View source for Adding an Auto-Completer to a non-workflow page

==Adding an Auto-Completer to a non-workflow page==

In a workflow, adding an auto-completer is relatively sinple:

   <field ref="publication"
          input_lookup_url="{$config{perl_url}}/get_journals"/>

.... and the EPrints application takes care of all the "stuff" on the main page.

The return format is fairly simple too:
An unordered list of records to display, with each "fill-in" item part of a sub-list:

<code>

   <ul class="journals">
    <li class="">University of Leeds<br />
      [University of Leeds] http://iss.leeds.ac.uk/ 
     <ul>
      <li id="for:value:component:_oid">17259</li>
      <li id="for:value:component:_ocname">University of Leeds</li>
      <li id="for:value:component:_oname">University of Leeds</li>
      <li id="for:value:component:_ourl">http://iss.leeds.ac.uk/</li>
      <li id="for:value:component:_oacronym"></li>
      <li id="for:value:component:_onamepreferred"></li>
      <li id="for:value:component:_oaltname">University of Leeds</li>
      <li id="for:value:component:_oalturl"></li>
     </ul>
    </li>
    <li class="">
      .....
    </li>
   </ul>

</code>

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