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Joe Shuster

1 Dec 2009 1 Dec '09

6 p.m.

I have created a class that will be used to display SOPs (standard operating procedures). I have assigned the class its required properties (mostly of data types String and TextArea) and generated the class sheet and class template. When I create new documents/instances of the SOPClass, the documents look like the SOPTemplate. I've tried populating the constant properties in the SOPTemplate and creating a new document. The new document looks like the SOPTemplate in structure but does not have any values associated with its properties. Is there a way that the SOPTemplate can propagate it's property values to new instances of the SOPClass? That is, I want some (but not all) of the properties of SOPClass to be the same for every new document/instantiation of the SOPClass. Is this possible? Similarly, if these constant properties are modified in the future, I'd like the changes to be distributed across all instances of SOPClass. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Joe

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Guillaume Lerouge

1 Dec 1 Dec

6:34 p.m.

Hi Joe, On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Joe Shuster <joseph.shuster(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Do you mean you edited the SOPTemplate page with the object editor and added your constant properties in the relevant object fields? If you did so, when creating a new SOP those values should be copied from the template.

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Is there a way that the SOPTemplate can propagate it's property values to new instances of the SOPClass? That is, I want some (but not all) of the properties of SOPClass to be the same for every new document/instantiation of the SOPClass. Is this possible? Similarly, if these constant properties are modified in the future, I'd like the changes to be distributed across all instances of SOPClass.

Is this value supposed to be user-editable? If it is, it's gonna be hard to propagate if it gets changed. On the other hand if it's not user-editable, there's not much of a point in using an object to store it. Guillaume

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Joe Shuster

6:43 p.m.

Thanks for the quick response, Guillaume. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <guillaume(a)xwiki.com>wrote;wrote:

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Hi Joe, On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Joe Shuster <joseph.shuster(a)gmail.com

wrote:

I have created a class that will be used to display SOPs (standard operating procedures). I have assigned the class its required properties (mostly

data types String and TextArea) and generated the class sheet and class template. When I create new documents/instances of the SOPClass, the documents look like the SOPTemplate. I've tried populating the constant properties in the SOPTemplate and creating a new document. The new document looks like the SOPTemplate in structure but does not have any values associated with its properties.

a new SOP based on the template. I'm going to try to recreate my class and see if it helps.

...

Is there a way that the SOPTemplate can propagate it's property values to

new

instances of the SOPClass? That is, I want some (but not all) of the properties of SOPClass to be the same for every new

document/instantiation

of the SOPClass. Is this possible? Similarly, if these constant properties are modified in the future, I'd like the changes to be distributed across all instances of SOPClass.

that is not user editable) within a class/template. Thanks again, Joe Guillaume

...

Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Joe _______________________________________________ users mailing list users(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users

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Thomas Mortagne

6:50 p.m.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 18:43, Joe Shuster <joseph.shuster(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Thanks for the quick response, Guillaume. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <guillaume(a)xwiki.com>wrote;wrote:

Hi Joe, On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Joe Shuster <joseph.shuster(a)gmail.com

wrote:

I have created a class that will be used to display SOPs (standard operating procedures). I have assigned the class its required properties (mostly

a new SOP based on the template. I'm going to try to recreate my class and see if it helps.

Is there a way that the SOPTemplate can propagate it's property values to

new

instances of the SOPClass? That is, I want some (but not all) of the properties of SOPClass to be the same for every new

document/instantiation

of the SOPClass. Is this possible? Similarly, if these constant properties are modified in the future, I'd like the changes to be distributed across all instances of SOPClass.

that is not user editable) within a class/template.

Sorry there is nothing like static values associated to the xClass yet. The workaround depends on how you want to use theses static values. What you could do is writing some custom UI to edit/view theses objects and: - take care of propagating the value change to all objects of the same class - display and edit the value from the template instance

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Thanks again, Joe Guillaume

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Guillaume Lerouge

6:56 p.m.

