SID-00440: How do I edit a topic using a form

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.0.3	Perl version:	5.x
Category:	CategoryEditing	Server OS:	Redhat Linux	Last update:	16 years ago

This is more of an implementation question rather than a problem with TWiki itself.

How would I create a topic page such that a form on that page could edit the page itself. The effect I'm trying to achieve is similar to that with the form editing method of the TWiki preferences. I would like to be able to achieve the same effect but with either free text wrapped in specific identifyers or at worst custom TWiki Variables.

Can anyone help me?

-- JeremyWolstenCroft - 2009-07-27

Discussion and Answer

I did something like that for a change management application: when we click "Edit" on these special topics, we a form of your choosing, instead of the topic editor. But "Save and Continue" takes you through to the topic editor (which can be handy when trouble-shooting your application).

There are three pieces to this:

MyForm:

| *Name* | *Type* | *Size* | *Value* |
| Description | text | 117 | |
| DateOfChange | date | 12 |  |
| ImplementationPlan | textarea | 120x16| |
| TestPlan | textarea | 120x8| |
| BackoutPlan | textarea | 120x4| |

MyTemplate (used to create new topics):

<!--
!!! PREFIX THESE BULLETS WITH THREE SPACES IN THE FINAL VERION. REMOVED THEM HERE TO DISABLE THEIR FUNCTIONALITY!!!
* Set VIEW_TEMPLATE = MyView
* Set EDITACTION = form

Hide the table row above the form that normally lets the user replace the form:
* Set COVER = noreplace
-->

MyViewTemplate:

%TMPL:INCLUDE{"view"}%
%TMPL:DEF{"content"}%%TMPL:P{"toolbar"}%
%TMPL:P{"topicpathinfo"}%%TMPL:P{"beforetext"}%%TMPL:P{"formattop"}%%TMPL:P{"attachmentsattop"}%<div class="patternContent">%TMPL:P{"customdisplay"}%%TMPL:P{"textcontent"}%%TMPL:P{"aftertext"}%%TMPL:P{"formatbottom"}%</div>
%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{"customdisplay"}%<div class="patternTopic">
---+!! %TOPIC%
| Description | %FORMFIELD{"Description"}% |
| Date of Change | %FORMFIELD{"DateOfChange"}% |
| Time of Change | %FORMFIELD{"TimeOfChange"}% |
etc.
</div>%TMPL:END%

-- SeanCMorgan - 2009-07-27

Very neat, thank you.

-- JeremyWolstenCroft - 2009-07-31

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