[Formsess-devel] Re: formsess

[Derk G. <d.r...@ob...>]

> Hi Derk,
>
> > I realy would like to start using it, but there are some thing I want to
> > know - What direction is the library going? Is there still some activity
> > in developping it? The last update has been a while ago and I've got some
> > obvious bug (option tag not working)
>
> It is still developped. Maybe not as actively at the moment than it used
> to be, but it has not been and will not be abandonned !
Can you give me a time when i can expect an update? I need the fixed option, 
and I'm not that well into the formsess code.

>
> > - Do you have some better examples that i can use?
>
> Err... ask what you need, and I can provide an example. As usually, the
> documentation is not as complete as it should be...
In the distributed examples you create a form and save the values, but normaly 
you would do somthing with those values and want the fetch them from the 
formsess object, but no example shows me how to do that. I would expect an 
function getFormValues() which gives me an hash array.

>
> > - What if i start adding/changing a view thing so i can use it for my
> > needs, are there any odds that you incorporate it in your version?
>
> Depends. Backward compatibility is something critical for me, but there
> are always possibilities :)
>
> > Things I want to add are
> > - functions to get all fields that are made in the template and functions
> > to read those. You get the fields from the request and there are no ways
> > to get the fields from de objects.
>
> I have something in mind for that.
>
> > - Error handling, or the error array in the formsess is growing when
> > using it.
>
> Also in mind :)
>
> > - fix the option tag.
>
> Already fixed in the CVS version. I didn't release a new version, but
> read the changelog on the website, and you'll see that lots of things
> have been done.
What about the current CVS state? Is it stable/usable?

Another function I'm missing is a $fs->validated(), whicht tells me if a form 
is submitted and validated without an error.

>
> In fact I usually update formsess when I'm working with it. I'm using it
> on about 20 sites at work, and every new site i'm doing uses it. But
> when I don't work on a new form I usually don't have time to update it...
>
>
> By the way, you should, when possible, use the formsess-general or
> formsess-devel mailing lists for formsess related communication, so that
> other users can benefit your questions.

Done with this email :)