There are plenty of examples in the existing code. Just do a search for <hidden.
> From: Patrick <
[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: service parameters are missing from form target invocation
> To:
[hidden email]
> Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 4:32 PM
> Hi Adrian
> Can you explain a little more? How can I set the time
> from a form?
> I tried to set the productId with a hidden field, but there
> doesn't
> seem to be a "value" tag.
>
> <field name="productId" attribute-name="77"
> ><hidden/></field><!--
> this didnt work -->
>
> Here's my entire form for reference.
> <form name="SubCategoryDropDown"
> target="SubCategoryDropDownComplete"
> title="" type="single"
> header-row-style="header-row"
> default-table-style="basic-table"
> >
> <field
> name="productId" attribute-name="77"
> ><hidden/></field>
>
> <field name="SubCategory" position="1">
> <drop-down
> allow-empty="false">
>
> <entity-options description="${categoryName}"
> entity-name="ProductCategoryAndProductCategoryRollup"
> key-field-name="productCategoryId">
>
> <entity-constraint
> name="parentProductCategoryId"
> operator="equals" value="${productCategoryId}"/>
>
> </entity-options>
>
> </drop-down>
> </field>
> <field name="Submit"
> widget-style="smallSubmit">
> <submit
> button-type="button"/>
> </field>
> </form>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Adrian Crum <
[hidden email]>
> wrote:
> > Try using hidden form fields. You can get the current
> date/time by using
> > nowTimestamp - a java.sql.Timestamp instance that is
> in the context.
> >
> > -Adrian
> >
> > Patrick wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a user select a category from a drop-down,
> the form target is a
> >> uri which invokes safeAddProductToCategory. The
> following parameters
> >> are missing to the service invocation,
> >> {safeAddProductToCategory.productId,
> >> safeAddProductToCategory.fromDate}
> >>
> >> Once the category is selected how can I make those
> parameters
> >> available to the service? I think productId is
> already available in
> >> the current context, but I don't know how to send
> it to the service.
> >> Thanks. Patrick
> >>
> >
>
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