Client-side exception with a select tree in a repeat

> Hi Alex,
> Thanks for checking this, I hope there will be a fix available soon.
> I was considering a work-around at one point - to code these check-box trees
> in pure Javascript and then to update the products-instance via function
> ORBEON.xforms.Document.setValue. Unfortunatelly, this could not work because
> setValue requires a unique ID of an XForms control to be provided, and in
> this scenario where each repeated product has to have its own hidden XForm
> input control in order to associate it with the proper node in
> products-instance, setValue cannot be used to update specific controls
> because they all share the same ID. Dynamic generation of Orbeon XForm
> control's IDs is not possible, as far as I know.
> Best Regards,
> Miro
>
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> From: "Alessandro Vernet" <[hidden email]>
> To: [hidden email]
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 10:36:33 AM
> Subject: [ops-users] Re: Client-side exception with a select tree in a
> repeat
>
> Miro,
>
> Thank you for the test case. We'll look into this and follow up here.
> The tree is rarely used in repeats; there is some special
> initialization code we need to run when an iteration is added, and
> there might be a glitch somewhere. Hopefully this is a simple one to
> fix. I'll follow-up here as soon as I have have an update for you.
>
> Alex
>
> On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, Miroslav Plese
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I have been trying to implement a simple select control with a
>> xxforms:tree appearance inside a repeat, but it seems that I may have run
>> into a possible bug in Orbeon XForms. Attached to this post you should find
>> a simple XForms page which can be run in the sandbox and offers two products
>> with the associated services which may be selected. Products are stored in
>> the products-instance and list of all available services and sub-services is
>> in the services-instance. There's also a button which allows you to add
>> another product.
>> Now, all is well when the page is initially loaded - you can check or
>> un-check services and the products-instance is correctly updated. However,
>> if you try to add another product (thus modifying the products-instance's
>> list of "product" nodes) a client-side code exception will occur saying
>> "Cannot call method 'getRoot' of undefined".
>> Orbeon engine version is TAG_OPS_3_8_0_201005141856.
>> Thanks in advance, Miro
>>
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> Hi Alex,
> Indeed the nightly build works fine with the test case, so now I am in the
> process of migrating the server. Something I noticed and you should probably
> take a look into - on the Orbeon XForms Controls public demo site, on the
> tab Typed Controls, if I click on the read-only date label in the Date
> Picker example (second row, third from the left) I get a Javascript error in
> IE7 stating that "'YAHOO.util.Dom.getElementsByClassName(...).0.value' is
> null or not an object".
> Thanks for your help!
> Best Regards,
> Miro
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: "Alessandro Vernet" <[hidden email]>
> To: [hidden email]
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 7:40:02 PM
> Subject: [ops-users] Re: Re: Re: Client-side exception with a select tree in
> a repeat
>
> Miro,
>
> I tried this with a nightly build, and both the example you attached
> and the test case I had are working fine. When you get a chance to try
> out a nightly build, you'll let us know how it works for you.
>
> Alex
>
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Miroslav Plese
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi Alex,
>> Thanks for checking this, I hope there will be a fix available soon.
>> I was considering a work-around at one point - to code these check-box
>> trees
>> in pure Javascript and then to update the products-instance via function
>> ORBEON.xforms.Document.setValue. Unfortunatelly, this could not work
>> because
>> setValue requires a unique ID of an XForms control to be provided, and in
>> this scenario where each repeated product has to have its own hidden XForm
>> input control in order to associate it with the proper node in
>> products-instance, setValue cannot be used to update specific controls
>> because they all share the same ID. Dynamic generation of Orbeon XForm
>> control's IDs is not possible, as far as I know.
>> Best Regards,
>> Miro
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: "Alessandro Vernet" <[hidden email]>
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 10:36:33 AM
>> Subject: [ops-users] Re: Client-side exception with a select tree in a
>> repeat
>>
>> Miro,
>>
>> Thank you for the test case. We'll look into this and follow up here.
>> The tree is rarely used in repeats; there is some special
>> initialization code we need to run when an iteration is added, and
>> there might be a glitch somewhere. Hopefully this is a simple one to
>> fix. I'll follow-up here as soon as I have have an update for you.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, Miroslav Plese
>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I have been trying to implement a simple select control with a
>>> xxforms:tree appearance inside a repeat, but it seems that I may have run
>>> into a possible bug in Orbeon XForms. Attached to this post you should
>>> find
>>> a simple XForms page which can be run in the sandbox and offers two
>>> products
>>> with the associated services which may be selected. Products are stored
>>> in
>>> the products-instance and list of all available services and sub-services
>>> is
>>> in the services-instance. There's also a button which allows you to add
>>> another product.
>>> Now, all is well when the page is initially loaded - you can check or
>>> un-check services and the products-instance is correctly updated.
>>> However,
>>> if you try to add another product (thus modifying the products-instance's
>>> list of "product" nodes) a client-side code exception will occur saying
>>> "Cannot call method 'getRoot' of undefined".
>>> Orbeon engine version is TAG_OPS_3_8_0_201005141856.
>>> Thanks in advance, Miro
>>>
>>
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>> http://www.orbeon.com/
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