[pmwiki-users] passing an http variable into newgroupbox form

[adam overton]

... but it still fails either way when using PageBoxPlus...
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> ooo
> something very interesting just happened
> it turns out the form will create a new group if the default value  
> starts with a lowercase letter, but not in the reverse.
> for instance:
>
> MySite.CreateNewGroup?v=catMan
> ... hitting submit leads the successful creation of the group CatMan
>
> however
> MySite.CreateNewGroup?v=CatMan
> ... hitting submit fails
>
> is this a bug?
> any suggestions for a workaround?
>
> thanks,
> adam
>
>
>>
>> Hi
>> i'm having a slight trouble with newgroupbox
>>
>> on my site, when someone tries to access a group that doesn't  
>> exist, i've added to my 'Site.PageNotFound' a link to a  
>> MySite.CreateNewGroup?v={*$Group}, with the non-existent group  
>> added to the link as an http variable...
>>
>> when the user clicks, they end up at the CreateNewGroup page,  
>> where NewGroupBox is installed, and i've the following conditional  
>> code:
>>
>> 	(:cellnr width=100% align=center:)
>> 	(:if !equal {$urlVarV} "":)
>> 	(:newgroupbox base=Index size=25 label="Create Profile"  
>> button="right" value="{$urlVarV}" focus=false save=true:)
>> 	(:else:)
>> 	(:newgroupbox base=Index size=25 label="Create Profile"  
>> button="right" value="Enter New Group Here" focus=true save=true:)
>> 	(:ifend:)
>> 	(:tableend:)
>>
>> (note: i've got $urlVarV set up in my config to $_REQUEST "v" from  
>> the URL)
>>
>>
>> this *seems* to work fine up to this point - the new group name  
>> stored in the variable "v" successfully shows up as the default in  
>> the textbox.
>> however, when i finally click "Create Profile", nothing happens.  
>> if i then delete the default text, and re-enter it manually,  
>> everything works fine, and i'm redirected to the new group.
>>
>> is there any way to get this form to accept and submit its default  
>> value when an http variable is providing it?
>>
>> thanks!
>> adam
>>
>>
>> . . .
>>
>> a at plus1plus1plus.org
>> 661 373 8679
>>
>>
>>
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