Index: openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/xowiki-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/xowiki-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.379 -r1.380
--- openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/xowiki-procs.tcl	26 Nov 2009 11:16:44 -0000	1.379
+++ openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/xowiki-procs.tcl	27 Nov 2009 16:15:43 -0000	1.380
@@ -2178,6 +2178,7 @@
     if {$trylocal && [my isform]} {
       return [my property form_constraints]
     } else {
+      #my msg "get_form_constraints returns '[my get_from_template form_constraints]'"
       return [my get_from_template form_constraints]
     }
   }
@@ -2196,12 +2197,15 @@
     #my msg "parent of self [my name] is [$form_obj name] type [$form_obj info class]"
     #
     # If it is as well a PageInstance, we find the information in the
-    # properties of this page.
+    # properties of this page. Note, that we cannot distinguish here between 
+    # intrinsic (starting with _) and extension variables, since get_from
+    # template does not know about the logic with "_" (just "property" does). 
     #
     if {[$form_obj istype ::xowiki::PageInstance]} {
-      #my msg "returning parent property [$form_obj property $var]"
+      #my msg "returning property $var from parent formpage => '[$form_obj property $var]'"
       return [$form_obj property $var]
     }
+
     #
     # .... otherwise, it should be an instance variable ....
     #
@@ -2723,6 +2727,8 @@
                      [::xo::db::CrClass set common_query_atts]]
 
     set template [lindex [my get_from_template text] 0]
+    #my msg template=$template
+
     #set field_names [list _name _title _description _creator _nls_language _page_order]
     set field_names [list]
     if {$form eq ""} {set form [my get_form]}