One other thing that I'm thinking about is for each dynamic form that is created I create a "type" object and invoke the scaffolding stuff in COAPI. My worry with this is the number of tables that would be created. Then if everything is a true farcry "type" I would be able to leverage the CMS which would be a positive thing in my opinion. Have you encountered anything that would indicate this is a terrible idea?
FYI, there will be a limit to the number of forms. It might be upwards of 300 but there will be a limit. Thanks! On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Blair McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: > It may be easier to create something of your own. Formtools do depend on > FarCry configuration in some places (e.g. the rich text editor), so they > can't really be used without a FarCry app running. I'm not sure it's worth > having FarCry occupying server resources just for formtools. > > Blair > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Jake Churchill <[email protected]>wrote: > >> OK, thanks. One more question. This is the only thing this current >> project needs farcry for. Do you think it is worth my time to use farcry >> for it or should I consider building a simpler version of formtools on my >> own? >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Blair McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The basic input HTML and form validation can be done with edit() and >>> validate() on the formtool component. The surrounding HTML will need to be >>> added manually. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Jake Churchill <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> 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]<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]<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. 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