Duplicated Forms in Configure Type Code

(autjoe) #1

Hi,

We just found there are two "Form"s in Configure Type Code drop down field at Type Code Specific screen under cache manager. Are they both refer to the Form contents asset type beneath Custom Forms?

Thanks.

(Ashish Karelia) #2

Hi,

We just found there are two "Form"s in Configure Type Code drop down field at Type Code Specific screen under cache manager. Are they both refer to the Form contents asset type beneath Custom Forms?

Thanks.

 

Hi,

The first one there is the "Form Content" asset you see under the custom form. The other one (the way it is names doesn't help much) is the Generic Form Class from which the form based assets form sub-class.

 

But ideally it should be renamed to avoid ambiguity. Feel free to file a bug report.

 

Ash

(autjoe) #3

"The other one (the way it is names doesn't help much) is the Generic Form Class from which the form based assets form sub-class."

Not quite sure about this, guess it should be an asset type. any example would be really appreciated.

thanks.

(autjoe) #4

Also, it there any way to customize the email message, which was sent to the admin when a broken links reported has been generated.

Thanks.

(Ashish Karelia) #5

"The other one (the way it is names doesn't help much) is the Generic Form Class from which the form based assets form sub-class."

Not quite sure about this, guess it should be an asset type. any example would be really appreciated.

thanks.

 

See the attached screen shot:

[attachment=621:2_forms.png]

 

It will give you an idea on how the sub-class and super class are used in the Matrix architecture.

Also when you log into a Matrix backend there is a Asset tree that appears on the right pane. This screen shot above is taken from there.

 

It might be a bit difficult to comprehend this if you are not well versed with object oriented programming.

 

Ash

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(Ashish Karelia) #6

Also, it there any way to customize the email message, which was sent to the admin when a broken links reported has been generated.

Thanks.

 

This one is a simple answer. And unfortunately it is 'No'.

It is a system generated email.

 

Ash

(autjoe) #7

Thanks Ash,

 

What is the asset type of the form on top of your example? as normally the form is created in custom form asset type.

 

also where is the file to generate the system emails?

 

 

 

 

See the attached screen shot:

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It will give you an idea on how the sub-class and super class are used in the Matrix architecture.

Also when you log into a Matrix backend there is a Asset tree that appears on the right pane. This screen shot above is taken from there.

(Luke Wright) #8

What is the asset type of the form on top of your example? as normally the form is created in custom form asset type.post-2616-0-37744300-1369801837_thumb.pn

 

That doesn't relate to any asset in particular. That's a partial screenshot of our asset hierarchy tree, which you can get to by clicking the "Asset Tree" icon ( [attachment=622:Screen Shot 2013-05-29 at 17.01.24.png] ) in the top-right corner. (It also appears when you log into Matrix on a URL that isn't associated with an asset, but most production systems will naturally have a Site on the typical login URL.)

 

That tree just shows which asset types are subtypes of another, and the screenshot is to prove that we do indeed have two subtypes named "Form" - originally [I'm guessing] there was a plan to make several subtypes of form, but down the track everything's been folded into a single Custom Form (a.k.a. "form_email") so the base type has proved somewhat redundant. It's "form_email" that we use as the Form Contents sub-asset of a Custom Form Page.

 

I'd suggest "Abstract Form" as an alternative name for the base "form" asset type, in a similar from to "Abstract Calendar Event", to avoid the confusion... that way there's no effect on the asset type that is actually used, which would still be "Form". (Might be worth placing in our [url=http://bugs.matrix.squiz.net/]Matrix Bug Tracker[/url].)

 

Regards,

Luke.

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(autjoe) #9

Thanks.