How-Tos
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Create a Multi-Page Form
- You can create a multi-page form as a chain of form folders.
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Creating Custom Validators
- PloneFormGen allows you to create a custom field-input validator by specifying a TALES expression that will be used to validate input when it's submitted. This how-to explains what that means, and offers a few examples.
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Installing a JavaScript Event Handler in a Form
- This how-to presents an example of using a PloneFormGen form override to enable a dynamic totalling function in an order form.
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Overriding Field Defaults Dynamically
- PloneFormGen allows you to supply dynamic field defaults by specifying a TALES expression in the Default Expression field of the overrides fieldset (sub-form). This how-to explains what that means, and offers a few examples.
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Pass Form elements to External Method
- A quick outline of how to pass request.form elements to an external method for file system processing
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Restyle A Form
- How to inject CSS into a form page to turn a label green ... or pretty much anything else.
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Use a Selection Field to Pick Mail Destination
- You may allow form users to use a selection field to choose a destination address for their form input.
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Use an AT Vocabulary Manager Vocabulary in a Selection Field
- You may use a simple vocabulary from AT Vocabulary Manager to populate the options of a selection or multiple-selection form field.
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What's in a Request
- If you're trying to use PloneFormGen overrides, you're going to need to use the request object. Here's a quick trick for exploring it.
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Customizing an Individual Thanks Page
- It's not hard to customize the thanks page for an individual form. This trick is particularly useful for purposes like adding 'pay now' buttons.