Question

Hi,

I would like to be able to expand the members of a group for use as a select field within a form (or table). I have had some success with getting the search to work but I cannot incorporate this into a form as I would wish. I have tried everything I know but I'm stuck.. Could someone be able to tell me what I'm doing wrong?

This is what I would like to do:

<form>
<select name="topic">
<option value="%TOPIC%">Select...</option>
%SEARCH{"GROUP" web="Main" topic="SomeGroup" casesensitive="on" nonoise="on"
format="$pattern(.*Set GROUP =([^\n]*).*)$n " seperator=","}%
</select>
<input type="submit"  value="Choose" />
</form>

I'm aware I need to set the form to

format="<option value=\"$web.$topic\">$topic</option>"

Is there a way I could feed one search into the other to get this information?

This search does work:

%SEARCH{"GROUP" web="Main" topic="SomeGroup" casesensitive="on" nonoise="on"
format="$pattern(.*Set GROUP =([^\n]*).*)$n " seperator=","}%

What am I missing?

Thanks in advance.

Environment

-- PadraigLennon - 29 Aug 2008

Answer

If you answer a question - or have a question you asked answered by someone - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status is in a drop-down list below the edit box.

You need to SEARCH for the members, then format each member. You can do that with a SEARCH and a delayed CALC inside the format of the SEARCH. Here is a live example using the TWikiAdminGroup:

View the raw topic to see how this works.

-- PeterThoeny - 30 Aug 2008

Thanks a lot Peter.. That has saved me a nightmare in administration

-- PadraigLennon - 30 Aug 2008