SID-00156: How to Create a topic with a prefix using a form

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I'm trying to create a simple form that creates topics with typed input, but prefixed with a static name.

In my example, I was going to make a project tracking page that lists all topics that start with "Project" and have a form to create a topic with the prefix from the Project tracking topic.

Is this doable?

-- KarlSchafer - 04 Mar 2009

Discussion and Answer

Hi,

I have something similar that I quickly modified below that should help. You can add more fields or selects if you like:

   <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
   <!-- Beginning of JavaScript -
   function trim(stringToTrim) {
     return stringToTrim.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");
   }

   function MakeTopicName() {
      var theenteredtopic=document.getElementById("enteredtopic")
      var thetext="Project" + trim(theenteredtopic.value)
                   document.getElementById("topic").value=thetext
    }
   // - End of JavaScript - -->
   </SCRIPT>


<form name="formmakenew" action="%SCRIPTURLPATH{edit}%/%WEB%/">
   * Create a new New Product Intro page:<br> Type over the text below and give your new page a descriptive <nop>WikiWord name, then click *Create*: <br>
     <input type="text" name="enteredtopic" id="enteredtopic" value="NewProductPage" size="26" />
     <input type="hidden" name="topic" value=""  />
     <input type="hidden" name="topicparent" value="WebHome" />
     <input type="hidden" name="onlywikiname" value="on" />
     <input type="hidden" name="onlynewtopic" value="on" />
     <input type="submit" class="twikiSubmit" onClick="MakeTopicName()" value="Create" />
</form>

-- KathyDeLaCruz - 05 Mar 2009

Thank you very much, I'll try it out!

-- KarlSchafer - 05 Mar 2009

I've tried this, and I keep getting warnings that "WebHome" already exists. I'm not sure what part of this is setting the topic name to WebHome; The layout of this seems logical enough.

-- KarlSchafer - 05 Mar 2009

Hmmm ... this works on mine ... but when you're on the page where it says Webhome already exists, can you look in the url and see if you see any variables are being populated? (for example, if you've got something like ?topic=xxxxx or if they are blank?

Also, you can try using the OnSubmit event instead of OnClick, and then add the line

return true;

to the end of the function MakeTopicName

-- KathyDeLaCruz - 05 Mar 2009

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