Just use
SQLFORM.factory<http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07#SQLFORM.factory>in
the controller to define the form fields, and then build the form
manually in the view (possibly using some of the
form.custom<http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07#Custom-forms>items).
Anthony
On Saturday, October 6, 2012 2:07:49 PM UTC-4, Austin Cormier wrote:
>
> So I have the following customer form defined in my view for prototyping:
>
> form = FORM(FIELDSET(DIV(LABEL('Email Address',
> _class="control-label"),
> DIV(INPUT(_class="input-large", _id="email",
> _name='email',
> requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
> _class="controls"),
> _class="control-group"),
> DIV(DIV(BUTTON("Add Email", _type='submit',
> _class="btn"),
> _class="controls"),
> _class="control-group"),
>
>
> _class="gebo"),
> _class="form-horizontal")
>
> The issue is that I need to define the form in the controller so that I
> can run through the form accept (don't want to do that in the views). Even
> though I'm doing this in the controller, I would like the view to be
> responsible for styling the form. Are there any useful techniques anyone
> knows of so that I can do this in a reusable and maintainable way across my
> application?
>
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