On 01/08/2003 11:08:47 PM Ian Bicking wrote: >On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 22:00, Edmund Lian wrote: >> >I never really have supported or wanted mutable forms -- people just >> >happened to find them on their own since I left the code in. There >> >would be no mutable forms. I don't believe there is any need for them. >> >> Yes there is!!! I'm using them right now in an application I'm building. I >> need to build a form based on user inputs and lookups in a database. There >> is absolutely no way to know what fields will be on the form ahead of time >> because they depend on user input. > >Tell me more, because I don't want to make what you need to do >impossible. Note that select boxes can be dynamic without the form >being dynamic.
The system is a request tracking/workflow system. Users need to be able to request things like office space, storage space, etc. Each request can consist of zero or more specific kinds of things, each of which has specific attributes. Based on the kind of request a user submits, and also what kinds of things the user wants, the system populates a form with fields to capture the attributes of each thing. Attributes could be text, numbers, booleans, file uploads, etc. Simple checkboxes won't do. The kinds of attributes associated with each thing, and the kinds of things associated with each request are looked up, and the form is built dynamically. Mutable forms are an absolute must since there are literally billions of forms possible, and I won't live long enough to write each one statically! ...Edmund. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Webware-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-devel
