[pmwiki-users] FGS Beta - Including PmWiki pages & exporting FGS data

John Feezell JohnFeezell at 3wplace.com
Sun Mar 20 16:43:35 CST 2005


The uri for the code is <http://cbfa-cos.org/4others>

/JF

John Feezell wrote:

> The answer to your question is: yes FGS can POST to an external CGI, 
> however, because of the structure of FGS field storage it is necessary 
> that the post from the form be processed by FGS.  I don't know if it 
> is possible to "double" POST from a HTML form.  As an alternative FGS 
> will pass the field data to a php function called HandleFGSFieldData 
> if it exists.  This provides an 'export' capability for FGS.  You can 
> see it in operation at <http://cbfa-cos.org/xwiki/Forms/IncludeExport>.
>
> That page also contains examples of the inclusion of PmWiki pages in 
> the form in display only form.  This FGS capability allows for a 
> display of a PmWiki page and also input fields on the same page.  
> Again you can see this at 
> <http://cbfa-cos.org/xwiki/Forms/IncludeExport>.  This setup is 
> possible because of the power and flexibility of PmWiki.  Thanks Pm, 
> for the MarkupToHTML function. It is outstanding!
>
> The latest version of FGS available at <htp://cbfa-cos.org/4others> 
> will support these new capabilities.  Note: the code has been bug 
> inspected but is not warranted to be bug free.
>
> Your comments, suggests, questions, etc are welcomed and can be posted 
> here or in the comments section of 
> <http://cbfa-cos.org/xwiki/Forms/IncludeExport> by editing that page.
>
> /JF
>
> Sivakatirswami wrote:
>
>> Can FGS POST the data to an external CGI? (like any regular HTML form?)
>>
>> Sivakatirswami
>> Himalayan Academy Publications
>> at Kauai's Hindu Monastery
>> katir at hindu.org
>> www.HimalayanAcademy.com,
>>
>> On Mar 9, 2005, at 2:46 AM, John Feezell wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The new version includes:
>>> * bug fix for timestamp fields - they now use UTC
>>> * first pass of routines to export form data
>>>   An example is available at:
>>>   <http://cbfa-cos.org/Forms/HowToExportData>
>>>   The design for this form is at:
>>>   <http://cbfa-cos.org/Forms/Design-ExportDataSample>
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> /JF
>>
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