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A through-the-web form generator for Plone

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Creating Events with Plone Form Gen

I am trying to create an Event content type using Plone Form Gen. I have been using this tutorial in order to do this. When creating an Event content type using the Add New... menu, you are given two fields to fill in that are start and end dates…
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Is there any way to attach the current data (as a .csv file) in PloneFormGen to a mailer?

We use PloneFormGen 1.7.12 using Plone 4.3.3. I have a request to include the current data in the email that the form is sending. We normally give editors access to the data to download, but the people he wants to send these to are not editors and…
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setText() fails on Plone object

I fear I may be overlooking something very obvious, but I'd be grateful for any suggestions. I have a plain text file called 'settings' in a Ploneformgen form folder in Plone. The code below successfully alters the text in this file when I put it in…
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new PloneFormGen Form Folder has Plain Text Format for Prologue and Epilogue

When I create a new PFG Form Folder, the Prologue and Epilogue textareas come up with a default Text Format = Plain Text. Is this intended? If the user's default text editor is TinyMCE (both in /personalize_form and in portal_memberdata…
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Extending PloneFormGen

Are there any example add-ons where to look at when one would like to 1) Create custom action adapters for PloneFormGen 2) Add new field types to PloneFormGen
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How to create a PloneFormGen validator for file types?

I'm creating a Plone form, using PloneFormGen, and I need a PDF file upload field. How can I write a validator that will test if the uploaded file is a PDF file, or if at least has a .pdf extension?
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Can the Likert option in PloneFormGen be set to display the questions with the answers when submitted as an email and stored in the data adapter

We are using PloneFormGen in Plone 4.3.2 When a Likert field is submitted, it only submits the question number with the answer. It does not submit the question. Here's an example: If the columns are: Strongly disagree Disagree Neither agree…
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Include "Change Note" when creating content from InvokeFactory

I am creating a content item from a PloneFormGen Form Custom Script Adapter using invokeFactory. Everything is working fine so far, however we want to start generating a comment to be included in the create action, for the history of the item. The…
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How can I generate a registration number in PloneFormGen, using a TALES Expression?

I am trying to set up a registration form for a conference using PloneFormGen, and I would like to use a TALES Expression to count the number of existing records, add "1", then display this on the "Thank You" page as the registrant's registration…
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CalendarWidget broken on Plone 4.2.4 + PloneFormGen

I am migrating a site from 4.0.9 to 4.2.4. I have PloneFormGen form that has a date field and it breaks when rendering that field in a view. In this case, on the CalendarWidget associated with it. The offending code has been added here…
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PloneFormGen Header Injection Example

PloneFormGen allows to inject custom data into the web page header with so-called Header Injection. the description is: This override field allows you to insert content into the xhtml head. The typical use is to add custom CSS or JavaScript.…
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PloneFormGen and fail-safe email send

I'd like to have a PloneFormGen form which both Writes the entry to database for CSV export Sends out email Is it so that if email send fails the transaction is rolled back and also no entry is written? How one can configure PloneFormGen or email…
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display Plone FormGen in popup

I have created a form using PloneFormGen tool. Now I would like to display this form in a popup in a manner similar to the login form is displayed on click of a button. I've looked into the jquery tools module that give me the option to load a…
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plone.app.jquerytools Bad version error while installing PloneFormGen

I am trying to install zettwerk.ui theme , i have added zettwerk.ui to eggs = then ran buildout and restarted plone but i didn't find the theme on the Addon page. here is buildout output Uninstalling backup. -- Uninstalling zopeskel. -- Installing…
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What exactly triggers the "Form authenticator is invalid" exception on PFG-forms?

Every once in a while the submit of a PloneFormGen-form (it happens on different forms, so nothing form specific) raises the "Form authenticator is invalid" exception. I know this is the Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection going off, but…
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