SID-00604: EditTablePlugin variable expansion

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.3.2	Perl version:	5.8.8
Category:	EditTablePlugin	Server OS:	Ubuntu 8.04	Last update:	2 years ago

I've just upgraded to 4.3.2

We have a large number of tables with embedded CALCs in them & use %NOP{}%EditTablePlugin to allow modification of some input columns, preserving the calculations by EDITCELL{label} entries in the calc cells.

Now the variables are "preserved"

This means:

• very ugly displays of long calcs - as many are designed to display their results hiding with html comments is not an option.
• unusably wide columns if a footer row contains totals
• broken functionality whilst the edit is in operation - we have reference tables which use spreadsheet variables from the editable table. It is inconvenient and alarming to see these tables "corrupted" for the duration of the edit.

I've tried various methods of escaping this action, but that also leads to oddities: if the calc is in a preference variable with $percntCALC only the first occurrence is escaped & subsequent references are to the %CALC

Frankly this cripples a lot of my TWiki applications.

I much preferred the behaviour of %NOP{}%EditTablePlugin user 4.1.x

Is is safe to revert to this version, or can I someho get out of this mess?

I have just spent more than a week moving to a new web server & upgrading TWiki. At this moment in time I wish I hadn't bothered.

-- ChrisHogan - 2009-11-02

Discussion and Answer

Well, the older version works perfectly foe me & does exactly what I want.

My only worry is that I'm now using an out-of-line plugin, but I've no alternative as the new functionality is useless for so many of my applications: mileage calculator, times-heets, petty cash - the list goes on. It's much easier to maintain the old version & get the behaviour which is useful than to struggle with the new version.

-- ChrisHogan - 2009-11-04

Chris, please file a bug report and describe the issue in detail.

If you are a programmer I invite you to provide a patch for the latest plugin that fixes the issue.

(BTW, no need for cryptic WikiWordNames, use descriptive titles for support questions.)

-- PeterThoeny - 2010-01-03

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