Hi Joe, On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Joe Shuster <joseph.shuster(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Thanks for the quick response, Guillaume. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <guillaume(a)xwiki.com

wrote:

> Hi Joe, > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Joe Shuster <joseph.shuster(a)gmail.com >

wrote:

> > > I have created a class that will be used to display SOPs (standard > > operating > > procedures). I have assigned the class its required properties (mostly > of > > data types String and TextArea) and generated the class sheet and class > > template. When I create new documents/instances of the SOPClass, the > > documents look like the SOPTemplate. > > > > I've tried populating the constant properties in the SOPTemplate and > > creating a new document. The new document looks like the SOPTemplate in > > structure but does not have any values associated with its properties. > > > Do you mean you edited the SOPTemplate page with the object editor and > added > your constant properties in the relevant object fields? > > If you did so, when creating a new SOP those values should be copied from > the template. > > Yes, this is what I did. The values don't seem to be copied when I create a new SOP based on the template. I'm going to try to recreate my class and see if it helps.

Weird, what code do you use to create new items? Normally the SOPTemplate page gets copied during the creation process thus any data stored in it and its objects should get copied too. I used that in the past.

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Is there a way that the SOPTemplate can propagate it's property values to

new

instances of the SOPClass? That is, I want some (but not all) of the properties of SOPClass to be the same for every new

document/instantiation > of the SOPClass. Is this possible? Similarly, if these constant > properties > are modified in the future, I'd like the changes to be distributed

across

all instances of SOPClass.

Is this value supposed to be user-editable? If it is, it's gonna be hard

propagate if it gets changed. On the other hand if it's not

user-editable,

there's not much of a point in using an object to store it. Please forgive my naivety but how would I store "static" text (ie, text

that is not user editable) within a class/template.

As text on the Class' Sheet page. Simply edit the Sheet page and add some content on it -> it will immediately change for all your documents. Guillaume

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Thanks again, Joe Guillaume

Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Joe _______________________________________________ users mailing list users(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users

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Joe Shuster

7:47 p.m.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <guillaume(a)xwiki.com>wrote;wrote:

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Hi Joe, On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Joe Shuster <joseph.shuster(a)gmail.com

wrote:

> Thanks for the quick response, Guillaume. > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <guillaume(a)xwiki.com >

wrote:

> > > Hi Joe, > > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Joe Shuster <joseph.shuster(a)gmail.com > >

wrote:

> > > > > I have created a class that will be used to display SOPs (standard > > > operating > > > procedures). I have assigned the class its required properties (mostly

> of > > data types String and TextArea) and generated the class sheet and

class

> > template. When I create new documents/instances of the SOPClass, the > > documents look like the SOPTemplate. > > > > I've tried populating the constant properties in the SOPTemplate and > > creating a new document. The new document looks like the SOPTemplate

> > structure but does not have any values associated with its

properties.

> > > Do you mean you edited the SOPTemplate page with the object editor and > added > your constant properties in the relevant object fields? > > If you did so, when creating a new SOP those values should be copied

from

the template. Yes, this is what I did. The values don't seem to be copied when I

create a new SOP based on the template. I'm going to try to recreate my class

and

see if it helps.

the FAQ Tutorial on the Xwiki website. The objects are copied fine but the text stored in the SOPTemplate objects isn't copied with them. The SOPClass was created in a Space not named Main. I created a new class in the Main Space assuming that I messed up the default parent or default space assignment. However the new class created in Main still does not propagate data saved in the template object when I create a new document. I'm completely befuddled. Maybe it's time to trade in XWiki 2.0.3 for XWiki 2.0.4.

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> > > Is > > there a way that the SOPTemplate can propagate it's property values

new

instances of the SOPClass? That is, I want some (but not all) of the properties of SOPClass to be the same for every new

document/instantiation > of the SOPClass. Is this possible? Similarly, if these constant > properties > are modified in the future, I'd like the changes to be distributed

across > > all instances of SOPClass. > > > > Is this value supposed to be user-editable? If it is, it's gonna be

hard

propagate if it gets changed. On the other hand if it's not

user-editable,

there's not much of a point in using an object to store it. Please forgive my naivety but how would I store "static" text (ie, text

that is not user editable) within a class/template.

As text on the Class' Sheet page. Simply edit the Sheet page and add some content on it -> it will immediately change for all your documents. Thanks, that was easy. I wish the text contained within my SOPTemplate

would update like that... Guillaume

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Thanks again, Joe Guillaume

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