ciaran <ciaranj at gmail.com> 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!!!
> 
> 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
> 
> On 26/04/05, John Feezell <JohnFeezell at 3wplace.com> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > /JF
> >
> > Ciaran wrote:
> >
> > >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
> > >
> > >On 26/04/05, John Feezell <JohnFeezell at 3wplace.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>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?
> > >>
> > >>/JF
> > >>
> > >>Ciaran wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>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
> > >>>
> > >>>On 26/04/05, John Feezell <JohnFeezell at 3wplace.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Ciaran,
> > >>>>
> > >>>>I'm not sure I understand your question.  Can you tell me more about
> > >>>>what you have in mind?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Ciaran wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>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:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>>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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> 
> --
> - Ciaran
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> 


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