Re: [htmltmpl] Problems with HTML::TEMPLATE

[Justin S. <ju...@sk...>]

I usually do something like this:

	<input type=3D"radio" name=3D"beepStatus" value=3D"yes"=A0 =
<tmpl_if =20
yesBeeps>checked=3D"checked"</tmpl_if> />

Where, "yesBeeps" holds 1 or undefined. I guess your perl code would =20
look something like:


	my $yesBeeps  =3D 0;
	   $yesBeeps  =3D 1
		if beepStatus eq "yes";

	$tmpl_obj->param(yesBeeps =3D> $yesBeeps);


You may also want to look at HTML::FillinForm, which is a real time =20
saver. If you have a large form with many form elements, HTML::Template =20=

gets a bit unwieldy:
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	http://search.cpan.org/~tjmather/HTML-FillInForm-1.05/lib/HTML/=20=

FillInForm.pm

That way, you can pass HTML::FillnForm the value of, "beepStatus", and =20=

if there's a radiobutton that's associated with that value, it'll get =20=

checked. Like *magic*.

I preprocess an HTML page with HTML::Template, and then give it to =20
HTML::FillinForm to fill in the holes. Works really well. Saves me =20
time. Makes me look like a supehero.

Cheers,

justinSimoni.Artist
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On Mar 16, 2005, at 9:29 AM, Rama Srinivas wrote:

> Hi
> =A0
> I am reading information from a DB and prepopulating my=A0form =
fields.=A0
> I am using HTML:TEMPLATES module to process my html tmpl files
> =A0
> Some of the entries in my table are radio buttons. I am prepopulating =20=

> them but for some reason they donot seem to be prepopulated. I tried =20=

> to do a view page source to see if the html is properly generated. It =20=

> seems to do so.
> All the other form fields are working fine. except radio buttons.
> =A0
> IS there any known issue with radio buttons prepopulation when using =20=

> html tempalates.
> =A0
> Here is the snippet of the code in my tmpl file.
> =A0
> <td>Beeps: yes:
> <input type=3D"radio" name=3D"beepStatus" value=3D"yes"=A0 <TMPL_VAR =20=

> NAME=3D"yesBeeps"> >
> </td>
> =A0
> The yesBeeps param displays checked or is empty string depending if =20=

> that radio button has to be prepopulated or not. But suprising even if =
=20
> it is marked as checked it does not show that in my html page.
> Any help or hints would help. Or i need to switch to the old style of =20=

> printing html doc through my perl program
> thanks
> rama