Re: WO form and multiple submit buttons

Hi,

I am resurrecting this old thread because I am having the same  
problem.  I assume I am missing something elementary.  I have my  
bindings set just as Johann describes below but my direct actions do  
not get invoked.

Thanks,

Josh

On Aug 13, 2007, at 7:47 AM, Yamuna Vallipuram wrote:

> Hi Johann!
>
> This is what (what you described in your mail) I did the first time.  
> But when I clicked on the "search" button the directAction which was  
> bound to the "search"  button did not get invoked, but I got the  
> following url instead.
>
> http://edderkopp:7100/as/WebObjects/frida.woa/wo/13.0.27.23.1.3
>
> PS: I have multiple forms on my page.
>
> What am I missing here?  Any comments will be appreciated
>
> Yamuna
>
>
> On 11. aug. 2007, at 16.32, Johann Werner wrote:
>
>> Hi Yamuna,
>>
>> the behaviour you describe is quite simple to explain: you have set  
>> a directActionName in you WOForm bindings. That means that this is  
>> the default behaviour of your form. This is ok as long as you want  
>> only one action to be called when clicking on one submit button  
>> (regardless of which if there are more than one) inside the WOForm.  
>> But as in your example you want two different actions to be fired  
>> you have to move these bindings to your corresponding submit  
>> buttons and leaving only multipleSubmit = true inside the WOForm.
>>
>> Your bindings should then be:
>>
>> Form3 : WOForm {
>>  multipleSubmit = true;
>> }
>>
>> SearchButton : WOSubmitButton {
>>  directActionName = doMySearch;
>>  ?additionalBindings = thatNeedToBeAppendedForSearch;
>> }
>>
>> ResetButton : WOSubmitButton {
>>  directActionName = doMyReset;
>>  ?additionalBindings = thatNeedToBeAppendedForReset;
>> }
>>
>> The binding actionClass = "DirectAction" is not really necessary as  
>> long as your direct actions are all in the default DirectAction  
>> class.
>>
>> jw
>>
>>
>> Am 09.08.2007 um 13:12 schrieb Yamuna Vallipuram:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I am having problems with submitting a button in a WO form. The WO  
>>> form is
>>> bound to a Direct Action and it consists of two submit buttons.  
>>> One is
>>> bound to a search action (the same Direct Action as the form) and  
>>> the
>>> other one nullifies the input variables (a kind of reset action-  
>>> this
>>> action method is defined in the components java file). The  
>>> multipleSubmit
>>> is set to true in WO form bindings.
>>>
>>> When the "search" button is clicked it works well. But the "Reset"  
>>> button
>>> does seems to call the same action as the WO form.
>>>
>>> How do I get the reset button to invoke the reset action defined  
>>> in the
>>> components java file instead?
>>>
>>> Any help would be highly appreciated.
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Yamuna
>>>
>>> Bindings of the WO form looks like this
>>>
>>> Form3: WOForm {
>>> 	multipleSubmit = true;
>>> 	actionClass = "DirectAction";
>>> 	?modus = "sok";
>>> 	directActionName = "presentasjonSok";
>>> 	method = "get";
>>> 	?type = presentasjonstype.presentasjonstypeKode;
>>> 	?sted = sokSted.stedkode;
>>> 	?inst = sokInstitusjon.institusjonsnr;
>>> }
>>>
>>> when I click on the nullify button the url looks like this
>>> http://edderkopp:7100/as/WebObjects/frida.woa/wa/presentasjonSok?pord=Yamuna+Vallipuram&kjonn=Begge&eord=&nullstillknapp=Nullstill&modus=sok&type=PERSON&inst=185
>>>
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