> On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Robert Del Huerto wrote: > > > database. I'm stuck after that. The form only has one 'action' so how > > would I get it to handle the right function depending on the button that > > was pushed? I'm no HTML expert but I've looked around quite a bit for > > It can be done with some badly documented magic (see > http://www.zope.org/Members/Zen/howto/FormVariableTypes when zope.org > is working again :-P) > > Example: > > <form action='itdoesntmatter' method=post> > <input name=afield> > <input type=submit name="delete:method" value=" Delete "> > <input type=submit name="modify:method" value=" Modify "> > </form> Wow, live can be so easy ;-) But I wonder if I can pass additional parameters to the methods. No, <input type=hidden name=... value=...> does not fit my needs as the parameter to pass has always the same name but different values for each method. > > In this example, the action is never called. If the user clicks on > the delete button, the method 'delete' (generally in the same folder as this This is not necessary as I have found out. You can give full qualified paths to the methods eg. <input type=submit name="/myMethods/delete:method value =" Delete ">. > form) is called instead of the action. Similarly, click on Modify and the > method called 'modify' is called instead of the action. > > I'll try to remember to put this up as a tip on zope.org when its possible... > > -- > Stuart Bishop Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Senior Systems Alchemist Play: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Computer Science, RMIT University TIA, Andreas ********************************************************************** This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. Francotyp-Postalia AG & Co. _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
