[html-formfu] New user with simple question

[George Hrysanthopoulos]

On 5/26/11 4:50 PM, George Hrysanthopoulos wrote:
> Peter,
>
> The two links you supplied have been of great use to me.
> Thank you for taking the time to create them.
>
> If my email seemed a bit heavy on criticism, please
> accept my apologies. There is no room for critics
> in an open source project. Only contributors.
>
> So, in that regard:
>
> As a newbie to FormFu, I was expecting a HOWTO
> like this:
>
> 1. Get your Apache server running.
> 2. Install FormFu
> 3. Create these (x number) of files.
> 4. Run the example.
>
> The examples in the documentation go into great
> detail on how to give parameters to FormFu
> but are missing some serious details.
>
> For example, it is clear that (from the script
> that processes the form), after the user hits "submit",
> that the proper sequence of events is:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> #
> # @(#)
> #
> use strict;
> use warnings;
> use HTML::FormFu;
> use YAML::XS qw( Load );
> use CGI qw(:standard);
> use HTML::Template;
>
> use vars qw ($template $form $formret);
> my($CGI_query, $template, $formret);
>
> $CGI_query = new CGI;
> print $CGI_query->header();
>
>     $form = HTML::FormFu->new;
>     $form->load_config_file('config.yml');
>     $form->indicator("submit_button");
>     $form->query( $CGI_query ) ;
>     $form->process();
>
> if ( $form->submitted ) {
>   #
>     # Now process that data as filled in by the user
>     #...
> }
>
> None of the documentation mentions CGI and proper calling
> sequence.
>
> When Carl gave me a hint I knew immediately what to do.
> But this is after scratching my head for two days.
>
> This is what I meant but not having enough docs.
>
> I am more than happy to submit the 4 files (of my very simple
> form and associated CGI/template files), for everyone to
> use. It is a complete project.
>
> -George