nested replicants - Form API

ashokc

Hi,

I am having some problems using FORM API on DCTs with nested replicants. I need to use the 'same' option list for a security drop down that appears in each nested replicant. My Form API code processes each 'item' recursively and sets the options if the item's name regex is like 'security'.

What I see is that 'getChildren' gives me only the first child i.e.

/Link/Left Hand Navigation/Flyout[1]/Sublink_Security

and not all the other children like

/Link/Left Hand Navigation/Flyout[2]/Sublink_Security, /Link/Left Hand Navigation/Flyout[3]/Sublink_Security

etc...

Any ideas why?

Here is a snippet of the DCT

<item name="Link" rowcontinue="t">
<replicant min="1" max="16">
<container name="Left Hand Navigation">
<item name="link_Title">
<label>Link Text</label>
<text required="t" size="39"/>
</item>
<item name="Security">
<label>Select the mail-list(s) that allow access to this page</label>
<select multiple="t">
</select>
</item>
<item name="Flyout">
<replicant min="0" max="15" default="0">
<item name="Sublink_Title">
<label>Link Text</label>
<text required="t" size="39"/>
</item>
<item name="Sublink_Security">
<label>Select the mail-list(s) that allow access to this page</label>
<select multiple="t">
</select>
</item>
<item name="Level3_Flyout">
<label>Level 3 Flyout</label>
<replicant min="0" max="20" default="0">
<item name="Level3_Link_Title">
<label>Link Text</label>
<text required="t" size="39"/>
</item>
<item name="Level3_Link_Security">
<label>Select the mail-list(s) that allow access to thispage</label>
<select multiple="t">
</select>
</item>
</replicant>
</item>
</replicant>
</item>
</container>
</replicant>
</item>

Here is the Form API code


function init() {
rootItems = new Array() ;
rootItems = IWDatacapture.getRootItems() ;
for (var j = 0 ; j < rootItems.length ; j++) {
processChildren(rootItems) ;
}
}

function processChildren(Item) {
Re0 = new RegExp('container') ;
Re1 = new RegExp('replicant') ;
alert (Item.getName()+","+Item.getType()) ;
if ( (Re0.test(Item.getType())) || (Re1.test(Item.getType())) ) {
Items = Item.getChildren() ;
if (Items != null) {
for (var i = 0 ; i < Items.length ; i++) {
processChildren(Items) ;
}
}
}
}

IWEventRegistry.addFormHandler("onFormInit", init);

johnmcdaniel

It looks like you are missing a loop around your processChildren code. Here is the recursion code that worked for me:

function processRoot() {
    var bigCheese = new Array();
    bigCheese = IWDatacapture.getRootItems();
    for (var i=0; i< bigCheese.length; i++) {
        removeHtdocs(bigCheese);
    } 

    return true;

}

function removeHtdocs(itemList) {
    for (var i=0; i < itemList.length; i++) {
        var possibleChildList = itemList.getChildren();
        // possibleChildList is now either an itemList or null
        var isParentToo = possibleChildList.length;
        if (isParentToo != 0) { 
            removeHtdocs(possibleChildList);
        }
        else if (itemList.getType() == "browser") {
            // i'm old school when it comes to javascript. I bet this is redundant.
            if (itemList.getValue().indexOf("/htdocs") == 0) {
                var newValue = itemList.getValue();
                newValue = newValue.replace(/\/htdocs/, "");
                itemList.setValue(newValue);
            }
        }

    }
}

Edited by johnmcdaniel on 08/17/05 02:55 PM (server time).

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