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Define custom variable for form config

alex_lu — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:55:25 GMT

Hi,In share-datalist-form-config.xml, I see<field id="dl:attachments"> <control> <control-param name="startLocation">{doclib}</control-param> </control></field>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍defined for dl:todoList. Does anyone where doclib is set? I would like to set a custom v

Re: Define custom variable for form config

scouil — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:48:15 GMT

Hello Alex,

Are you trying to add a general parameter for the form config or just a new location variable for the startLocation param of the association.ftl control?
If it's the latter, its detailed configuration (http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Forms#association.ftl) specifies that you can easily add your location by defining a custom NodeLocatorService (http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/NodeLocatorService)

Good luck with your customization.

Re: Define custom variable for form config

alex_lu — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:01:20 GMT

Hi Scouil,

I'd like to add a general parameter for the form config actually. But thanks for node locator, I'm sure I'll need it soon.

Re: Define custom variable for form config

scouil — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:15:09 GMT

Hi Alex,

Then I'd need to know a bit more about what you're trying to do here.
Since there are 2 types of params I'm aware of:
1) The ones like "form.mode" that are injected in the form and handled by freemarker
2) The ones like the startLocation described in your comment. This one is just a string and is handled by the component itself (picker.inc.ftl which then calls object-finder.js )

Regards,