Creating auto updating templates

Hello,

Is there any way to create a template that updates all existing pages that use that template?

For Ex.

I have a template called 123

And I have 1000 pages that use template 123

Is there any way to update all pages that use template 123 at once?

-- AmirMemarian - 08 May 2019

That's what view templates are for: they define the look of all topics that have it applied to.

Say you created a view template called MySpecialViewTemplate and there are topics that have the preference setting

   * Set VIEW_TEMPLATE = MySpecialViewTemplate

then the settings in this view template will be applied automatically. All changes to MySpecialViewTemplate will be displayed on all topics using that view immediately.

A typical view template starts like this

%TMPL:INCLUDE{"view"}%

%TMPL:DEF{"beforetext"}%%TMPL:PREV%

hello world
%TMPL:END%

Replace "hello world" with whatever you'd like to display at the top. Test the the view template like this

http://my-wiki.../foswiki/bin/view/SomeWeb/SomeTopic?template=MySpecialViewTemplate

See more at SkinTemplates.

-- MichaelDaum - 08 May 2019

Thanks Michael,

We have a form with information. As below

Name	Type	Size	Values	Description	Attributes	Default
1	text	60
2	select	1	Asked,More info required,Answered	Mandatory status	M	Asked
3	select	1	Version in SVN,Foswiki 1.1.4,Foswiki 1.1.3,Foswiki 1.1.2,Foswiki 1.1.1
4	text	15	07:00-20:00
5	text	200	test		M
6	text	100
7	text	60	test@test		M	test@test
8	text	60
9	text	60
10	text	60
11	text	60
12	text	60
13	text	60
14	text	60
15	text	60

The problem is that I want to get the value for field 4 (07:00 - 20:00) but it does not work..... What I use in order to get the value is Time: FORMFIELD{"4"} (removed %) but it's showing me the old value.

So for example when I created the form for the first time the value for field 4 was "07:00 - 18:00" then I've changed the value to 07:00 - 20:00 but the value I get is still "07:00 - 18:00" when I use Time: FORMFIELD{"4"} (removed %)

*Sorry for my English, hope you understand what I mean*

Is there any way the get the last value every time someone updates the form?

-- AmirMemarian - 09 May 2019

VarFORMFIELD should always fetch the latest value. There is a rev parameter to get a previous one. Not sure what's wrong in your setup. Maybe it is the odd formfield names?

-- MichaelDaum - 09 May 2019