[Templates] Template Toolkit formbuilder and catalyst (maybe off topic )

[Peter Sørensen]

FYI

I got a HINT saying : "Change the formbuilder stash_name". This is default set
to form ( identical to the obj_name.)
When I changed this to 'fb' insteadof 'form' I could acces the field the HASH way like:



[% field = fb.field %]

<td>[% field.somename.field %]</td><td>[% field.somename.field %]</td>

so I got a few steps along the way but still quit difficult to find
out what to use and where to use it.

regards

Peter				
		
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Fra: mike [mailto:pulsation at gmail.com] 
Sendt: 8. februar 2008 08:40
Til: Peter Sørensen
Emne: Re: [Templates] Template Toolkit formbuilder and catalyst (maybe off topic )

On Jan 24, 2008 8:21 AM, Peter Sørensen <maspsr at sdu.dk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This might be off topic but I try.
>
> I am using TT along with formbuilder and catalyst.
> According to the docs it is possible to make formbuilder return an 
> array of either hashes or arrays,  containing all info connected with 
> a FORMS fields.

i'd recommend that you contact juan camacho directly:

    http://search.cpan.org/~jcamacho/Catalyst-Controller-FormBuilder-0.04/

i'm sorry i can't be of more help.  the lack of response may be a bit indicative that not many people use CGI::FormBuilder with template toolkit.  i know i am one of them.

if you want to customize your own layout, why not write the markup yourself and use Catalyst::Plugin::FormValidator:

    http://search.cpan.org/~mramberg/Catalyst-Plugin-FormValidator-0.02/

when the template is sent back to the client, i simply fill in the fields by using:

    value="[% c.req.param('some_field') %]"

this seems to work well enough for me.

> whatever I do I get an array of hashes. I can print OK from this but I 
> want to customize to my own layout and not what the formbuilder give 
> me as standard.

you should know that any dot-operator functions that template toolkit performs are done in a LIST context.  this aspect of template toolkit must be understood.  it's not a bug, it's a feature.  but it's a feature that can have you pulling your hair out at times.

-mike