HTMLTextarea in a custom activity space - _htFormData problem

Question

I can create a form in a custom activity space and read the HTMLInput form types after the form post in the XPHashtable available in both the Model's SavePage() method and the RepostControl's PerformAction() method - they're all in the htFormData hashtable just fine.  But when I try to use an HTMLTextarea - the textarea never shows up.  I know other input types require a certain naming convention to be followed or they blow up the form post (e.g. textbox names must start w/ 'intx_' and buttons must be 'in_bu_'). I looked at code the in the plumtree_ui_source portalpages project and found a textarea there called 'in_ta_yadayada' - so I named mine 'in_ta_yadayada' - but that didn't fix it.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Greetings,
When I use an IControl and post form data to it that includes an HTMLTextArea, I am able to grab the textarea's entered value from CheckActionSecurityAndExecute's arguments. The name of my HTMLTextArea is "in_tx_test":
public Redirect CheckActionSecurityAndExecute(XPHashtable arguments)
String[] sValues = (String[]) arguments.GetElement("in_tx_test");
sValues[0] will then contain whatever was entered into the textarea. Could you perhaps try implementing your solution this way?
Regards,
Andrew Bays | bdg | [email protected] | http://www.thebdgway.com