[Nms-cgi-devel] Re: TFmail - Customizing Missing Template

[Jonathan S. <jn...@ge...>]

On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 11:57, Lydia Yang wrote:
> Johnathan,
> 

Please direct all support requests for NMS programs to the
nms...@li... this will ensure that you get the
fastest and best response possible.

> The missing template spits out the form name on the
> html page.  Is there is way to customize it so that it
> spits out something else?
> 
> For example, I have a required field named
> "billingaddressline1".  If this is left blank, the
> missing template will say that the
> "missingaddressline1" is a required field.  How can I
> get it to say "Billing Address Line 1"?
> 
> Also, if I give the same field a hidden name, how can
> I get the missing fields page to show the hidden name
> instead of the form name?  Does it involve changing
> the {= name =} directive to something else?  If yes,
> what should it be?  Thanks.
> 

I'm afraid that there is no easy way to do this as TFmail (as any other
CGI program) has no way of knowing the form fields label name other than
by having some lookup.

I have copied this to the developers list in case anyone else has any
bright ideas.

/J\