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apgoar

section templates and actions

I am working on a whole slew of new forms where the "section template" support in Orbeon is really handy to have. However, in that section template I need to have some list boxes that are dynamically populated through a web service call (ie uses Actions and Services).

The problem is I can create the "library" form that has all the section templates I need. I can add actions to that form, and they work fine when I test the form. But when then create another form, and import a section template, all the actions/services that were setup in that template are completely lost.

Questions:
- Should this work, or is this not supported right now.
- If it should work, is there anything special at all you need to do
to get actions that are setup in a "library' form, to carry across to
forms that use the section template from the library?
- If this is not currently implemented, is there anything I can do to
formally request this feature in a future release of the product.

We are using Orbeon v3.8 PE (yes we gladly payed for the profession version). You guys made a great product, you deserve to actually get payed for it.

Love your tool.

Thanks,

Andy

Erik Bruchez

Re: section templates and actions

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Andy,

This was requested in the past, and makes perfect sense, but is currently not implemented.

You can certainly request the feature, although there is no guarantee as to the schedule.

I entered an RFE for this:

http://forge.ow2.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=315132&group_id=168&atid=350207

See also our list of possible future feature on the wiki:

http://wiki.orbeon.com/forms/projects/form-builder-future-features

In the meanwhile, you could also create / package your own XBL components yourself. Using these components within templates should then work.

We definitely appreciate your support!

-Erik

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:52 AM, apgoar <[hidden email]> wrote:

I am working on a whole slew of new forms where the "section template"
support in Orbeon is really handy to have. However, in that section template
I need to have some list boxes that are dynamically populated through a web
service call (ie uses Actions and Services).

The problem is I can create the "library" form that has all the section
templates I need. I can add actions to that form, and they work fine when I
test the form. But when then create another form, and import a section
template, all the actions/services that were setup in that template are
completely lost.

Questions:
- Should this work, or is this not supported right now.
- If it should work, is there anything special at all you need to do
to get actions that are setup in a "library' form, to carry across to
forms that use the section template from the library?
- If this is not currently implemented, is there anything I can do to
formally request this feature in a future release of the product.

We are using Orbeon v3.8 PE (yes we gladly payed for the profession
version). You guys made a great product, you deserve to actually get payed
for it.

Love your tool.

Thanks,

Andy

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