Ferreteria/v2/usage/forms/creating

How to create a form for editing record-based data:

from Template:Vbzcart/code (function PageForm()): <php> $oForm = new fcForm_DB($this->Table()->ActionKey(),$this); $oField = new fcFormField_<type>($oForm,'<field name>'); $oCtrl = new fcFormControl_HTML[_<type>]($oForm,$oField,array([HTML attributes]); </php> The first line creates a Form object, the next line creates a Field, and the third line assigns a Control to the Field. Adding additional fields and controls follows the format of the last 2 lines.

Fields and Controls

Field types (Template:Ferreteria/code): fcFormField_Text fcFormField_Num fcFormField_Time ->Format(<date format>)

Control types (Template:Ferreteria/code): fcFormControl_HTML - generic single-line text-editing field fcFormControl_HTML_TextArea - multiline text attributes: rows, cols fcFormControl_HTML_Hidden - hidden values fcFormControl_HTML_DropDown - drop-down chooser ->Records(<dataset>); fcFormControl_HTML_CheckBox - checkbox

Examples

Timestamp: <php> $oField = new fcFormField_Time($oForm,'WhenEnt'); $oCtrl = new fcFormControl_HTML($oForm,$oField,array('size'=>10)); $oField->Format('m/Y'); </php> This sets the format of the Control for the "WhenEnt" field based on the parameter string used by the PHP date() function – in this case, just the month (2 digits) and year (4 digits) are displayed.

Dropdown selector: <php> $oField = new fcFormField_Num($oForm,'ID_Place'); $oCtrl = new fcFormControl_HTML_DropDown($oForm,$oField,array()); $oCtrl->Records($this->PlaceTable()->GetData_forDropDown()); </php>

TextArea: <php>$oCtrl = new fcFormControl_HTML_TextArea($oForm,$oField,array('rows'=>3,'cols'=>60));</php>

Other Elements

See "displaying" for the care and feeding of form templates.