Difference: AnApplicationWithWikiForm (1 vs. 7)

A typical TWiki forms based application consists of the following pages:

• Application home page, typically containing links to other application pages. It may contain also a report showing data records.
• Form definition page, defining the fields of a record. Details in TWikiForms.
• Template page, used as a template for new data records. It is essentially a TWiki page with a form attached to it. Details in TWikiTemplates.
• Header page: Optional page included in each record page to summarize the record.
• Page with an HTML form to create new records.
• Report page(s). Details in VarSEARCH and FormattedSearch.

TWiki.org has a blog post on How to Create a TWiki Application where you can learn the details.

1. Add the form in the list of Web Forms. Set the WEBFORMS setting in WebPreferences

1. Define SEARCH function for listing items (see VarSEARCH and FormattedSearch for details)

1. Create a TWiki Form and define fields (see TWikiForms for details)

1. Create a Template Topic
2. In edit mode add the TWiki Form you defined to the Template Topic using the "Add Form" button

1. Define SEARCH function for listing items (see VarSEARCH for details)

1. Define SEARCH function for listing items. See VarSEARCH

FAQ:

Answer:

1. Create a TWiki Form and define fields (TWikiForms)
2. Add the form in the list of Web Forms. Set the variable WEBFORMS in WebPreferences
3. Create a Template Topic and in Edit mode
4. In edit mode add the TWiki Form you defined to the Template Topic
5. Create a HTML Form with necessary fields
6. Define SEARCH function for listing items. See TWikiVariables#VarSEARCH

For more information follow the links...

The following is the code source of TWikiFAQ:

<form action="%SCRIPTURLPATH{edit}%/%WEB%/">
New FAQ topic: &nbsp; (Use a name in TWiki.WikiNotation) <br />
<input type="text" name="topic" size="32" />&nbsp;<input type="submit" class="twikiSubmit" value="Create Topic" />
<input type="hidden" name="onlywikiname" value="on" />
<input type="hidden" name="templatetopic" value="TWikiFaqTemplate" />
<input type="hidden" name="topicparent" value="%TOPIC%" />
<br />
</form>

And the SEARCH function:

%SEARCH{ "Back to\:__ TWikiFAQ" casesensitive="on" regex="on" nosearch="on" nototal="on"}%

Back to: TWikiFAQ

Related Topics: UserDocumentationCategory

-- TWiki:Main.MiyokoTakushima - 18 Oct 2004