Hi Blaire, Is this the ticket you're referring to? http://bugs.farcrycms.org/browse/FC-1737
Looks like it has been resolved already... wouldn't you know, the very day I downloaded the 5.1 install :-P Thanks again, -Nick On Feb 2, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Blair McKenzie wrote: > @Tomek Yes, you could do that. Its simple to create a formtool edit > handler that outputs different html depending on the values in > arguments.stObject. ftWatch is basically just a way of AJAXifying > that dependency. > > @nicholas No, no - thank you! I completely forgot to add it to the > wizard version. I think there's a ticket for that issue now - could > you attach your updated file to the ticket so we can include it in > the 5.1 release? > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 4:07 AM, nicholas sollecito <[email protected] > > wrote: > Ok, I think I'm finally getting somewhere with this. No matter what > I tried, I couldn't get any of the Ajax functions for the dependent > selects to be generated in my Edit form. > So, using the sample cfproperty definitions for Country/State from > the wiki, I created a dummy custom type to get an idea of what mine > was missing. I noticed the javascript listener was being generated > for Country/State, but not for my custom type. I realized the reason > for this is that I have a mult-step wizard, so the tag library being > used to do the formtools magic is in farcry/core/tags/wizard. So, > instead of ft:object being called where addWatch() is executed, > wiz:object was being called, where there is no reference to addWatch > and therefore, none of the Ajax goodness was included. > > I simply copied the addWatch call from farcry/core/tags/formtools/ > object.cfm (line @452) to farcry/core/tags/wizard/object.cfm (line > @387) and I'm now getting the proper javascript listeners as well as > dynamic select functionality added in. Still need to refine to grab > the level of categories I need, but this MAJOR piece of the puzzle > is now in place to help me finish this up.. > > Now, this has resulted in me having to make a change to the actual > core farcry tag files which I understand is not ideal... How do I > ensure that this change makes it into the core source (or, if there > is a reason it's not there already, how do I maintain my version of > it?). > > Thanks again for your help. > > > > On Feb 1, 2009, at 10:52 PM, Blair McKenzie wrote: > >> ftAlias is used by category.cfc (and your own formtool) to specify >> which category branch to use. It looks for the specified alias >> (obviously). This part of the edit function needs to be changed so >> that instead of looking for the branch named with ftAlias, it looks >> for the branch specified in >> arguments.stObject[arguments.stMetadata.ftPrimaryCategory] (I >> think) which will be the uuid of the parent category. >> >> It looks like you will have to create a primarycategory formtool as >> well if you want a single level list. To retrieve a single level >> inside the formtool use >> application.factory.oTree.getChildren(objectid=parentid) >> instead of the original >> oCategory.getCategoryBranchAsList(lCategoryIDs=rootID) >> This will return a query of objectid,objectname instead of a list >> of objectid. >> >> The default ajax stuff is added with the ft:object tag. It >> basically adds events to the watched fields. If those other fields >> change, the dependent field is ajax'd in. Basically the edit >> function gets called with the new watched values passed in. You can >> see an example of this at work with the country and state >> formtools. Neither of them mention ajax, and both work without it. >> But if you add ftWatch="countryproperty" to the state property the >> state list starts automagically switching when the country is >> changed. >> >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:33 PM, nicholas sollecito <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> Ok, so I've followed most of your directions, but I think I'm still >> missing something. Here's what I've done so far... >> >> I've set up the cfproperty for the primary category select as >> instructed. >> >> For the secondary category, I've taken the "reusable sub- >> categorisation" approach. I've successfully created the >> secondaryCategory.cfc which extends >> farcry.core.packages.formtools.category. I've copied the edit() >> method and was able to verify through cfdebugging that this is >> being used for rendering the secondary category property. >> >> Now, here's where I'm confused. First, I've added the >> ftPrimaryCategory key to the param'd metadata. >> >> Next, when you say "Set ftAlias to the value of that attribute" I'm >> not sure exactly where you are referring to. By ftAlias, do you >> mean the other metadata params in the edit method (as in >> arguments.metadata.ftAlias)? Or, is this the ftAlias attribute in >> the cfproperty for the secondary category definition? I've added >> ftWatch to the cfproperty with the name of the primary dropdown >> property. >> >> Also, this may or may not have anything to do with anything, but... >> I've been digging through the formtools code as well as the wiki to >> try and figure this out on my own, but I don't seem to really be >> getting anywhere... It looks like the ajax dependency selects is >> implemented via farcry.core.packages.formtools.field.addWatch(). >> So, I searched all the files to see where addWatch() is being >> called. Other than a recursive call in the method itself, it looks >> like it's being called only from the object.cfm formtools tag. I >> set up a trace to see how this was being called from my custom type >> and it doesn't appear anywhere. I checked some other types and see >> that it is being called (except from News, which my type is based >> upon). Wonder if this could be one reason why I'm having problems? >> >> Also, I'm looking to just grab just one level of categories. >> Currently, based on the structure below, if I set ftAlias="content" >> the dropdown contains all categories below it. I would like to just >> get the items at the first level beneath "Content". Once a primary >> is selected, my secondary category dropdown would then be populated >> with the level 3 categories. >> >> root >> - Content >> -- Magazine Title 1 (primary) >> --- Column 1 (secondary) >> --- Column 2 >> ... >> -- Magazine Title 2 >> --- Column 3 >> --- Column 4 >> ... >> >> >> Anyway, I hope this is clear. Thank you so much for helping with >> this, I'm pretty new to FarCry but so far I'm very impressed with >> the potential >> >> -Nick >> >> >> On Feb 1, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Blair McKenzie wrote: >> >>> You can have the first item by using ftType="category", >>> ftAlias="parentcategoryalias" and ftRenderType="dropdown" (I think). >>> >>> For the second one, you will probably need to write a custom >>> formtool code. >>> >>> Two approaches. >>> >>> ONCE OFF CUSTOMISATION >>> 1) Add a function named like ftEditYourSecondaryProperty to the >>> custom type. Open up core/packages/formtools/category.cfc and copy >>> the arguments and code from the edit function into yours. >>> 2) Look for where ftAlias is param'd / used, and change the code >>> so that the value of the primary property is used instead >>> 3) In the cfproperty definition, add >>> ftWatch="primarypropertyname". This will add ajax to the form that >>> updates the field when the primary property changes. >>> >>> REUSABLE SUB-CATEGORISATION >>> 1) Extend formtools/category.cfc in your project to >>> secondarycategory.cfc (or whatever) >>> 2) Copy the edit function from category.cfc to your formtool >>> 3) Param another metadata attribute ftPrimaryCategory. Set ftAlias >>> to the value of that attribute. >>> 4) In the cfproperty definition, set ftType="secondarycategory" >>> 5) Add ftWatch="primarypropertyname". This will add ajax to the >>> form that updates the field when the primary property changes. >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, nicholas sollecito <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> 5.1 >>> >>> >>> On Jan 31, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Blair McKenzie <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> What version of FarCry are you using? >>>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Nick S. <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have a custom Article content type. I would like to use the >>>> built-in >>>> categorization in FarCry as a way to apply a Category and sub- >>>> category >>>> to the content. Is there a way to implement a dependent select so >>>> that >>>> the user must first a Category from a drop-down and then a separate >>>> list box will be populated with the sub-categories to select from? >>>> >>>> I'm currently using form tools and I'm not sure how to further >>>> customize the form to allow for this type of interaction. Let me >>>> know >>>> if this is a possibility, I can't seem to find this functionality >>>> either in the wiki or mailing list. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "farcry-dev" group. 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