topic Replace selectmany form control - edit metadata in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/replace-selectmany-form-control-edit-metadata/m-p/218967#M172097 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey guys.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am having some trouble using a custom control template on a select-many field when editing metadata in share.&nbsp; I have created a custom document type that pulls a list of values from a database.&nbsp; In Alfresco Explorer, I have created a custom component-generator that allows me to use the id as the value and the name as the label (i.e. &lt;option value="1"&gt;Here is my value&lt;/option&gt;).&nbsp; However, in share, the list shows the value as the label.&nbsp; According to the documentation, I can override the template used to create that form field.&nbsp; I have the following in my share-config-custom.xml:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;<BR />&lt;alfresco-config&gt;<BR />&lt;config evaluator="node-type" condition="custom-type:wi"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;forms&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;form&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;field-visibility&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; …..<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;show id="custom-type:location" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/field-visibility&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;appearance&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;field id="custom-type:location"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;control template="/custom-select-many.ftl" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/field&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/appearance&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/form&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/forms&gt;<BR /> &lt;/config&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>I have my custom-select-many.ftl in $ALF_HOME/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension/site-webscripts (for now, it's the same as the regular selectmany template, but I added a test label to see if it would recognize the template):</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&lt;div class="form-field"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;label&gt;test label!!!!&lt;/label&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#if form.mode == "view"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;div class="viewmode-field"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#if field.mandatory &amp;&amp; field.value?string == ""&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;span class="incomplete-warning"&gt;&lt;img src="${url.context}/components/form/images/warning-16.png" title="${msg("form.field.incomplete")}" /&gt;&lt;span&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/#if&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;span class="viewmode-label"&gt;${field.label?html}:&lt;/span&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;span class="viewmode-value"&gt;${field.value?html}&lt;/span&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#else&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;label for="${fieldHtmlId}-entry"&gt;${field.label?html}:&lt;#if field.mandatory&gt;&lt;span class="mandatory-indicator"&gt;${msg("form.required.fields.marker")}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/#if&gt;&lt;/label&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;input id="${fieldHtmlId}" type="hidden" name="${field.name}" value="${field.value?string}" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#if field.control.params.options?exists &amp;&amp; field.control.params.options != ""&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;select id="${fieldHtmlId}-entry" name="-" multiple="multiple" size="${size}"<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; onchange="javascript:Alfresco.util.updateMultiSelectListValue('${fieldHtmlId}-entry', '${fieldHtmlId}', &lt;#if field.mandatory&gt;true&lt;#else&gt;false&lt;/#if&gt;);"<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#if field.description?exists&gt;title="${field.description}"&lt;/#if&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#if field.control.params.styleClass?exists&gt;class="${field.control.params.styleClass}"&lt;/#if&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#if field.disabled&gt;disabled="true"&lt;/#if&gt;&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#list field.control.params.options?split(",") as nameValue&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#if nameValue?index_of("|") == -1&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;option value="${nameValue}"&lt;#if (field.value?string?index_of(nameValue) != -1)&gt; selected="selected"&lt;/#if&gt;&gt;${nameValue}&lt;/option&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#else&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#assign choice=nameValue?split("|")&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;option value="${choice[0]}"&lt;#if (field.value?string?index_of(choice[0]) != -1)&gt; selected="selected"&lt;/#if&gt;&gt;${msgValue(choice[1])}&lt;/option&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/#if&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/#list&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/select&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;#else&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;div id="${fieldHtmlId}" class="missing-options"&gt;${msg("form.control.selectone.missing-options")}&lt;/div&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/#if&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/#if&gt;<BR />&lt;/div&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>The problem is that the template doesn't seem to get executed.&nbsp; What is really confusing is that the template will get executed if I use it on a text field instead of a list of values.&nbsp; Is this a limitation of Alfresco Share?&nbsp; Is there a way to provide a custom template for a select-many field??</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Environment:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Alfresco 3.2r</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>OpenSuse 11.1</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>MySQL 5.1</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Apache 2.2.10</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>-Roger</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:27:06 GMT rbowman 2009-12-18T16:27:06Z Replace selectmany form control - edit metadata https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/replace-selectmany-form-control-edit-metadata/m-p/218967#M172097 Hey guys.I am having some trouble using a custom control template on a select-many field when editing metadata in share.&nbsp; I have created a custom document type that pulls a list of values from a database.&nbsp; In Alfresco Explorer, I have created a custom component-generator that allows me to use the id Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:27:06 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/replace-selectmany-form-control-edit-metadata/m-p/218967#M172097 rbowman 2009-12-18T16:27:06Z Re: Replace selectmany form control - edit metadata https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/replace-selectmany-form-control-edit-metadata/m-p/218968#M172098 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>anyone got any ideas?&nbsp; This could possibly be a show-stopper….</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>-Roger</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:06:13 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/replace-selectmany-form-control-edit-metadata/m-p/218968#M172098 rbowman 2009-12-29T22:06:13Z