topic Using Forms service for webscript actions in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/using-forms-service-for-webscript-actions/m-p/275364#M228494 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm using the Share forms service to render a Form, the form collects data that is posted to a webscript and processed. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The data in the form is not persisted against a node, so I have no data model for the form fields.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>What I have done is define the form (shortened here)</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;config evaluator="model-type" condition="cm:content"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;forms&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;form id="printorder"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;show id="sendto" force="true" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;show id="contact" force="true" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;show id="bestdata-objnr" force="true" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;show id="bestdata-objnamn" force="true" /&gt;<BR />….<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;field id="bestdata-objnr" label-id="label.printorder.bestdata-objnr" mandatory="true" set="copyfirm"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;control template="/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/textfield.ftl" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;field id="bestdata-objnamn" label-id="label.printorder.bestdata-objnamn" set="copyfirm" mandatory="true"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;control template="/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/textfield.ftl" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/field&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></CODE></PRE><SPAN>and then calling it with</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; var templateUrl = YAHOO.lang.substitute(<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alfresco.constants.URL_SERVICECONTEXT + "components/form?itemKind={itemKind}&amp;itemId={itemId}" +<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "&amp;mode={mode}&amp;submitType={submitType}&amp;formId={formId}&amp;showCancelButton=true",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; itemKind : "type",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; itemId : "cm:content",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; mode : "create",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; submitType : "json",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; formId : "printorder"<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; });<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></CODE></PRE><SPAN>The displayed form is then posted to a custom webservice url, not the default form processor.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The reason for defining it as a "cm:content" although it actually is not is the necessity for the forms service to have a forms processor. And it works (partly), the form is displayed as expected, I can post the json data and process it.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>What is NOT working is constraints, if I set any field to Mandatory, that is gracefully ignored. Or have the file object picker start at correct location.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><STRONG>What I want to do</STRONG><BR /><SPAN>Define a form definition, it should not be dependent on any object, action or workflow. It is processed against a new FormProcessor that basically just returns whats thrown at it in form definition.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- I need to extend FilteredFormProcessor. What methods of the abstract methods of my new form processer needs to be implemented?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- What do I need for (if anything) in the form processor for object picker to work?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Maybe there is some entirely different way of doing this. But I like to use the forms service, I have already created custom controls for my need, so I dont want to use an 3rd party forms engine, with the Alfresco one I get so much by default (like validation).</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:34:37 GMT loftux 2012-10-24T11:34:37Z Using Forms service for webscript actions https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/using-forms-service-for-webscript-actions/m-p/275364#M228494 I'm using the Share forms service to render a Form, the form collects data that is posted to a webscript and processed. The data in the form is not persisted against a node, so I have no data model for the form fields.What I have done is define the form (shortened here)&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;config evaluator="model Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:34:37 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/using-forms-service-for-webscript-actions/m-p/275364#M228494 loftux 2012-10-24T11:34:37Z Re: Using Forms service for webscript actions https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/using-forms-service-for-webscript-actions/m-p/275365#M228495 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Loftux,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I know this is a relatively old post but have you tried using Alfresco.util.PopupManager.displayForm()? For a sample on how to use it click </SPAN><A href="http://forums.alfresco.com/forum/developer-discussions/other-apis/displayform-04152013-1134#comment-138364" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A><SPAN>. Just pass it your properties for formId, itemId, itemKind, and mode.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I hope this helps. Cheers.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Sep 2013 02:18:57 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/using-forms-service-for-webscript-actions/m-p/275365#M228495 eric_soto 2013-09-17T02:18:57Z