Silly newbie cforms question

[JD Daniels <jd...@datatrio.com>]

I am lost. I know what I want can be done.. I just don't understand how 
to do it.... Here is my use case:

Rental store agreement form

Id
customer
date
repeater:
    inventory item id
    rate
    charge interval
    location

the inventory item id is a select list. What I want to do is bind each 
repeater row's other values to the right values when the inventory item 
id is changed. (But not read only.. the user needs to be able to change 
them) And of course, load all the right ones when the agreement is 
loaded up later to be edited.

Can anyone point me out to the right woo.. cforms features to accomplish 
this? I feel like a 10th century scientist looking at cold fusion.......

JD


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Re: Silly newbie cforms question

[JD Daniels <jd...@datatrio.com>]

Hey I'll take anything.. if someone shows me an easier way to imlpement 
the UI.. I'm not *that* proud :)

while I was writing back, I actually understood what you wrote... so have:

A single selection list with the id of inventory items
An add repeater button that will bind a row using the value of the 
selected inventory item.
A delete repeater row button.

I like this idea much better :)

But.. once again.. how the heck do I do this?

I have xsps generating xml for all the binding, (so I can bind with 
cocoon:/inventoryitem?id=variable ) ,  and I am having trouble with the 
javascript inside the form definition with repeaters.

I am using flow as well.. is there a way to do this in the flow?

Thank you for the reply....

JD

Mark Lundquist wrote:

>
> On Mar 10, 2004, at 2:24 PM, JD Daniels wrote:
>
>> I am lost. I know what I want can be done.. I just don't understand 
>> how to do it.... Here is my use case:
>>
>> Rental store agreement form
>>
>> Id
>> customer
>> date
>> repeater:
>>    inventory item id
>>    rate
>>    charge interval
>>    location
>>
>> the inventory item id is a select list. What I want to do is bind 
>> each repeater row's other values to the right values when the 
>> inventory item id is changed. (But not read only.. the user needs to 
>> be able to change them)
>
>
> Sorry to second-guess your user interface, but... it sounds like your 
> design has a row changing it's "identity" when the user selects a 
> different inventory ID for that row.  How are these populated in the 
> first place?  Would it be better if you had:
>
> — one selection control paired with an "add item" button; this would 
> add a row for the selected item
> — a "delete item" button in each row
>
> ??
>
> — Mark
>
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Re: Silly newbie cforms question

[Mark Lundquist <ml...@wrinkledog.com>]

On Mar 10, 2004, at 2:24 PM, JD Daniels wrote:

> I am lost. I know what I want can be done.. I just don't understand 
> how to do it.... Here is my use case:
>
> Rental store agreement form
>
> Id
> customer
> date
> repeater:
>    inventory item id
>    rate
>    charge interval
>    location
>
> the inventory item id is a select list. What I want to do is bind each 
> repeater row's other values to the right values when the inventory 
> item id is changed. (But not read only.. the user needs to be able to 
> change them)

Sorry to second-guess your user interface, but... it sounds like your 
design has a row changing it's "identity" when the user selects a 
different inventory ID for that row.  How are these populated in the 
first place?  Would it be better if you had:

— one selection control paired with an "add item" button; this would 
add a row for the selected item
— a "delete item" button in each row

??

— Mark

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