How to split large objects into several edit pages

Tuesday 17 August 2004 5:00:21 am

Hi Lazaro,

this is currently not directly supported. But you could probably make it by changing the edit template. The the problem is that some datatypes require input, which means that you would need to add hidden variables for the different fields. You could e.g. make a switch which will show the fields for the current step while at the same time having the oter attribute variables as hidden variables.

You could step through the steps using the store draft buttong and adding a status variable about the position. E.g. /content/edit/42/2/(position)/first_step then you would change the form target to /content/edit/42/2/(position)/second_step based on the current posistion.

--bård

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Tuesday 17 August 2004 7:01:07 am

Great,

let us know how you progress. I know other people are interested in this as well. It was also discussed on the summer conference this year.

--bård

Documentation: http://ez.no/doc

Tuesday 19 September 2006 12:03:56 pm

FYI. I solved the problem with a css based solution.
Testing if arguments have value and hidding them with the css properties. Like that I submit everytime the whole object but the user only see relevant fields.

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Tuesday 19 September 2006 1:24:17 pm

Hi,
we've done this on a project and used an extension to create the objects as a draft version.
After the last step, the object is published.

As already metioned by Claudia, we had to validate all attributes by hand.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Best regards

Norman Leutner

____________________________________________________________
eZ Publish Platinum Partner - http://www.all2e.com
http://ez.no/partners/worldwide_partners/all2e_gmbh

Tuesday 19 September 2006 11:21:25 pm

The extension we made was for an online auction system so its a bit to special for your needs, but it shouldn't be a problem to build you one one.

Creating an draft object is simple:

 function createDraftObject($parent_node_id, $owner_id, $class_name, $attributes )
   {    
      $class =& eZContentClass::fetchByIdentifier( $class_name );

      if ( !is_object( $class ) )
      {
         die("Class not found");
      }
    
     
      $parent_node =& eZContentObjectTreeNode::fetch($parent_node_id);
      
      // set associated object to parent node (folder object) 
      if ( !is_object( $parent_node ) )
      {
         die("Could not set parent node");
      }
      
      
      $parent_content = $parent_node->attribute('object');
      $section_id = $parent_content->attribute( 'section_id' );

      
      // create the object
      $content_object =& $class->instantiate( $owner_id, $section_id );

      //assign new object to parent node
      $node_assignment =& eZNodeAssignment::create( array(
            'contentobject_id' => $content_object->attribute( 'id' ),
            'contentobject_version' => $content_object->attribute( 'current_version' ),
            'parent_node' => $parent_node->attribute( 'node_id' ),
            'is_main' => 1 ) );
      $node_assignment->store();

      // Set status to draft for the content object version
      $content_object_version =& $content_object->version(
              $content_object->attribute( 'current_version' ) );
      $content_object_version->setAttribute( 'status', EZ_VERSION_STATUS_DRAFT);
      $content_object_version->store();             


      // Assign the attributes
      $content_attributes =& $content_object_version->contentObjectAttributes();
      foreach ($content_attributes as $content_attribute)
      {
         // Each attribute has an attribute called 'identifier' that identifies it.
         $attribute_identifier = 
            $content_attribute->attribute("contentclass_attribute_identifier");

         if (isset($attributes[$attribute_identifier]))
         {          
            $this->importAttribute($attributes[$attribute_identifier], $content_attribute);
            $contentClassAttribute = $content_attribute->attribute( 'contentclass_attribute' );
            $dataTypeString = $contentClassAttribute->attribute( 'data_type_string' );
            //echo $dataTypeString."<br/>";
         }
         else
         {        
            eZDebug::writeDebug( 'attribute value not found for '.
                  $class_name.".".$attribute_identifier);
         }
      }

      $id = $content_object->attribute('id');
      
      return eZContentObject::fetch($id);
   }

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Best regards

Norman Leutner

____________________________________________________________
eZ Publish Platinum Partner - http://www.all2e.com
http://ez.no/partners/worldwide_partners/all2e_gmbh