[html-formfu] newbieFormFu error

Fri Mar 20 12:12:10 GMT 2009

Sorry fixed that one up. Was [% form %] (not <% form %> like JSP tags)
:( Please
disregard the previous e-mail

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Manu Kaul <manu.kaul at gmail.com> wrote:

> To add I also did a view source of the page ... seems like the form does
> not get filled in at all.
>
> <?xml version=3D"1.0" encoding=3D"utf-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
> 	"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
> <html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
> " xml:lang=3D"en">
> <head>
> <title> Job Applications </title>
> <link 	rel=3D"stylesheet"
> 	href=3D"http://localhost:3000/static/main.css"
> 	type=3D"text/css" />
> </head>
> <body>
> <% form %>
>
> </body>
> </html>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Manu Kaul <manu.kaul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Carl,Yeah I had a problem with my Controller file where I was doing :
>>
>> use parent 'Catalyst::Controller';
>> AND
>> use base 'Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu';
>>
>> So I got rid of the first one and use the HTML::FormFu one instead.
>>
>> I went ahead and changed my config file to add.yml with just the basic
>> YAML format that is shown on the advancedCRUD tutorial. I then had a pro=
blem
>> where it could not find the YAML file because the path was wrong. What I=
 did
>> not realize was that if my Controller was called "MyApp.pm" then I cannot
>> call my config dir as "root/forms/MyApp/add.yml" instead it would have t=
o be
>> "root/forms/myapp/add.yml"!
>>
>> So fixed that as well. Now I don't get any errors but when I view the fo=
rm
>> nothing appears on the screen at all. Its blank. How do I go about
>> debugging? I checked the logs but there was nothing there. It said it was
>> hitting my add.tt2 file to render.. which does have XHTML in it.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Manu
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Carl Franks <fireartist at gmail.com>wrot=
e:
>>
>>> 2009/3/20 Manu Kaul <manu.kaul at gmail.com>:
>>> > That is the directory name. The file name is --> add.json.
>>> > Mind you I have not added Config::Any::JSON anywhere in my project. Do
>>> I
>>> > need this? And if so where should I add it?
>>> > I was told YAML is very sensitive to whitespace characters and that
>>> could be
>>> > a problem. Though it does look much more readable.
>>> > What is your recommendation? Are you not allowed to use tabs or
>>> something
>>> > with YAML... what seems to be the rationale behind NOT using it? :)
>>>
>>> Config::Any::JSON comes as part of Config::Any
>>>
>>> What is in your Controller's `use parent` or `use base`?
>>> I've seen problems using Catalyst-Controller-HTML-FormFu with multiple
>>> base classes.
>>>
>>> The Catalyst project decided to switch their docs to Config::Any
>>> because copy/pasting YAML can cause problems, due to its whitespace
>>> sensitivity.
>>> I have my editor set to change any tabs to spaces, and rarely have
>>> problems using YAML, and when I do, it reports the line/column of any
>>> problems, so it's easily fixed.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carl
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high a=
nd
>> falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
>> - Michelangelo
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and
> falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
> - Michelangelo
>

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falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
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