[ic] table_editor ui_te_check not showing label

[Bill Carr]

On Oct 4, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Mike Heins wrote:

> Quoting Bill Carr (bill at bottlenose-wine.com):
>> Hello ICers,
>> When I set CGI->ui_te_check:field and ui_te_label:field the label is
>> not showing for the given field from the table_editor tag. If I
>> remove ui_te_check:field the label shows. Below is a little chunk of
>> my stuff.
>>
>> [perl]
>> 	for(@fields) {
>> 		next if
>> 		$Tag->data('mv_metadata','code',qq{custview::userdb::$_});
>> 		my $meta = Vend::Table::Editor::meta_record(qq{userdb::$_});
>> 		$CGI->{'ui_te_label:fname'} = $meta->{label} ||
>> 		'First Name';
>> 		$CGI->{'ui_te_check:fname'} = 'required Please enter your
>> 		First  Name.';
>> 	}
>> [/perl]
>>
>> [table-editor
>> 	cgi=1
>> 	table=userdb
>> 	mv_data_fields=`$CGI->{mv_data_fields}`
>> 	incomplete_form_ok=1
>> 	defaults=1
>> 	default_ref=`$Values`
>> ]{:REST}[/table-editor]
>> The above does not show a label for 'fname' field.
>>
>>
>> It is somewhat of a hack. What I ultimately would like to do is
>> specify default options in the table_editor tag as follows
>>
>> [table-editor
>> 	label.fname = 'First Name'
>> 	check.fname =  'required Please enter your First Name.'
>> ]
>>
>> And then be able to override those values in mv_metadata. The reason
>> is the above table_editor appears on a page that is shared by many
>> catalogs. It would be ready to go with appropriate defaults that
>> could be easily overridden using the mv_metadata facility on a per
>> catalog basis.
>>
>> Is there some kind of default_metadata_from_options switch for the
>> table_editor?
>
> No. I would think it might be possible, but someone would have to
> look at it and do it. That won't be me anytime soon, too busy.
Here's a stab at it. The option name is quite a mouthful but I could  
not come up with anything better.

ui_meta_overrides_options - If set settings in mv_metadata will  
override settings set directly in the table_editor tag.

--- /root/interchange-5.4.1/lib/Vend/Table/Editor.pm    2005-11-09  
04:04:18.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/lib/interchange/Vend/Table/Editor.pm   2006-10-04  
15:42:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -725,7 +725,6 @@
sub display {
         my ($table,$column,$key,$opt) = @_;
-
         if( ref($opt) ne 'HASH' ) {
                 $opt = get_option_hash($opt);
         }
@@ -847,7 +846,11 @@
                         for(@override) {
                                 delete $record->{$_} if ! length 
($record->{$_});
                                 next unless defined $opt->{$_};
-                               $record->{$_} = $opt->{$_};
+                               if ($opt->{ui_meta_overrides_options}) {
+                                 $record->{$_} ||= $opt->{$_};
+                               } else {
+                                 $record->{$_} = $opt->{$_};
+                               }
                         }
                 }
@@ -3981,6 +3984,7 @@
                                                          
type                            => $widget->{$c},
                                                          
ui_no_meta_display      => $opt->{ui_no_meta_display},
                                                          
width                           => $width->{$c},
+                                                        
ui_meta_overrides_options       => $opt->{ui_meta_overrides_options},
                                                 });
#::logDebug("finished display of col=$c");
                 my $update_ctl;


Bill Carr
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