Replace selectmany form control - edit metadata

[rbowman]

Hey guys.

I am having some trouble using a custom control template on a select-many field when editing metadata in share.  I have created a custom document type that pulls a list of values from a database.  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. <option value="1">Here is my value</option>).  However, in share, the list shows the value as the label.  According to the documentation, I can override the template used to create that form field.  I have the following in my share-config-custom.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<alfresco-config>
<config evaluator="node-type" condition="custom-type:wi">
    <forms>
       <form>
          <field-visibility>
             …..
             <show id="custom-type:location" />
          </field-visibility>
          <appearance>
             <field id="custom-type:location">
                <control template="/custom-select-many.ftl" />
             </field>
          </appearance>
       </form>
    </forms>
 </config>
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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):

<div class="form-field">
         <label>test label!!!!</label>
   <#if form.mode == "view">
      <div class="viewmode-field">
         <#if field.mandatory && field.value?string == "">
            <span class="incomplete-warning"><img src="${url.context}/components/form/images/warning-16.png" title="${msg("form.field.incomplete")}" /><span>
         </#if>
         <span class="viewmode-label">${field.label?html}:</span>
         <span class="viewmode-value">${field.value?html}</span>
      </div>
   <#else>
      <label for="${fieldHtmlId}-entry">${field.label?html}:<#if field.mandatory><span class="mandatory-indicator">${msg("form.required.fields.marker")}</span></#if></label>
      <input id="${fieldHtmlId}" type="hidden" name="${field.name}" value="${field.value?string}" />
      <#if field.control.params.options?exists && field.control.params.options != "">
         <select id="${fieldHtmlId}-entry" name="-" multiple="multiple" size="${size}"
               onchange="javascript:Alfresco.util.updateMultiSelectListValue('${fieldHtmlId}-entry', '${fieldHtmlId}', <#if field.mandatory>true<#else>false</#if>);"
               <#if field.description?exists>title="${field.description}"</#if>
               <#if field.control.params.styleClass?exists>class="${field.control.params.styleClass}"</#if>
               <#if field.disabled>disabled="true"</#if>>
               <#list field.control.params.options?split(",") as nameValue>
                  <#if nameValue?index_of("|") == -1>
                     <option value="${nameValue}"<#if (field.value?string?index_of(nameValue) != -1)> selected="selected"</#if>>${nameValue}</option>
                  <#else>
                     <#assign choice=nameValue?split("|")>
                     <option value="${choice[0]}"<#if (field.value?string?index_of(choice[0]) != -1)> selected="selected"</#if>>${msgValue(choice[1])}</option>
                  </#if>
               </#list>
         </select>
      <#else>
         <div id="${fieldHtmlId}" class="missing-options">${msg("form.control.selectone.missing-options")}</div>
      </#if>
   </#if>
</div>
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The problem is that the template doesn't seem to get executed.  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.  Is this a limitation of Alfresco Share?  Is there a way to provide a custom template for a select-many field??

Environment:

Alfresco 3.2r
OpenSuse 11.1
MySQL 5.1
Apache 2.2.10

Thanks,
-Roger

[rbowman]

anyone got any ideas?  This could possibly be a show-stopper….

Thanks in advance,
-Roger