category::ad_form::get_categories (public)

 category::ad_form::get_categories \
    -container_object_id container_object_id \
    [ -element_name element_name ]

Defined in packages/categories/tcl/category-form-procs.tcl

Collects categories from the category widget in the format compatible with category::add_ad_form_elements. To be used in the -on_submit clause of ad_form.

Switches:

-container_object_id (required)

-element_name (optional, defaults to "category_id")

Author:

Branimir Dolicki <bdolicki@branimir.com>

Partial Call Graph (max 5 caller/called nodes):

Testcases:

No testcase defined.

Source code:

    set category_trees [category_tree::get_mapped_trees $container_object_id]
    set category_ids [list]
    foreach tree $category_trees {
    lassign $tree tree_id name subtree_id assign_single_p require_category_p widget
        upvar #[template::adp_level]  __category__ad_form__$element_name\_${tree_id} my_category_ids
        if {[info exists my_category_ids]} {
            lappend category_ids {*}$my_category_ids
        } else {
            ns_log Warning "category::ad_form::get_categories: __category__ad_form__$element_name\_${tree_id} for tree $tree_id not found"
        }
    }
    return $category_ids

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