Loading a database table in a combobox

[prpontes]

Hello I would like to help on a one questions related to content creation. I am creating new content and with the content, new aspects. So far so good. My question is how do you add a metadata field as the type combobox in it to load data from a table Client? I need to create some Action javascript?

thank you.

[sharifu]

Hi I am trying to do what you have done, can you please shed some light and talk me through it as I am stuck.

I want to populate textfield from database as I type on the form

what files did you create and what did you edit and add?

So far I have an empty file here
  shared/classes/alfresco/web-extension/site-webscripts/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/populate.ftl

[zladuric]

Hi,

This might be a little bit outdated, but it should be easy enough to follow:

http://code.google.com/p/alfresco-share-datatable-property-type/