Form Builder save button not putting form in DB

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Form Builder save button not putting form in DB

charles.thomas
Clicking the Orbeon Form Builder "save" button does not seem to put a new form,
or the revisions to an existing form, into the database.  It seems the
unpublished form is persisted somewhere since I can stop Form Builder, restart
it, and see the new form in the list.

I have Orbeon Forms configured to use an external eXist database.  I can build
a new form in Form Builder, click the "save" button, see the "Document saved
successfully" message, query the database and NOT find the new form.  I do not
see the form in the eXist database until I "publish" the form; then, it
appears.

Looking at the documetation, I see a way to configure the actions of the Form
Runner "save" button, but I did not find a way to configure the Form Builder
"save" button.

Where does Form Builder store the unpublished form from session to session?

Is there a way to tell the Form Builder "save" button to put the form into the
eXist database?

I am using Orbeon Forms 3.9.1.201202031753.

Thank you.


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Re: Form Builder save button not putting form in DB

Erik Bruchez
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Charles,

There is a difference between saving and publishing.

When saving, the form definition is stored as data for the orbeon/builder app.

When publishing, the form definition is stored as form.xhtml and is
ready to be used as a form definition by Form Runner.

In both cases, the data is stored into eXist (or the persistence
implementation you have chosen).

-Erik

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:34 AM,  <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Clicking the Orbeon Form Builder "save" button does not seem to put a new form,
> or the revisions to an existing form, into the database.  It seems the
> unpublished form is persisted somewhere since I can stop Form Builder, restart
> it, and see the new form in the list.
>
> I have Orbeon Forms configured to use an external eXist database.  I can build
> a new form in Form Builder, click the "save" button, see the "Document saved
> successfully" message, query the database and NOT find the new form.  I do not
> see the form in the eXist database until I "publish" the form; then, it
> appears.
>
> Looking at the documetation, I see a way to configure the actions of the Form
> Runner "save" button, but I did not find a way to configure the Form Builder
> "save" button.
>
> Where does Form Builder store the unpublished form from session to session?
>
> Is there a way to tell the Form Builder "save" button to put the form into the
> eXist database?
>
> I am using Orbeon Forms 3.9.1.201202031753.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
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