Data Grid

[Emanuele Preda]

First of all: thank you, this module is more than what I could find in my best dreams. It saves a LOT of time in a very boring task like building forms.

I use it together with Template Toolkit, and I need now to make a table containing a data grid, i.e.:

Quantity             |       Description       | Price

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 [% qty1.field %] | [% desc1.field %] | [% price1.field %]

 [% qty2.field %] | [% desc2.field %] | [% price2.field %]

 [% qty3.field %] | [% desc3.field %] | [% price3.field %]

..

Any ideas on how I can I name the fields to be able to use the FOREACH statment in TT?

Can I try to name the fields like fldx.qty, fldx.desc and pass an array with fld1, fld2, fld3 values?

I don't think I can repeat the same name for all the lines.

Thanks in advance!

Emanuele Preda

[Emanuele Preda]

I found it!

in the template I did this:

[% FOREACH row = rows %]

<tr>

      <td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" align="right">

[% rqty = row _ 'qty' %][% form.field.$rqty.field %] </td>

      <td> [% rcod = row _ 'cod' %][% form.field.$rcod.field %] </td>

      <td> [% rdes = row _ 'des' %][% form.field.$rdes.field %] </td>

      <td style="vertical-align: top;"> [% rprice = row _ 'price' %][% form.field.$rprice.field %] </td>

    </tr>

[% END %] 

while in the code:

# $m is a ref to an array of arrays of 4 elements (my cart)

my $ft = $form->template();  # takes the current hashref of template

foreach my $el (@{$m})     # each $el contains a ref to the 4 fields of each row

{

push (@id, 'fld'.$i);   # the array needed for TT to recall the elements 

$form->field(name => 'fld'.$i.'qty', value=>$$el[0]);

$form->field(name => 'fld'.$i.'cod', value=>$$el[1]);

$form->field(name => 'fld'.$i.'des', value=>$$el[2]);

$form->field(name => 'fld'.$i.'price', value=>$$el[3]);

$i++;

}

$ft->{'data'}->{'rows'} = \@id;    # I pass to TT the array

This creates a grid of elements, each with its own unique name.

This module and TT together are really great and powerful.

Thank you so much for this wonderful work!!!!!!!!!!!