[Zope] adding value to the path

[Jonathan]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kate Legere" <klegere at kfpl.ca>
To: <zope at zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 3:38 PM
Subject: [Zope] adding value to the path


>
> When I submit this:
>
> <input name="branch/manage_editProperties:method" type="submit"
> class="form-element" value="Save Changes" / >
>
>
>
>
> It works very nicely.
> I'd like the user to choose the page to amend so I have a select option to
> choose the page (in this case the one named 'branch'
>
> <select size="3" width="100" name="pageName">
>    <dtml-in "getParentNode().objectItems('DTML Document')" >
>        <dtml-if "id() != 'index_html'">
>          <dtml-if "id() != 'editProperties'">
>             <option value="<dtml-var id>"> <dtml-var title_or_id></option>
>          </dtml-if>
>        </dtml-if>
>     </dtml-in>
>   </select>
>
>
> And I think this ought to work.. but it doesn't...
>
>
> <input 
> name=document.propForm.pageName.value+"/manage_editProperties:method"
> type="submit" class="form-element" value="Save Changes" / >
>
> It does absolutely nothing.
>
> How do I pass it the value to the input name?

You create a separate html input tag that gets the information you require 
from the user, eg

Enter Id:  <input type="text" name="id:UTF-8:string" size="30" value=""/>


If you already have some information that you want to pass along to the 
receiving method (ie. this information does not come from user input) then 
use a "hidden" input:

<input type="text" name="id:UTF-8:string" size="30" value="<dtml-var 
someIdvar>"/>


P.S.  i just couldn't let this go:

>        <dtml-if "id() != 'index_html'">
>          <dtml-if "id() != 'editProperties'">
>             <option value="<dtml-var id>"> <dtml-var title_or_id></option>
>          </dtml-if>
>        </dtml-if>

is simpler as:

>          <dtml-if "id() != 'editProperties' and id() !=index_html">
>             <option value="<dtml-var id>"> <dtml-var title_or_id></option>
>          </dtml-if>



Jonathan