Can I use formtools to create the forms dynamically like in the idlForm plugin: idlForm PDF<http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=3&ved=0CBEQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.farcrycms.org%2Fdownload%2Fattachments%2F1430%2Ftutorial-form-builder-plugin.pdf&ei=R_qGS8THGcaPtgeckLC0DQ&usg=AFQjCNFjEsey79zXmBuIQ-2-ZcyNgnIBjg&sig2=osCnB4QnmByRVVbwJPaaRA>
Basically, I want to create forms dynamically and then use formtools to validate them. I realize that I'll have to do a lot of the work manually, but will formtools allow me to do that? Are there methods that would help me build the HTML and validate it? I'm not at a place where I can dig into the code right now so I'll do that, I'm just trying to get a little info before digging into the code to make sure I don't waste any time if formtools can't really help me like I want it to. Thanks! -Jake On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Blair McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately the ft:object tag won't help you here, as they're basically > there to help build on the COAPI types. > > But you can directly access the formtools at > application.formtools.xyz.oFactory.edit() and just build up the required > metadata structs manually. You will still need to add the HTML layout > structure yourself, e.g. the label's fieldset's. > > A couple of points: > - The formtool type and the validation types are added as classes to one of > those elements (I can't remember which one), which is the most complicated > that gets. > - Some formtools (like datetime) do server side processing in validate() - > mostly where there is more than one input that needs to be combined, but > also for stuff like file uploads. > > Hope that helps. > > Blair > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Jake Churchill > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I'm looking for an example of formtools other than the standard object >> scaffolding COAPI examples that are out there. >> >> I want to build an interface or type that allows users to create their own >> forms and store their own data. The simplest way I can explain it is they >> will create a new form, then they will create form fields that will get >> attached to the form. So, a contact form would be created and fields might >> be name, email, phone, comment. Since I don't know that up front I can't >> use the COAPI approach. It'd be nice if I could but I don't see any way to >> make that happen. The closest thing I can find is that idlForm plugin that >> was created back when Farcry 4 first came out but that doesn't do anything >> with saving data. >> >> Any help or pointers would be great. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Jake Churchill >> >> -- >> You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google >> group. >> To post, email: [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, email: >> [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> >> For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >> -------------------------------- >> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry > > > -- > You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google > group. > To post, email: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, email: > [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> > For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev > -------------------------------- > Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry -- You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google group. To post, email: [email protected] To unsubscribe, email: [email protected] For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev -------------------------------- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry
