Rick Thanks so much for the pointers and the darwin page. What an awesome community to have such friendly and forthcoming advice. I hope that I can contribute ahead.
Thanks again - Richard On Feb 25, 4:39 pm, Rick R <rick.richard...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Richard <richard.m.willi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I have pages that I've created with standard HTML forms and javascript > > validation. What is the fastest or best way to use them in my Lift > > app? Do I have to completely rewrite in Lift snippets using JsCmds in > > order to tie into the already named fields and form, or is there > > something I'm missing? > > You can retrieve values from legacy forms using the S.param function. > In order to ensure that the appropriate session data is transmitted, I > would convert the key bits of your legacy HTML into templates. > > IMO, you might be better off just converting the rest of the way to > Lift and use the bind function to tie your form values to lift > variables, you also gain security from replay and xss attacks, because > the field names are randomized. > > You can still use your custom validators, you will just have to > specify that the jsCmds call your validators. > (It is easy to call legacy functions by name via lift js, it's just > rather difficult to do the opposite, because the lift generated > function names are random strings) > > Seehttp://wiki.liftweb.net/index.php/Hello_Darwin#add_formfor a > brief comparison between the two options. > > Hope that helps. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to lift...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en.
