Re: Re: [PEAR] horizontal formbuilder

On 5/20/05, Andrew Wooldridge <andrew.r.wooldridge@vanderbilt.edu> wrote: > On May 20, 2005, at 6:10 PM, Justin Patrin wrote: > > On 5/20/05, Andrew Wooldridge <andrew.r.wooldridge@vanderbilt.edu> > > wrote: > >> Justin et. al, please advise. > >> > >> Currently writing a form using formbuilder to insert multiple rows in > >> a > >> single table with one form using the useForm() method. Look at the > >> example below of what I want the form to look like. Should I write my > >> own getForm(), or is there a way to customize with > >> pre/postGenerateForm() to output everything horizontally on one line? > >> > >> Thanks! -Andy > >> > >> I want the HTML code to look like: > >> <tr> > >> <td align="right" > >> valign="top"><b>Checkbox1</b></td> > >> <td align="right" > >> valign="top"><b>Checkbox2</b></td> > >> <td align="right" > >> valign="top"><b>Checkbox3</b></td> > >> </tr> > >> > >> <tr> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="field1[1]" > >> type="checkbox" value="1" id="qf_6dd127" > >> /></td> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="field2[1]" > >> type="checkbox" value="1" id="qf_d0b905" > >> /></td> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="field3[1]" > >> type="checkbox" value="1" id="qf_030dd7" > >> /></td> > >> </tr> > >> > >> <tr> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="field1[2]" > >> type="checkbox" value="1" id="qf_6dd127" > >> /></td> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="field2[2]" > >> type="checkbox" value="1" id="qf_d0b905" > >> /></td> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="field3[2]" > >> type="checkbox" value="1" id="qf_030dd7" > >> /></td> > >> </tr> > >> > >> <tr> > >> <td align="right" > >> valign="top"><b></b></td> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="__submit__" > >> value="Submit" type="submit" /></td> > >> </tr> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Not like FormBuilder default getForm which outputs: > >> <tr> > >> <td align="right" > >> valign="top"><b>Checkbox1</b></td> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="field1[1]" > >> type="checkbox" value="1" id="qf_6dd127" > >> /></td> > >> </tr> > >> <tr> > >> <td align="right" > >> valign="top"><b>Checkbox2</b></td> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="field2[1]" > >> type="checkbox" value="1" id="qf_d0b905" > >> /></td> > >> </tr> > >> <tr> > >> <td align="right" > >> valign="top"><b>Checkbox3</b></td> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="field3[1]" > >> type="checkbox" value="1" id="qf_030dd7" > >> /></td> > >> </tr> > >> > >> <tr> > >> <td align="right" > >> valign="top"><b>Checkbox1</b></td> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="field1[2]" > >> type="checkbox" value="1" id="qf_6dd127" > >> /></td> > >> </tr> > >> <tr> > >> <td align="right" > >> valign="top"><b>Checkbox2</b></td> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="field2[2]" > >> type="checkbox" value="1" id="qf_d0b905" > >> /></td> > >> </tr> > >> <tr> > >> <td align="right" > >> valign="top"><b>Checkbox3</b></td> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="field3[2]" > >> type="checkbox" value="1" id="qf_030dd7" > >> /></td> > >> </tr> > >> > >> <tr> > >> <td align="right" > >> valign="top"><b></b></td> > >> <td valign="top" align="left"><input > >> name="__submit__" > >> value="Submit" type="submit" /></td> > >> </tr> > >> > > > > First and foremost, FormBuilder doesn't support elements with [ or ] > > in their names, Second, FormBuilder builds forms for DB_DataObjects > > and I've never seen a field name in a DB with [ or ] in it. > > > > Third, what you're building here looks like a tripleLink. I suggest > > you look more into that. The Audio Formats element on th epage below > > is a tripleLink: > > http://pear.reversefold.com/ > > > > You can get an example here: > > http://pear.reversefold.com/example.tgz > > > > -- > > Justin Patrin > > > > > > Thanks for the pointers. > > You're absolutely correct about the bracket characters. I was > modifying the names of the dataobject elements to make an HTML array > per the first example on this page: > > http://lists.nyphp.org/pipermail/front-end/2004-February/000196.html. > I think tripleLink is the more elegant solution that I'm looking for. > > Follow-up Question: If I need more field types than just checkboxes in > each row, then I should use crosslinks, like the 'Songs' in your > example? > Make sure you understand what FormBuilder really does and what crossLinks and tripleLinks really are. Yes, if you need extra fields in your crossLink records you can use crossLinkExtraFields, like my movie_song example. -- Justin Patrin