[ic] [table-editor] requires {TOP_OF_FORM}
Dan Browning
interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Sun May 11 02:41:01 2003
At 12:04 AM 5/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Quoting Dan Browning (dbml@kavod.com):
> > Lately I've been saving myself hours and hours by using the wondrous
> [table-editor] in 4.9 CVS. But it seems that [table-editor] will not
> display anything if you omit the {TOP_OF_FORM} and {BOTTOM_OF_FORM}.
> >
> > Problem demonstration:
> >
> > <form>
> > [table-editor table=country]
> > {HIDDEN_FIELDS} <table> {:REST} </table>
> > [/table-editor]
> > ... lots of other stuff here ...
> > [button text="Next"]mv_nextpage=aboutus[/button]
> > </form>
> >
> > Work-around:
> >
> > <form>
> > [table-editor table=country]
> > [tmp a]{TOP_OF_FORM}[/tmp]
> > {HIDDEN_FIELDS} <table> {:REST} </table>
> > [tmp a]{BOTTOM_OF_FORM}[/tmp]
> > [/table-editor]
> > ... lots of other stuff here ...
> > [button text="Next"]mv_nextpage=aboutus[/button]
> > </form>
> >
> > Notice how we still get the effect of removing TOP_OF_FORM by using
> [tmp][/tmp].
> >
> > Is this the desired behavior? (In other words, am I the only one who
> wants to embed table-editor within their own <form>?)
>
>It was supposed to protect people against themselves, but I guess I
>shouldn't do that. 8-)
>
> $overall_template =~ /{TOP_OF_FORM}/
> or return $death->('TOP_OF_FORM');
> $overall_template =~ /{HIDDEN_FIELDS}/
> or return $death->('HIDDEN_FIELDS');
> $overall_template =~ /{BOTTOM_OF_FORM}/
> or return $death->('BOTTOM_OF_FORM');
Aha. I should have grepped the source for 'death' before I posted. :-)
>I will make this:
>
> $overall_template =~ /{TOP_OF_FORM}/
> or $opt->{i_really_mean_it}
> or return $death->('TOP_OF_FORM');
> $overall_template =~ /{HIDDEN_FIELDS}/
> or $opt->{i_really_mean_it}
> or return $death->('HIDDEN_FIELDS');
> $overall_template =~ /{BOTTOM_OF_FORM}/
> or $opt->{i_really_mean_it}
> or return $death->('BOTTOM_OF_FORM');
>
>I guess i-really-mean-it=1 is not very intuitive, but I am
>running out of option names for table editor.
How about "gee--i-am-not-too-sure-but-try-it-anyway=1" ;-)
>Perhaps
>
> [table-editor incomplete-form-ok=1 ...]
>
>I made it:
>
> unless($opt->{incomplete_form_ok}) {
> $overall_template =~ /{TOP_OF_FORM}/
> or return $death->('TOP_OF_FORM');
> $overall_template =~ /{HIDDEN_FIELDS}/
> or return $death->('HIDDEN_FIELDS');
> $overall_template =~ /{BOTTOM_OF_FORM}/
> or return $death->('BOTTOM_OF_FORM');
> }
>
>That is now in CVS.
Great. Thanks Mike!
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