Item9035: Plugin doesn't change field value

I have a topic with a form that has a field with a value like this:

I have a HTML form like this:

%MULTITOPICSAVESTARTFORM%

%IF{"$ multiedit = 'on'" then="[[%TOPIC%][Cancel editing and release locks]] , %MULTITOPICSAVESUBMIT{"Save all changes"}%" else="[[%TOPICURL%?multiedit=on][Edit and lock the topics]]"}%

|* Topic* | *Category* | *MCCategory* |
%SEARCH{
type="query"
search="name='SS2-ER0010'"
nosearch="on"
format="| [[$topic]] | $formfield(Category)  | %MULTITOPICSAVEINPUT{"Category" type="select" value="$value" options="XX" delay="1" editmode="%URLPARAM{"multiedit" default="off"}%" lockmode="on"}% | "
}%

%MULTITOPICSAVEENDFORM%

%MULTITOPICSAVEMESSAGE%

It produces something that looks like this (if I do the debugging code change shown below):

And when I click on "edit and lock" it looks like this:

And when I click on "save all changes: it looks like this:

But the form in the topic doesn't get changed! If I go and look at the topic the field has the same value as it had at the beginning.

-- BigBaaadBob - 18 May 2010

Doing some debugging: If I change this line:

my $returnvalue = defined $value ? $value->{'value'} : '';

in MultiTopicSavePlugin.pm to read

my $returnvalue = defined $value ? $value->{'value'} : 'absolutelybogusvalue';

I get "absolutelybogusvalue" instead of blank in the form. Why isn't the field being read???

I updated all the above to include this debugging.

-- BigBaaadBob - 18 May 2010

This is pilot error! I didn't specify the target web/topic. Nevermind. Sorry.

-- BigBaaadBob - 18 May 2010

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