Forum OpenACS Development: template::element validation question

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1: template::element validation question
Posted by Jeff Lu on 05/13/03 07:38 AM
I dont seem to understand how the -validate works heres my code:

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template::form::create myform
template::element::create myform t1 -widget text -datatype integer -label "textbox" -validate { ?how do i do this? }
template::element::create myform submit1 -widget submit -label "submit"

i just want to try to validate the textbox input for ex. input should be greater than 5.
I cant seem to get it to work properly.
thanks
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2: Re: template::element validation question (response to 1)
Posted by Robert Locke on 05/13/03 08:27 AM
Hi Jeff,

You should consider using ad_form which greatly simplifies form creation and management.

Check out the docs for an example which demonstrates exactly what you want.

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3: Re: template::element validation question (response to 1)
Posted by Jeff Lu on 05/13/03 08:40 AM
thanks. Im already familiar with ad_form. I really need template::element -validate since i am going to work on a project which was done on acs 4.2 and it doesnt have ad_form yet.
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4: Re: template::element validation question (response to 1)
Posted by Robert Locke on 05/13/03 09:20 AM
Docs to the rescue again! Check out the -validate option for the state field.
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5: Re: template::element validation question (response to 1)
Posted by Jeff Lu on 05/13/03 12:26 PM
thanks robert! I really feel like Im stupid for not looking at the docs properly.
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6: Re: template::element validation question (response to 1)
Posted by Robert Locke on 05/13/03 12:52 PM
Don't feel stupid!  Truth be told, I only found it by grep'ping around.

Good luck!

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7: Re: template::element validation question (response to 1)
Posted by Jeff Lu on 05/13/03 03:21 PM
Alright Ive gotten it to work! thanks alot Robert!