custom controls

>
> Hi,
>
> currently we have created new data types and added them to your list of data
> types. To use them, our users have to select a control, drag and drop it onto
> the canvas. They then select and assign a data type from the list to the
> control.
>
> However, we would now like to provide a custom control for each of the data
> types that we created. So the users would no longer have to select a control,
> drag and drop onto the canvas and then select a data type.
> They would simply select, drag and drop the custom control.
>
> I know we can create a template but the problem with it is that it takes a
> whole section when the user drops it. The user can not have a control displayed
> simply next to a template section.
>
> So my question is :
> 1) is this a feature you are looking to add? if yes, how soon?
> 2) if this is not a feature you are looking to add, is this something we could
> ask you to build for us? could you give us an estimation of the cost and the
> time it would take?
>
> Thank you very much for you time.
> Regards,
>
> Dac Nguyen
>
>
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>
> Hi,
>
> currently we have created new data types and added them to your list
> of data types. To use them, our users have to select a control, drag
> and drop it onto the canvas. They then select and assign a data type
> from the list to the control.
>
> However, we would now like to provide a custom control for each of the
> data types that we created. So the users would no longer have to
> select a control, drag and drop onto the canvas and then select a data type.
> They would simply select, drag and drop the custom control.
>
> I know we can create a template but the problem with it is that it
> takes a whole section when the user drops it. The user can not have a
> control displayed simply next to a template section.
>
> So my question is :
> 1) is this a feature you are looking to add? if yes, how soon?
> 2) if this is not a feature you are looking to add, is this something
> we could ask you to build for us? could you give us an estimation of
> the cost and the time it would take?
>
> Thank you very much for you time.
> Regards,
>
> Dac Nguyen
>
>
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> Hi Erik,
>
> I can talk on Dac's behalf; we are working together.
>
> What we need is "Control Templates", the same way we have "Section Templates" in Orbeon Editor.
> In the "Section Templates", there are predefined sections with all their fields ready for use. When you design a form, you select the section template and put it in its place on the form.
>
> We would like to do the same but with control.
> We would prepare a control template, based on the existing controls and set all necessary properties, data type etc....
> Then, when designing a form we would select the custom control and put it in its dedicated grid cell. (no need to set datatype, items, properties, etc...).
>
> We cannot use a custom section instead as a workaround because:
> - we cannot move or copy a control from a section template to another grid cell in the form. (can we?)
> - we don't want to have one section, one per control (not nice :-))
>
> --- Jf
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] De la part de Erik Bruchez
> Envoyé : 16 mars 2012 19:04
> À : [hidden email]
> Objet : [ops-users] Re: custom controls
>
> Dac,
>
> One thing is unclear to me: are the custom controls identical to existing controls, such as input fields or selection controls, but with a different datatype for validation? Or are those custom controls supposed to have different behavior?
>
> Can you please provide a concrete example?
>
> -Erik
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:02 PM,  <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> currently we have created new data types and added them to your list
>> of data types. To use them, our users have to select a control, drag
>> and drop it onto the canvas. They then select and assign a data type
>> from the list to the control.
>>
>> However, we would now like to provide a custom control for each of the
>> data types that we created. So the users would no longer have to
>> select a control, drag and drop onto the canvas and then select a data type.
>> They would simply select, drag and drop the custom control.
>>
>> I know we can create a template but the problem with it is that it
>> takes a whole section when the user drops it. The user can not have a
>> control displayed simply next to a template section.
>>
>> So my question is :
>> 1) is this a feature you are looking to add? if yes, how soon?
>> 2) if this is not a feature you are looking to add, is this something
>> we could ask you to build for us? could you give us an estimation of
>> the cost and the time it would take?
>>
>> Thank you very much for you time.
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dac Nguyen
>>
>>
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>
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> Hi Erik,
>
> I can talk on Dac's behalf; we are working together.
>
> What we need is "Control Templates", the same way we have "Section Templates" in Orbeon Editor.
> In the "Section Templates", there are predefined sections with all their fields ready for use. When you design a form, you select the section template and put it in its place on the form.
>
> We would like to do the same but with control.
> We would prepare a control template, based on the existing controls and set all necessary properties, data type etc....
> Then, when designing a form we would select the custom control and put it in its dedicated grid cell. (no need to set datatype, items, properties, etc...).
>
> We cannot use a custom section instead as a workaround because:
> - we cannot move or copy a control from a section template to another
> grid cell in the form. (can we?)
> - we don't want to have one section, one per control (not nice :-))
>
> --- Jf
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] De la part de Erik
> Bruchez Envoyé : 16 mars 2012 19:04 À : [hidden email] Objet :
> [ops-users] Re: custom controls
>
> Dac,
>
> One thing is unclear to me: are the custom controls identical to existing controls, such as input fields or selection controls, but with a different datatype for validation? Or are those custom controls supposed to have different behavior?
>
> Can you please provide a concrete example?
>
> -Erik
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:02 PM,  <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> currently we have created new data types and added them to your list
>> of data types. To use them, our users have to select a control, drag
>> and drop it onto the canvas. They then select and assign a data type
>> from the list to the control.
>>
>> However, we would now like to provide a custom control for each of
>> the data types that we created. So the users would no longer have to
>> select a control, drag and drop onto the canvas and then select a data type.
>> They would simply select, drag and drop the custom control.
>>
>> I know we can create a template but the problem with it is that it
>> takes a whole section when the user drops it. The user can not have a
>> control displayed simply next to a template section.
>>
>> So my question is :
>> 1) is this a feature you are looking to add? if yes, how soon?
>> 2) if this is not a feature you are looking to add, is this something
>> we could ask you to build for us? could you give us an estimation of
>> the cost and the time it would take?
>>
>> Thank you very much for you time.
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dac Nguyen
>>
>>
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