Question

Is it possible to search for all topics containing a specific form, eg topics containing ProjectForm? I'm not interested in the data in the form.

I have various templates which generate different types of topic, each with a different form. I want to be able to list all the topics of a given type. I know this would be possible by having a common word in the topic name, or by having common text in the topic body (eg Back to: OtherTopic). I'm using this second method at the moment. Both these alternatives are subject to unenlighted users deleting the key bits. The form name is less likely to get messed about with.

Thanks

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-- TamsinTweddell - 22 Oct 2007

Answer

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A search for %META:FORM{name="ProjectForm"}% (with regular expression search enabled) seems to work.

-- JChristophFuchs - 26 Oct 2007

This is what I usually use: %SEARCH{ "META:\FORM.*\"ProjectForm\"" type="regex" .... }%

See details in VarSEARCH and FormattedSearch.

-- PeterThoeny - 27 Oct 2007

Thanks. The second solution is better for me as I can have a formatted output.

-- TamsinTweddell - 29 Oct 2007