Bowie Bailey <[email protected]> wrote on 05/17/2011 12:05:15 PM:
> > Lastly, for various fields throughout the CGI, I would like to
> make them drop down menu's with pre-populated options. For instance,
> BackupsDisable, i would like the menu to show the "Disabled, Manual
> Only and Never Backup" but to carry the corresponding values (0, 1 ,
> 2) Any guidance would be very much appreciated as i am new to perl
> and BackupPC. Thanks.
>
> This should be simply a matter of changing the type of html field being
> used to collect the data. Theoretically, all you would have to do is
> find the spot in the code where it generates the config screen and
> change it there. Of course, I'm not familiar with the code, so it is
> possible there is something else involved.
That would be a very nice addition. And it's true that 'all you'd have to
do' is change the HTML used for those fields from a text box to a
drop-down box with the proper cosmetic and functional labels.
HOWEVER, you have also just created a rather larger maintenance burden.
You will now have to change the handling of this in multiple places
throughout the code: in the actual code and in the CGI code.
So, a straightforward "hack the CGI code to show the right labels" is just
that: a straightforward hack. Better might be to restructure the code
such that the labels are stored in the configuration file (or some other
common location) and the CGI pulls them from there.
Given that Craig is working on a significant rewrite for BackupPC 4.0,
this may be something that would be best worked on there, while major
things are changing anyway. Also, the new system will use (require?) a
database, so there's an even more logical place to stick the information.
Craig, is this something you have any thoughts on?
For the record, I'm with the original poster: it'd be *very* nice to
have. I have to click on the documentation link every time I wan to use
BackupsDisable myself! :) But I also understand the maintenance side,
too...
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