* Ivan Sagalaev ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Matthias Kestenholz wrote:
> > * How can I create a new FormField? Where can I specify which
> > FormField to use for a DB field?
>
> Inherit your class from django.forms.FormField and at the very least
> override render() method. Other methods that you might want to override
> depending on your field are do_html2python, get_validation_errors,
> convert_post_data. Their tasks are documented their docstrings in
> django.forms.
>
> To assign a FormField class to a DB field class you implement
> get_manipulator_field_objs method of the DB class. It returns a list of
> FormField classes (list is here because such fields as DateTimeField are
> represented with two form controls).
>
> For an example I can suggest you to look in my own TagsField app where
> I've created a descendant of a ManyToManyField:
> http://softwaremaniacs.org/media/soft/tags/tags.zip , look into fields.py
>
> BTW, this is already some advanced use of Django. Why do you need to
> make your own form fields? May be the problem can be solved easier...
Thanks, this helped me very much! I currently do not need to create
my own form fields, but I needed to know if it is simple enough just
in case. Im more interested in building custom web applications, not
"simple" websites, that's why I asked.
Matthias
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