Index: openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/form-field-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/form-field-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.139 -r1.140
--- openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/form-field-procs.tcl	27 Mar 2009 13:02:28 -0000	1.139
+++ openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/form-field-procs.tcl	29 Mar 2009 14:19:19 -0000	1.140
@@ -383,10 +383,22 @@
   }
 
   FormField instproc render_input {} {
+    #
     # This is the most general widget content renderer. 
     # If no special renderer is defined, we fall back to this one, 
     # which is in most cases  a simple input fied of type string.
+    #
     ::html::input [my get_attributes type size maxlength id name value disabled {CSSclass class}] {}
+    #
+    # Disabled fieds are not returned by the browsers. For some
+    # fields, we require to be sent. therefore we include in these
+    # cases the value in an additional hidden field. Maybe we should
+    # change in the future the "name" of the disabled entry to keep
+    # some hypothetical html-checker quiet.
+    #
+    if {[my exists disabled] && [my exists transmit_field_always]} {
+      ::html::input [list type hidden name [my name] value [my set value]] {}
+    }
     my set __rendered 1
   } 
 
Index: openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/xowiki-www-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/xowiki-www-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.223 -r1.224
--- openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/xowiki-www-procs.tcl	27 Mar 2009 13:02:28 -0000	1.223
+++ openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/xowiki-www-procs.tcl	29 Mar 2009 14:19:19 -0000	1.224
@@ -1187,14 +1187,14 @@
           $f help_text ""
         }
       }
-      if {[$f name] eq "_name" || [$f name] eq "_nls_language"} {
+      if {[$f exists transmit_field_always] 
+          && [lsearch [$f info mixin] ::xowiki::formfield::omit] > -1} {
         # Never omit these fields, this would cause problems with
-        # autonames and empty languages. Set these fields to hidden.
-        if {[lsearch [$f info mixin] ::xowiki::formfield::omit] > -1} {
-          $f remove_omit
-          $f class ::xowiki::formfield::hidden
-          $f initialize
-        }
+        # autonames and empty languages. Set these fields to hidden
+        # instead.
+        $f remove_omit
+        $f class ::xowiki::formfield::hidden
+        $f initialize
         #my msg "$f [$f name] [$f info class] [$f info mixin]"
       }
     }
@@ -1375,6 +1375,9 @@
       }
     }
 
+    $ff(_name) set transmit_field_always 1
+    $ff(_nls_language) set transmit_field_always 1
+
     # some final sanity checks
     my form_fields_sanity_check $form_fields
     my post_process_form_fields $form_fields