topic Re: Form POST to template? in Alfresco Archive

Form POST to template?

systec — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:07:27 GMT

HiDoes anyone know if it's possible to post a form in such a way that the results are displayed using a 'page' template? I'm currently posting a form to a webscript, which in turns call a repository script and processes the results. The results are displayed in the webscripts freemarker template. I'

Re: Form POST to template?

kevinr — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:03:48 GMT

You could, but it's not the recommended pattern. What you have done already is generally the pattern we use. I believe there is examples of doing this within the Alfresco Mobile project - it might be worth taking a look at the source for that if you are still keen.

Cheers,

Kev

Re: Form POST to template?

systec — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:59:10 GMT

Thanks Kev.

The users would like the ability to click the browser back button so as not to complete the entire form again; simply tweak one or two parameters and re-execute. I will look at other alternatives using dhtml instead.