Urgent: pre-populate a form

Question

Hi,
I have a nice form but it is empty in the beginning - I want to load
some data depending on the logged in user into the form.
I saw in the example demo where this was done in 2 staep with a frame driver.
But I want to have some user information displayed on the site where every user can
change this address and telefonnumbers.
I get the user with "PORTAL.wwwctx_api.get_user" but I don't know how
to get the form loaded for this user.
How can I do this?
Please help.
Thanks
Michael

Answer 1

Michael:
No, I had pre-filled a form I made myself all within a PL/SQL procedure, so it was pretty straight forward for me. I am not yet familiar with the other method being presented, but I'm new at using PL/SQL & Portal.
Below, find the procedure code I used...this form gets fields pre-filled with a particular survey's info when the user pulls it up based on the incoming parm. I'm now trying to use Portal's form builder vs. creating my own from scratch, but I haven't yet had to pre-fill a form built this way yet...
-- Procedure 24 body
Procedure MODIFY_SURVEY_INFO_FORM (p_Survey_ID IN NUMBER) IS
-- Purpose: Form for modifying a survey.
-- Author : Ed Maurer, My Company IT, Tampa
-- Date : 14 May 2002
-- MODIFICATION HISTORY
-- Person Date Comments
v_Survey_Title VARCHAR2(60);
v_Survey_Desc VARCHAR2(100);
v_Start_Dt VARCHAR(12);
v_End_Dt VARCHAR(12);
err_num NUMBER;
err_msg VARCHAR2(100);
BEGIN
SELECT Survey_Title, Survey_Desc, TO_CHAR(Start_Date, 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_CHAR(End_Date, 'mm/dd/yyyy')
INTO v_Survey_Title, v_Survey_Desc, v_Start_Dt, v_End_Dt
FROM Portal30_Custom.Survey_Info
WHERE Survey_ID = p_Survey_ID;
htp.print('
<div align="LEFT">
<font size=2 face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1>Modifying a survey is simple!
<ul>
<li>First, fill in the fields in the below form then click the "Submit" button.
<li><font size=2>Upon clicking the SUBMIT button, you will have the opportunity to modify the questions for this survey.
<li>If no modifications are necessary for the survey info, click on the MODIFY SURVEY QUESTIONS button below to directly modify the survey questions. </font></div>
</ul>
<FORM NAME="ModifySurveyInfo" ACTION="/pls/portal30/PORTAL30_CUSTOM.POLL_CENTER.MODIFY_SURVEY_INFO" METHOD="POST">
<table border=0 cellspacing=1 bgcolor=#CCCCCC>
<tr>
<td background="/portal_images/form_blue.gif" colspan=2 align=center><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-1 color=#ffffff><B>Modify Survey Info</B></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="/portal_images/form_blue.gif"><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-2 color=#ffffff><strong>Survey Title</strong></td>
<td background="/portal_images/form_blue.gif"><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-2 color=#ffffff><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="p_Survey_Title" Value="'||v_Survey_Title||'" SIZE="60" MAXLENGTH="60"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="/portal_images/form_blue.gif"><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-2 color=#ffffff><strong>Survey Description</strong></td>
<td background="/portal_images/form_blue.gif"><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-2 color=#ffffff><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="p_Survey_Desc" Value="'||v_Survey_Desc||'" SIZE="70" MAXLENGTH="100"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="/portal_images/form_blue.gif"><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-2 color=#ffffff><strong>Survey Start Date</strong><br>Date the survey starts on in format mm/dd/yyyy </td>
<td background="/portal_images/form_blue.gif"><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-2 color=#ffffff><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="p_Start_Dt" Value="'||v_Start_Dt||'" SIZE="10" MAXLENGTH="10"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="/portal_images/form_blue.gif"><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-2 color=#ffffff><strong>Survey End Date</strong><br>Date the survey ends on in format mm/dd/yyyy</td>
<td background="/portal_images/form_blue.gif"><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-2 color=#ffffff><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="p_End_Dt" Value="'||v_End_Dt||'" SIZE="10" MAXLENGTH="10"> </td>
</tr>
<input name="p_Survey_ID" type=hidden value="'||p_Survey_ID||'">
<TR>
<td align=center background="/portal_images/form_blue.gif" colspan=2><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Submit"> <INPUT TYPE="RESET" VALUE="Reset"></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</FORM>');
htp.print('
<FORM NAME="ModifySurveyQuests" ACTION="/pls/portal30/PORTAL30_CUSTOM.POLL_CENTER.MODIFY_SURVEY_QUESTS_SEL_FORM" METHOD="POST">
<input name="p_Survey_ID" type=hidden value="'||p_Survey_ID||'">
<input name="p_Survey_Title" type=hidden value="'||v_Survey_Title||'">
<input TYPE="SUBMIT" value="Modify Survey Questions">
</FORM>');
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
err_num := SQLCODE;
err_msg := SUBSTR(SQLERRM, 1, 100);
htp.print(err_msg || ' Contact IT Dept (MODIFY_SURVEY_INFO_FORM proced)');
END; -- Procedure MODIFY_SURVEY_INFO_FORM