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How to auto-populate a visual format textarea ?

John742

I am not sure what the best approach to doing this is. I would like to populate a visual format textarea item with an html like template. Pulling in a text or html file into the visual formatter. Any ideas? I have thought of using a CGI callout and also perhaps just using FormAPI's setValue. One direction would allow perl and the other javascript. Anyone ever done this?

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jbonifaci

Well the only way you should be setting values of items within your DCT is through a setValue or the default element in your DCT, but I recommend always using setValue. That being said, setValue can be called in many ways. The question is, when do you want the item to be populated with your template?

~Jeff

John742

I would like to populate the text area -> onItemChange. I know how to change the item but my problem was how do I set the string argument for SetValue to an html file or at least the contents of the file? Thanks for the help!!

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jbonifaci

Hmmm, does it really make sense to do it onItemChange? So if a user goes in and makes a bunch of changes, you're going to overwrite all of those changes with the contents of some html file? Well, it's your DCT. Just do a callServer and have the callServer script read the html file and do the setValue on the item.

~Jeff

John742

sorry for the delay Thanks for the response. I am not sure I understand how to go about doing this. When you say have the call server script read the html?

jbonifaci

So you have a callServer script. It is likely a perl cgi script. In your perl cgi script, read the file using simple perl I/O. i.e. open(FILEHANDLE,

John742

ahh!! I was making this more complicated than it is. Thanks!!!