Custom DTD - Modifying generated DCT

satpal

Hello,

I am using iwdtd2sym CLT to generate datacapture.cfg for my custom DTD.
It generates fine and the form is displayed.
But there is one problem. For all PCDATA elements, an item with name "#PCDATA" is created
and displayed in the form, which is not a good idea.
If I change this item name, the xml generated is not in expected format and doesn't validate.

Consider the following example given in the Templating Developer's Guide :

Custom DTD :

<!ELEMENT simple-example (message)>
<!ATTLIST simple-example
color (red|blue|green) #IMPLIED
>
<!ELEMENT message (#PCDATA)>

For 'message' element, following is generated after running iwdtd2sym :

<symbol name="message">
<container combination="and" hide-name="f" name="message">
<container combination="and" hide-name="t"
name="{iw_sub_elements}[0]">
<label>XML sub-elements</label>
<item name="#PCDATA">
<textarea cols="0" required="f" rows="0" rtf="f"
wrap="off"/>
</item>
</container>
</container>
</symbol>

If I create a DCR for above template, the form shows 'PCDATA' before textarea and a valid DCR is generated which looks like this :

<simple-example color="red"><message>This is Red color.</message></simple-example>

Now, if I change the item name from "#PCDATA" to "Message Text", the form shows 'Message Text' but the following invalid DCR is generated :

<simple-example color="red"><message><Message Text>This is Red color.</Message Text></message></simple-example>


How can I handle above situation ?

I also require that form displays field names which can be different from the tag specified in the custom DTD.
In above example, element in custom DTD is 'simple-example' but the form should show 'Select Color' and not 'simple-example'.

Kindly let me know if thera are any alternative solutions to these problems.

Thanx,
Satish.

satpal

Hello,

I was able to achieve this by simply adding label tag for each element in the generated DCT.
Sometimes, mind goes to sleep ;-)

Satish.