Custom Control (XBL)

Hello there,

I would like to create a custom textoutput Control .

I copied the original Textoutput Control from /forms/orbeon/builder/xbl/text-output.xbl to /xbl/orbeon/hevos_session/hevos_session.xbl

XBL File

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<xbl:xbl xmlns:xf="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
         xmlns:xbl="http://www.w3.org/ns/xbl">

    <xbl:binding id="fb-output" element="xf|output">
        <metadata xmlns="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/form-builder">
            <display-name lang="en">Session</display-name>
            <display-name lang="es">Session</display-name>
            <display-name lang="fi">Session</display-name>
            <display-name lang="fr">Session</display-name>
            <display-name lang="ru">Session</display-name>
            <display-name lang="de">Session</display-name>
            <display-name lang="it">Session</display-name>
            <display-name lang="nl">Session</display-name>
            <display-name lang="sv">Session</display-name>
            <display-name lang="pt">Session</display-name>
            <icon lang="en">
                <small-icon>/apps/fr/style/images/silk/text_align_left.png</small-icon>
                <large-icon>/apps/fr/style/images/silk/text_align_left.png</large-icon>
            </icon>
            <templates>
                <view>
                    <xf:output id="" ref="" xmlns="">
                        <xf:label ref=""/>
                        <xf:hint ref=""/>
                        <xf:help ref=""/>
                        <xf:alert ref=""/>
                        
                        
                    </xf:output>
                </view>
            </templates>
        </metadata>

    </xbl:binding>

</xbl:xbl>

Then I added under the properties Shape builder.xml the control
oxf:/xbl/orbeon/hevos_session/hevos_session.xbl



As far as everything works ,

Now I would like to add the Control Inital Data
For example : xxforms:get-request-parameter('w')

How can I do that?


regards

Hi,

What do you mean by "add the Control Initial Data"? This would typically be done by the user of your control in Form Builder, in the Control Settings, under Formulas / Initial Value. Or would you like the control to always have a pre-set initial value, without the form author having to do anything?

Alex

yes , the control is always worth a standard pre-set initial value

How can I do that?

is this possible?

Hi,

Yes, it is possible, and in this case should be pretty simple. Inside <templates>, adding an <bind calculate="xxf:get-request-parameter('w')"/> should do it. You'll let us know if this works for you.

Alex