Dynamic repeat tag not working

[Charles Thompson]

While looking for how to add multiple findings to a problem list in an HTML form I came across this description of tag, <dynamicRepeat>, that provides the desired functionality:

https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Dynamic+Autocomplete+Widget+And+DynamicRepeat+Tag

In the article, there is even a link to a video demonstrating the tag in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tya7bHIU_l0

When I follow the steps in the video, using my installation of Standalone 1.9.2, I see no "Add" button to the right of the text input labeled "ANTIRETROVIRAL DOSE QUANTIFICATION:" as seen in the same video here:

http://youtu.be/Tya7bHIU_l0?t=2m44s

Even after upgrading to version 2.0.6 of the HTML Form Entry module, I do not see the add button. How can I implement this tag?

[Darius Jazayeri]

Hi Charles,

The official documentation of supported tags in HTML Form Entry is here: https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/HTML+Form+Entry+Module+HTML+Reference and Mark does a good job of making sure we keep this up to date, including the version numbers where features were added.

Dynamic Repeat was a Google Summer of Code project that didn't quite get the code to a state where we were ready to merge it into the core codebase, so that feature is not yet available in the module. You can get the latest updates on its status by following this ticket: https://tickets.openmrs.org/browse/HTML-50

The best workaround I'm aware of is to put multiple <obs> tags in a row. E.g. put 5 of them, assuming that nobody will ever want to add more than 5 problems to the list at a time.

-Darius

--
OpenMRS Implementers: http://go.openmrs.org/implementers
Post: implem...@openmrs.org
Unsubscribe: implementers...@openmrs.org
Manage your OpenMRS subscriptions at https://id.openmrs.org/