SID-01896: Version track of form

Status:	Unanswered	TWiki version:	4.2.1	Perl version:
Category:	CategoryForms	Server OS:	linux	Last update:	10 years ago

Hi,

How to track versions of a form associated to topics?

Let's say there are several topics which share the same form.
For example

• the form : http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Sandbox/SampleFormSID01896
• a sample topic which is associated with the form: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Sandbox/SampleTopic11SID01896
• topic as a way to associate the form with topics: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Sandbox/SampleTopic1SID01896

After changing the form all topics should be edited to have the new form feature. To track which topic has not been edited in order to update the topic with the new form I would introduce a Formversion form item this way:

I introduced another label which allows to search subtopics of a topic in any depth within the tree:

• Associate CategoryForm to the specified topic

• Dissociate any forms from a topic or create a topic with no form:

When topic is associated to the form this way then values appear attached to the topic. Then I edited the form's Formversion value from "1.0" to "2.0" and added new form item "Menu4" and saved the form. Then I edited a topic which is associated with my form and new form item appeared but the label remained the same "1.0". When topic receives a new parent I have to remove the form from topic then associate again to make the parents formitem re-calculated.

I tried this with 4.2.1 twiki version and also with 6.0.0. but labels are not updated. When I used 6.0's associate with form option then the constant values were not added to the topic at all.

Thanks, Laszlo

-- Laszlo Lajoshazi - 2014-03-25

Discussion and Answer

I am not sure I understand what you want to do, but you can change a label field with a URL parameter (such as via hidden input field) to the edit or save script. For example, a Formversion=2.0 URL parameter would update the Formversion field.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2014-03-25

Thanks Peter for the prompt reply. When a topic is edited a t=nnnn URL parameter appears so I used this t for testing. Both 4.2.1 and 6.0.0 gave the same result: it is updated at the first edit only. Please see the form : http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Sandbox/SampleFormSID01896 and a sample topic which is associated with the form: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Sandbox/SampleTopic11SID01896 Is this what you suggested? Which behavior would you expect of read only form values? I think it should be updated each time when topic is updated with the value of form... or should be re-calculated when the form contains some variables. Which script is used to update the topic's form values when a topic is edited?

-- Laszlo Lajoshazi - 2014-03-26

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