Re: [xwiki-devs] [xwiki-users] Ideas For AJAX Form Editor - xwiki-devs@xwiki.org

23 Mar 2011

On 03/23/2011 05:59 PM, nikhil gupta wrote:
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  Hello,
 I have gone though the form editing part of the xwiki,where we can include
 the fields according to the requirement.
 As per the requirement of our project (AJAX FORM EDITOR) we have to provide
 one USER INTERFACE for the user through which he can drag /drop the fields
 according to his form requirement.

 We can extend this idea a little bit .We will not only provide the form
 generation part but also include its action part i.e  user will give the
 name of the database where the action has to take place(if have to insert
 the record or update the record in the database). 
That's not needed. The application logic is already handled by XWiki, 
this is by definition what XWiki applications do. I suggest reading and 
following the FAQ tutorial in order to understand better how structured 
data works in XWiki, and to see in which context the form editor is 
needed: http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/DevGuide/FAQTutorial

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  Moreover, we can also add
 style for each field where user can define its style according to its choice
 and we can also provide the style sheet for the whole form also. 
The form editor should not be too complex, it should offer an easy way 
of editing simple forms. This allows the UI to remain easy to use and 
understand, and also ensures a consistent look of different applications 
in the same wiki. For more complex forms, there's the lower-level class 
editor and the scripting support in the class sheet. For styling support 
in XWiki, you should take a look at SkinExtensions: 
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/DevGuide/SkinExtensionsTutorial

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  User will select the type of the field for example in
the form there are
 certain fields which get insert ,some gets updated when the form gets
 submitted,so according to the nature and requirement, user will enter the
 type of the field.Types can be "INSERT","UPDATE","VIEW"
etc. 
Again, follow the FAQ tutorial to see that there's no need for such 
low-level database operations. See also a bit more documentation about 
the data model: http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/DevGuide/DataModel

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  So for this we can use the resources which is present
in the xwiki,in that
 we have all the fully functional fields , we can make any field , so our
 work will now to provide the interface for the user where he can drag/drop
 the fields and also provide the interface for the style part and also to
 create the action file and rendering file which would render the
 requirement. 
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Sergiu Dumitriu
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