Plugin migration to OJS3

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The problem is, whereas a simple

<form class="pkp_form" id="SomeId" method="post" action="" >
  <input class="button defaultButton" type="submit"   name="button_ed_process" value="Process" />
</form>

which was put on the page via the plugin, was sufficient
in ojs 2.4.8 to reliably test on the server side for a button press event via
PHP code like this

is_set($_POST['button_ed_press'])

now all attempts to populate an empty _POST array
were rendered fruitless—an empty string as action in the form above
simply does nothing. Entering anything else produces a error like

“Stage not specified”,

suggesting that not my plugin is responding to the press event.

Can anyone give me a hint on how to send and receive a button press event
in ojs 3?

Yours sincerely,
Lilit

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Hi @lilush,

I’d recommend specifying the action URL explicitly – now that we’re using AJAX subrequests heavily, it’s less clear where the request will go than it may have been in OJS 2.x.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

3

Hi @asmecher,

sorry for the delay, but still no luck—I fear You need to be more specific. I tried to my best to undestand & follow Your advice with this approach:

<form class="pkp_form"  id="latex_processing_button" method="post"
     action="{url plugins.generic.latexProcessing.LaTeXProcessing  op="test_function"}" >
      <input type="submit" id="process_latex_button" value="Process" />
</form>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {       
      $("#latex_processing_button").pkpHandler("$.pkp.controllers.form.AjaxFormHandler");
    }); 
</script>

The button is hooked into the Copyediting page. I’d like to call the method LaTeXProcessing.test_function(), but the server replies with a 301 and a workflow stage required. What is missing here?

Thanks for Your time and patience answering me.

Kind regards,
Lilit Hakobyan

4

Hi @lilush,

Have a look at the translator plugin for an example, such as:

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

5

Thank you very much for your Answer.

Kind regards,
Lilit Hakobyan