Support for other form elements

[ivanlanin]

From CodePlex. Currently we only have CheckBox.

[ozilion]

I checked http:https://www.schemacentral.com/sc/ooxml/s-wml.xsd.html and http:https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/documentformat.openxml.wordprocessing.formfielddata(v=office.14).aspx but couldn't find other form element except checkbox, textbox and drop-down list. There are some aother fields but they need to be used visual basic 6 coding within developer menu.

[ivanlanin]

Apparently you're right. Is it worth to develop them (textbox and dropdown element)?

[ozilion]

TextBox is also exist, we only need to check for dropdown and i guess it'll be done in a few hours :)

[ivanlanin]

The TextBox that we have is not a form element :) It's this one:

http:https://www.phpdocx.com/img/sampleScripts/WordContent/example_addTextBox_1.png

[ivanlanin]

Feature added. See Sample_33_FormField.php. Travis passed. Issue closed.

[pallikiran]

Hi ivanlanin,
In Sample_33_FormField.php file using following code for dropdowns:
$textrun->addFormField('dropdown')->setEntries(array('Choice 1', 'Choice 2', 'Choice 3'));
How to set the values for those dropdown entries like HTML DROPDOWN ?

Thanks,
Kiran

[ivanlanin]

Use setValue(n) with n is the index of the selected value (zero based).

$textrun->addFormField('dropdown')
    ->setEntries(array('Choice 1', 'Choice 2', 'Choice 3'))
    ->setValue(1); // select Choice 2

[pallikiran]

Thanks for your reply.
setValue(n) is for selecting the option.
But I want to set values for ->setEntries(array('Choice 1', 'Choice 2', 'Choice 3'))
Ex: 'Choice 1'=>10, 'Choice 2'=>20, 'Choice 3'=>30
suppose used setValue(1);
Then while parsing the dropdown, i want to get 20.

Is it possible?

Thakns,
Kiran

[Progi1984]

@ivanlanin Could you add them in recipes ?

[pallikiran]

What i mean is :
I want to store dropdown entry values into DB instead of dropdown entries what is visible in dropdown.
->setEntries(array('Choice 1', 'Choice 2', 'Choice 3'))
by the above code 'Choice 1', 'Choice 2' and 'Choice 3' are exist in XML code.
Ex:
if i user ->setEntries(array(10=>'Choice 1', 20=>'Choice 2', 30=> 'Choice 3'))
how to store the 10, 20 and 30 in XML to retrive the selected option.
Suppose 'choice 2' is selected then 20 able to get for storing

[ivanlanin]

@pallikiran The OOXML schema for w:listEntry element only allows w:val attibute. I'll see if they can accept other attribute.

@Progi1984 This info should be in the main documentation when we remove the "To be completed" statement 😄

[Progi1984]

Affirmative :)

[pallikiran]

@ivanlanin... Is it possible to use w:listItem instead of w:listEntry for dropdown?

[pallikiran]

is it possible to use "w:attr" in PHPWord?

[ivanlanin]

You can change line 156-158 of Writer/Word2007/Element/FormField.php into:

foreach ($entries as $key => $val) {
    $xmlWriter->writeElementBlock('w:listEntry', array('w:val' => $val, 'w:key' => $key));
}

But I don't think we will integrate this "hack" into the main PHPWord code because it's not a standard OOXML attribute.

[Progi1984]

Why not create a writeComboBox method with w:listItem which supports w:value & w:displayText for each item ?

[ivanlanin]

Good idea. This will open up the possibility to implement other SDT elements. @pallikiran Can you open a new issue for this? The original issue has been closed. Thanks.

[Progi1984]

SDT ?

[ivanlanin]

Structured document tag. w:listItem is part of SDT.

I've read about SDT but haven't found it useful until now. Perhaps it's time to support it.

[pallikiran]

Hi ivanlanin,

1. Is it possible to set width for form textbox?
2. Is it possible to add textboxes, CheckBox and Dropdowns to table cell for proper alignment?
   Ex: I want to add Dropdowns like 3X3 marix. i.e each cell having one dropdown box. for proper alignment.
   Please reply me asap..

Thanks,
Kiran

[ivanlanin]

Hi @pallikiran,

1. No. Currently we can't set textbox width.
2. Yes. You can add FormField to table cell. Below is the example:

$row1 = $section->addTable()->addRow();
$row1->addCell()->addFormField('textinput')->setValue('1');
$row1->addCell()->addFormField('dropdown')->setEntries(array('Banana', 'Apple'));
$row1->addCell()->addFormField('checkbox');

$row2 = $section->addTable()->addRow();
$row2->addCell()->addFormField('textinput')->setValue('2');
$row2->addCell()->addFormField('dropdown')->setEntries(array('Linux', 'Windows', 'Mac'));
$row2->addCell()->addFormField('checkbox');

$row3 = $section->addTable()->addRow();
$row3->addCell()->addFormField('textinput')->setValue('3');
$row3->addCell()->addFormField('dropdown')->setEntries(array('PHPWord', 'PHPExcel'));
$row3->addCell()->addFormField('checkbox');

[ivanlanin]

And please open a new issue :)