Re: [QFC] applyDefaults and its behaviour ?

On 1/20/06, Laurent Laville <pear@laurent-laville.org> wrote: > > Justin Patrin a écrit : > > Defaults are defaults. They are the lowest level in the chain. > > Constants and submitted values override them. If you need to override > > submited values you have to do something special, such as setConstants > > when displaying the form (as long as you don't use setConstants when > > processing it should be fine). > > > > Or, probably a better solution, simply rewrite the values stored in > > QFC's data store. > > > > -- > > Justin Patrin > > > > > As you said it yourself, defaults are defaults. > But if you consider standard reset button of html form, you can retrieve > the old values (defaults) before to submit > a form. Easy if you made a mistake and want to rollback. > > I'm expected a such behaviour for my RESET button: > > Your idea of rewrite values stored in QFC data store is a solution, but > its a private solution. > Perharps we could think of a general solution that can be share and > reuse in any situation ? > As I said, defaults are defaults. That's how they work, so setDefaults isn't going to work for you for resetting. I suggest asking the QF authors for a resetToDefaults() function and then asking the QFC authors to add their own function which calls this. -- Justin Patrin