> Scott,
>
> That's exactly what I was asking - Al, sorry for the confusion!
>
> So the list-name attribute is meant to be used when passing a list
> "into" the form?
> Are there any basic examples of how a list may be passed into a form?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On 20 Feb 2007, at 04:35, Scott Gray wrote:
>
>> Hi Al, Christopher
>>
>> Al, I think Christopher is asking why the form still works if he
>> removes list-name="examples" from the form element.
>>
>> Christopher, as far as I can see having the list-name attribute isn't
>> necessary in this case because of the entity-condition action (whose
>> results are used regardless of what you do). Even if you passed the
>> form a list called examples, the entity-condition results would
>> replace it.
>>
>> Regards
>> Scott
>>
>> Al Byers wrote:
>>> Christopher,
>>>
>>> I am confused. What is this below:
>>>
>>> <form name="ListExamples" type="list" list-name="examples"
>>> paginate-target="FindExample"
>>>
>>> Did you not see this or am i missing something?
>>>
>>> -Al
>>>
>>> On 2/19/07, Christopher Snow <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Al,
>>>>
>>>> I'm confused. The list-name "examples" isn't referred to anywhere in
>>>> the form. In fact, the form works ok without the list-name
>>>> attribute in
>>>> the form.
>>>>
>>>> ? :(
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 10:16 -0700, Al Byers wrote:
>>>> > Christopher,
>>>> >
>>>> > In this case the "entity-condition" op gets the list-name from the
>>>> "form"
>>>> > element and puts the list if gets there. And since that is the
>>>> variable
>>>> that
>>>> > the form expects to find the list info in, it works out.
>>>> >
>>>> > -Al
>>>> >
>>>> > On 2/19/07, Christopher Snow <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > > I'm struggling with form-widgets:
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > > <xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="list-name">
>>>> > > <xs:annotation><xs:documentation>for list type and other
>>>> multiple
>>>> > > data/form types this is the name of the list in the context to
>>>> iterate
>>>> > > over</xs:documentation></xs:annotation>
>>>> > > </xs:attribute>
>>>> > >
>>>> > > How does the list get put in the context? Is it put into the
>>>> context
>>>> by
>>>> > > <actions> (see below for the example app)?
>>>> > > Is it redundant in ListExamples as it is not being referred to
>>>> anywhere?
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Many thanks,
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Chris
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > > <form name="ListExamples" type="list" list-name="examples"
>>>> > > paginate-target="FindExample"
>>>> > > default-title-style="tableheadtext"
>>>> > > default-widget-style="tabletext"
>>>> default-tooltip-style="tabletext">
>>>> > > <actions>
>>>> > > <entity-condition entity-name="Example">
>>>> > > <order-by field-name="description"/>
>>>> > > </entity-condition>
>>>> > > </actions>
>>>> > >
>>>> > > <field name="exampleId"
>>>> title="${uiLabelMap.ExampleExampleId}"
>>>> > > widget-style="buttontext">
>>>> > > <hyperlink also-hidden="false"
>>>> description="${exampleId}"
>>>> > > target="EditExample?exampleId=${exampleId}"/>
>>>> > > </field>
>>>> > > <field name="exampleName" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonName
>>>> > > }"><display/></field>
>>>> > > <field name="exampleTypeId" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonType
>>>> }"><display-entity
>>>> > > entity-name="ExampleType"/></field>
>>>> > > <field name="statusId" title="${uiLabelMap.CommonStatus
>>>> }"><display-entity
>>>> > > entity-name="StatusItem"/></field>
>>>> > > <field name="description" title="${
>>>> uiLabelMap.CommonDescription
>>>> > > }"><display/></field>
>>>> > > </form>
>>>> > >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
>>
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