PDF templates and my own XBL controls

We have an XBL control that adds a spell check button to a text field.
Underneath it is just a textfield.

If I reference this field from a PDF template in the usual way it doesn't
populate the field.

The XBL control is as follows

<xbl:xbl xmlns:xh="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xf="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events"
    xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:xxi="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/xinclude"
    xmlns:xxf="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/xforms" xmlns:exforms="http://www.exforms.org/exf/1-0"
    xmlns:fr="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/form-runner" xmlns:saxon="http://saxon.sf.net/"
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:oxf="http://www.orbeon.com/oxf/processors"    
    xmlns:im="http://www.infomedix.com.au/cpf/forms" xmlns:xbl="http://www.w3.org/ns/xbl"
    xmlns:xxbl="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/xbl">
    
    <!--
        SPELLCHECKABLE TEXT AREA

        This control is essentially a wrapper around a text area with the spell checker component included.
     -->
    <xbl:binding id="im-spellcheckable-textarea" element="im|spellcheckable-textarea"
        xxbl:mode="lhha binding value">
        <metadata xmlns="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/form-builder">
            <display-name lang="en">Plain Text with Spellcheck</display-name>
            <icon lang="en">
                <small-icon>/forms/orbeon/builder/images/textarea.png</small-icon>
                <large-icon>/forms/orbeon/builder/images/textarea.png</large-icon>
            </icon>
            <datatype>xf:string</datatype>
            <templates>
                <view>
                    <im:spellcheckable-textarea id="" ref="" xmlns="">
                        <xf:label ref="" />
                        <xf:hint ref="" />
                        <xf:help ref="" />
                        <xf:alert ref="$fr-resources/detail/labels/alert" />
                    </im:spellcheckable-textarea>
                </view>
            </templates>
        </metadata>
            
        <xbl:template>
            <xf:group id="im-component-group">
                    <xf:textarea ref="xxf:binding('im-spellcheckable-textarea')" appearance="spell-checker">
                    </xf:textarea>
            </xf:group>
        </xbl:template>
    </xbl:binding>
</xbl:xbl>

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Hi Brian,

When you have a custom PDF, you need to tell Orbeon Forms where the value
should be extracted from. You do this through 2 properties: a
`oxf.fr.pdf.format.FORMAT_NAME` property (the value of this property is an
XPath expression telling Orbeon Forms where the value is in the markup
generated by your component), and a `oxf.fr.pdf.map.*.*.COMPONENT_NAME.*`
property (which map a given format to your component). See the
`properties-internal.xml` (linked below) for some examples for the built-in
components.

https://github.com/orbeon/orbeon-forms/blob/master/src/main/resources/config/properties-internal.xml

You'll let us know if this works for you.

‑Alex

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Hi Brian, have you tried setting up the `oxf.fr.pdf.format.FORMAT_NAME` and
`oxf.fr.pdf.map.*.*.COMPONENT_NAME.*` properties for your component? If so,
are the values now showing in the PDF?

‑Alex

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Yes, thanks Alex, I have tried the map property using an existing format,
textarea, and it is working as expected.

The customer will be happy :-)

brian...


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Excellent Brian; this is really getting into the "guts" of how things work,
so I'm glad you got this to work for your customer!

‑Alex

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