Web Form Displays Incompletely

[buck_99]

I have a web form that works great (in FoxPro and Safari, not in IE7, but that's a different matter), but it only works the first time.  When I finish using the form to create new web content, I can't then go on to create another new content item using the same web form, regardless of what name I give it.  Only the first two fields and the label for the third field appear on the second go-round.  I have to log out and log back in to be able to see the form in its entirety again.

Here are images from the tests:
Before:
[img]http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o296/uncleflow/work/Test6.jpg[/img]

After:
[img]http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o296/uncleflow/work/Test7.jpg[/img]

Here is the schema:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
      xmlns:bc="http://www.alfresco.org/alfresco/bc"
           targetNamespace="http://www.alfresco.org/alfresco/bc"
           elementFormDefault="qualified">

  <!– Department –>
  <xs:simpleType name="department">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:normalizedString">
      <xs:enumeration value="Accounts Payable"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Communications"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Finance"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Human Resources"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="IT and Help Desk"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Payroll"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Purchasing"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Records and Archives"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Travel"/>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>

  <!– Category –>
  <xs:simpleType name="category">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:normalizedString">
      <xs:enumeration value="Mission"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Contact"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Announcement"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Upcoming Event"/>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
 
  <!– Image Size –>
  <xs:simpleType name="size">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:normalizedString">
      <xs:enumeration value="Small"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Medium"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Large"/>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
 
  <!– Image Alignment –>
  <xs:simpleType name="alignment">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:normalizedString">
      <xs:enumeration value="Left"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Center"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Right"/>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
 
  <!– News body section:  repeatable element –>
  <xs:complexType name="section">
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name="image" type="bc:image" nillable="true"/>
      <xs:element name="text" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
 
  <!– Image info:  file location, size, and alignment –>
  <xs:complexType name="image">
     <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="file" type="xs:normalizedString" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
        <xs:element name="size" type="bc:size" default="Small" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
        <xs:element name="alignment" type="bc:alignment" default="Left" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
     </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
 
  <!– defines the form for creating a news story –>
  <xs:element name="basic-content">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="title" type="xs:normalizedString" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
        <xs:element name="abstract" type="xs:normalizedString" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
        <xs:element name="date_added" type="xs:date"/> <!– How to put current date as default? –>
        <xs:element name="bodySection" type="bc:section" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
        <xs:element name="keywords" type="xs:normalizedString" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
      <xs:element name="department" type="bc:department" default="HHMI Company-wide"/>
      <xs:element name="category" type="bc:category"/>
      <xs:element name="launch_date" type="xs:date" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
      <xs:element name="expiration_date" type="xs:date" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

Thanks for any help!

- Scott

[steventux]

Do you get javascript errors on the second load of the form? If so it could be that the date picker widget is causing this.
If you can build the web-client project from source try adding the script

"/scripts/ajax/dojo/src/date/serialize.js"‍

to the JS_SCRIPTS array in org.alfresco.web.forms.xforms.XFormsProcessor
so you get

private final static String[] JS_SCRIPTS = 
   {
      "/scripts/tiny_mce/" + (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled() 
                              ? "tiny_mce_src.js" 
                              : "tiny_mce.js"),
      "/scripts/ajax/dojo/" + (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled() 
                               ? "dojo.js.uncompressed.js" 
                               : "dojo.js"),
      "/scripts/ajax/mootools.v1.11.js",
      "/scripts/ajax/common.js",
      "/scripts/ajax/ajax_helper.js",
      "/scripts/ajax/tiny_mce_wcm_extensions.js",
      "/scripts/ajax/xforms.js",
      "/scripts/ajax/file_picker_widget.js",
      "/scripts/upload_helper.js",
      "/scripts/ajax/dojo/src/date/serialize.js"
   };‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