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:

<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>

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