A little bit off topic to the HTML::FillInForm discussion (or maybe not).
But does anyone know of a module like HTML::FiF that would allow me to
fill in other things such as:
<span id='error_firstname'></span>
So that if I had a static HTML file with a form on it, I could place the
error message place holder right where I wanted them at the time that I
write the HTML and only activate them on submit by re-reading the .html
file and then using HTML::FiF to fill in the form AND the appropriate
Fill-In other module to fill in the empty <spans> with the error
messages and then return the entire output to the user.
I'm about on the edge of rolling my own in a fashion similar to
HTML::FillInForm, but thought I would check first. (Otherwise, I might
roll out HTML::FillInAnything)
I do understand that:
a) The concept for this module would be moot if I was generating the
form dynamically from a template that could include [% error_firstname
%] tags. Which I'm not. But in respect, what I'm looking for is also
cleaner than the syntax of <input type='text' name='firstname' value='[%
firstname %]'>, which is what we'd be left with if we didn't have
HTML::FiF in the first place.
b) I could probably do something like
<span><!--error_firstname--></span> and have the entire file re-parsed
by TT using HTML comment tags as my start / end tags, but I think the
fill in approach would still be cleaner.
---
Steve Comrie
Michael Peters wrote:
Mark Stosberg wrote:
and I notice no updates to any of his modules in more than 9 months:
http://search.cpan.org/~tjmather/?R=D
Any feedback on this situation is welcome.
I first still try the normal process of filling a wish/bug report via
the bug tracker. He was responsive when I submitted the patch that
became HTML::FillInForm 2.0.
I second this. If nothing else it's helpful to future users who have
the same issue/desire as you so they can at least patch their local
versions if necessary. And it also helps anyone in the future who
might take over maintenance of the module.
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