[xwiki-users] RE: Authoring templates and design sheets not working for custom class

[Sergiu Dumitriu]

> Can anyone see some obvious mistake ?

Yes.

>
> ------------------------------------------
> Step1 - Create Class
> ------------------------------------------
> Create Class with these values:
> >>Web: Try7
> >>Class: Try7Faq
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Step1b - Complete Edit Save of Class
> ------------------------------------------
> Add Title:
> >>'Try7 Class Title'
>
> Leave Default Parent - but Change defaultweb:
> >>#set($defaultparent = 'XWiki.${class}Class')

This is the mistake, you didn't update the class name correclty. Should be:
#set($defaultparent = 'Try7.${class}Class')
The template assumes that classes are created in the XWiki space, a
practice that was recommended in the early years, but doesn't stand
anymore.

> >>#set($defaultweb = 'Try7')
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Step2 - Edit Class Add Properties
> ------------------------------------------
> Added two TextArea properties: TestA and TestB - default options
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Step3 - Click Create Document Sheet
> ------------------------------------------
> Add Title:
> >> Try7 Document Sheet Title
>
> Change Velocity template text:
> >>#set($class = $doc.getObject('Try7.Try7Faq').xWikiClass)
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Step4 - Click Create Document Template
> ------------------------------------------
> Add Title:
> >>Try7 Document Template Title
>
> Change Velocity template text:
> >>#includeForm('Try7.Try7FaqClassSheet')
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Step5 - Click Create Document Template
> ------------------------------------------
> Click on ObjectsTab -- 'Add Object from this Class' dropdown:
> >>Added Try7.Try7FaqClass to ObjectsTab of Document Template.
> **NOTE: The two textareas show up fine - OK...
>
> Save and Exit...
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
> TEST - Create Instance Of Object/Document
> ------------------------------------------
> Click on the create document button....
> >> Only the document title shows -- properties/textareas that were
> added do not show ? I'm not sure why....
>
>
> Attached is an error stack (maybe unrelated) that I'm getting but not
> consistently when going through the above steps....
>
> Thanks
> Frank
>
>

Sergiu
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