Re: Launching actions

Do you mean that an 'action' parameter automatically triggers the named
action to be run? In which case what should the parameter value be, the
action name from jpublish.xml?

Or would I need a global action to provide that functionality? In which case
how do I lookup and invoke an action from another action?

L.

[PS, sorry for the slow reply, I was watching for something on the list, not
realising I'd mis-typed the address!]

On 12/5/02 10:47 PM, "Anthony Eden" <[email protected]> wrote:

> There are two possible approaches:
> 
> 1.) Use a pre-evaluation action which executes the action and does a
> redirect.
> 2.) Link back to the list view page and either add an action to the URL
> with an action= parameter or execute the action every time and check for
> a particular request parameter value.
> 
> P.S. If you want to send a message to the JPublish developer list then
> send it to [email protected] .
> 
> Sincerely,
> Anthony Eden
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Laurie Harper [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 10:03 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Launching actions
>> 
>> 
>> Is there any way I can cause an action to be run without
>> asociating it 
>> with a particular page? I'd like to be able to specify links
>> and forms 
>> which cause an action to be run before rendering the result page, but
>> the action shouldn't be run every time the page is displayed.
>> 
>> As a concrete example, consider a page with a list of order
>> items. The 
>> page has a button or link to create a new order item which
>> takes you to 
>> another page containing a form. When you submit the form, you
>> should be 
>> taken back to the original list view page, where the new
>> order item will 
>> now be included in the list.
>> 
>> On form submission, I need to execute an action to add the new order
>> item to the database or whatever. But that action shouldn't be
>> associated with the list view page, since it only makes sense
>> to execute 
>> it when the new order item form is submitted.
>> 
>> The only solution I can see is to define a page whose sole
>> purpose is to 
>> execute the action and forward to the list view. What am I missing?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> L.
>> 
>> 
> 



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