Datacapture templates

what i'm trying to achieve actually is- on the first datacapture template the user enters some data and clicks a "Continue" button to proceed further to another datacapture template where he enters some more information. and finally after 2-3 such forms all the data entered by the user should be saved as a single DCR. Does it make sense? Can this be achieved?

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Adam Stoller

I think FormAPI would be the way to go here. After they fill in the first few fields and click a button, have FormAPI expose the next set of fields for them to fill in, and so on.

Of course, this is assuming you have TeamSite Templating 5.5.2 (for FormAPI) and know, or can learn, or can borrow the talents of a colleague - javascript.

(Unfortunately, this is not one of my primary skills - I know things can be done with javascript, but I tend to think in Perl - so I cannot offer a quick code-example)

--fish
(Interwoven Senior Technical Consultant)

gzevin

yep, what Adam described seems to be the most natural solution.

if you are consider other options, you could write a set of CGIs taht will collect data, then produce a DCR, register it as DCR and proceed further

Greg Zevin
Independent Interwoven Consultant/Architect
Sydney, AU

Migrateduser

Does FormAPI support all the functionality of Javascript or there are any limitations?

Migrateduser

It is basically JavaScript that can call some predefined functions. There are certainly limitations on what you can do, especially trying to treat the templating window like a normal DHTML page.