SID-01171: Good method or example to update form fields in Contrib

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.3.1	Perl version:	5.8.8
Category:	CategoryAPI	Server OS:	AIX 5.3	Last update:	14 years ago

I'm writing a contrib (batch job) which will read some XML and update or create some form fields in a topic. I'm not sure of the best way to modify the form fields. I can readTopic, getFormName, getField, putKeyed, etc., but I don't seem to have the order right, or if there is a cleaner existing function. If someone could suggest a good existing module out there I can use as a model, I would appreciate it!

-- AaronLWalker - 2011-05-11

Discussion and Answer

Look into the source code of EditHiddenTablePlugin, EditTablerowPlugin, RestPlugin, WorkflowPlugin, XpTrackerPlugin.

Example:

    my( $topicMeta, $topicText ) = TWiki::Func::readTopic( $web, $topic );
    my $field = $topicMeta->get( 'FIELD', 'Title' );
    if( $field ) {
        $field->{value} = $newTitle;
        $topicMeta->putKeyed( 'FIELD', $field );
    }
    TWiki::Func::saveTopic( $web, $topic, $topicMeta, $topicText );

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-05-12

Aaron, please consider writing a blog post on twiki.org on how TWiki helps your organization. More at BlogIdeas.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-05-12

I may. I've thought about it, but it's rather a battle here against... "competing" products, such that I fear I may get myself into trouble. And administering TWiki is completely peripheral to what I do, so time is limited I'll think about it. Thanks for the help, as always! Hopefully I'll change the status on this in a day or so.

-- AaronLWalker - 2011-05-12

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