Re: [FormProc-developer] Form handling over multiple pages or screens

[Nick B. <ni...@co...>]

Legit forms that fall into this catagory are examinations, tests and 
quizzes. I'm not sure I know of a good way to solve this problem right off 
the bat.

BTW, maybe I'm just stupid, but I still think the whole config file format 
for FormProc is overly complex. In Integradata, a form config is this 
simple:
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 
<integradata> 
  <!-- any number of controllers can be in a config --> 
  <controller 
      controllerClass="com.xyz.servlet.controllers.PurchaseProduct"> 
    <field label="nameAppearingOnCard"> 
      <rule ruleClass="com.cortexity.integradata.rule.StringLength"> 
        <param name="min" value="9"/> 
        <param name="max" value="32"/> 
      </rule> 
      <rule ruleClass="com.cortexity.integradata.rule.WordCount"> 
        <param name="min" value="2"/> 
        <param name="max" value="4"/> 
      </rule> 
    </field> 
    <field label="creditCardNumber"> 
      <rule ruleClass="com.cortexity.integradata.rule.IsCreditCard"> 
        <param name="american_express" value="true"/> 
        <param name="visa" value="true"/> 
        <param name="mastercard" value="true"/> 
      </field> 
    </controller> 
    <!-- ... --> 
</integradata> 

Since error messages don't change that often, I think it's a mistake to put 
them in the config. I put them into i18n codepages. You pass a locale to 
the engine and the error message of the correct i18n codepage is displayed. 
Of course it's all aimed at MVC Model II right now.

Incidentally, the concept of a "rule" is similar to FormProc's concept of 
a "validator". 

> not sure i would find this useful.. I try and keep my forms as "stand
> alone" as possible.. i.e. a choice made on an earlier form is already
> reflected in the rendering of the current form... and elements that are
> likely to effect each other will tend to be on the same page...
> 
> do you have a concrete example of where you would find this concept
> useful? 
> 
> On Thu, 14 March 2002, "Anthony Eden" wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I was just thinking about how to handle submission of forms over
>> multiple pages or multiple dialogs or screens.  I am thinking of
>> something along the lines of sub forms or form chunks, where the
>> request could include the name of the sub form or chunk which should
>> be used for the current request.  Does anyone have any thoughts on
>> this?  Is this useful?
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> Anthony Eden
>> 
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