FORM - AppDaddy-Software-Solutions-Inc/framework-markup-language GitHub Wiki
<FORM/> : <BOX/>
The <FORM/> widget its used to group one or more form field's together and post their serialized value's to a data source when the <FORM/> is submitted via a call to its submit() method.
When one of the forms field's are modified by the user, the form's dirty property is set to true. If the form is dirty, any attempt to exit the form before calling save() or submit() invokes the default dialog to continue or quit. This behavior can be defeated by setting the warnonexit property to false.
The structure of the posting body can be set manually by defining a static <BODY/> tag inside of the associated data source(s). Typically the body is formatted in either xml or json.
If no static <BODY/> tag is defined in the data source, the form automatically formats the body on its behalf when submit() is called. Any field's that have been modified by the user are serialized. Any field's that are hidden (visible=false) are ignored unless the fields post property is true.
Before a <FORM/> can be submitted, the <FORM/> does a validation. This involves checking to make sure all mandatory fields that are visible have a value and none of its field's are alarming. <FORM/>'s with missing or incorrect values cannot be submitted.
A <FORM/> can contain child <FORM/>'s. When submit() is called, child forms are submitted first. If a child form fails submit() for validation reasons, the submission stops.
| Name | Type | Default | Description | Req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| postbroker | string | A comma ; separated list of data source id's used for submitting the form |
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| post | bool | The default override for form field's which do not define their own post property. If null this value is ignored. | ||
| status | string | incomplete | Valid values are incomplete and complete. Typically this is managed by the system when the form is successfully submitted. Forms which are marked as complete cannot be re-submitted | |
| mandatory | bool | false | The default for form field's which do not define their own mandatory property. | |
| autosave | bool | false | When set, the form is automatically serialized and written to permanent storage when a field is changed. This is normally used for offline execution or for partially completed forms that are to be compelted at a later date. | |
| geocode | bool | false | If set, gps's data is collected automatically when filling out the form. When a field is changed, the latitude, longitude and altitude is tagged along with the user which changed the field and the time the field was modified. | |
| warnonexit | bool | true | If the form is dirty, a warning dialog is automatically displayed prompting the user to continue or cancel. |
| Name | Type | Default | Description | Req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dirty | bool | false | The property gets marked automatically when a form field is manually edited (touched). This can be set manually however it is discouraged. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| onsubmit | A list of ; separated event's to evaluate and execute after the form is submitted |
| onfail | A list of ; separated event's to evaluate and execute if the form submission fails |
| onvalidate | A list of ; separated event's to evaluate and execute if form validation succeeds |
| oninvalid | A list of ; separated event's to evaluate and execute if form validation fails |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| save() | Saves the form to the permanent storage. |
| submit() | Submits the form to the data source(s) defined in postbroker |
| clear() | Clears all form field values |
| clean() | Sets each form field's dirty property to false and sets the form's dirty property to false. This is differs from simply setting the forms dirty property to false in that form field's dirty property is not cleared. |
| validate() | Validates the form be ensuring all mandatory fields are filled out and checks that all field <ALARM/>'s are clear. |
Example #1 : simple form tied to a single <POST/> post broker with a static posting <BODY/>
<FML>
<FILEPICKER id="fp1" allow=".jpg,.png"/>
<POST id="ds1" url="https://fml.dev/api/demo/user/image" onsuccess="alert('success','{ds1.statusmessage}')" onfail="alert('error','{ds1.statusmessage}')">
<BODY type="xml">
<![CDATA[<User><email>{email}</email><picture>{fp1.data.file}</picture></User>]]>
</BODY>
</POST>
<!-- formats the file size with commas -->
<VARIABLE id="formattedsize" value="=number({fp1.data.size},false,false,false)"/>
<SCROLLER>
<BOX center="true">
<TEXT label="URL"/>
<BOX expand="false" width="400" border="all" pad="10" radius="5">
<TEXT label="{ds1.url}"/>
</BOX>
<PAD top="10"/>
<TEXT label="POSTING BODY"/>
<TEXT label="(picture url will be converted to a data uri when posted)" size="10" color="gray"/>
<BOX expand="false" width="400" border="all" pad="10" radius="5">
<TEXT label="{ds1.body}"/>
</BOX>
<PAD top="10"/>
<TEXT label="USER"/>
<BOX expand="false" width="400" border="all" pad="10" radius="5" bordercolor="{mycolor}" layout="stack" center="true">
<COL>
<INPUT id="email" width="200" hint="email"/>
<PAD top="10"/>
<TEXT size="12" label="upload image"/>
<BOX expand="false" width="200" border="all" pad="10" radius="5">
<IMAGE url="{fp1.data.file}"/>
</BOX>
<TEXT size="10" label="**file name** : {fp1.data.name}"/>
<TEXT size="10" label="**file size** : {formattedsize} bytes"/>
<PAD top="5"/>
<LINK onclick="fp1.start()">
<ICON icon="add_a_photo"/>
</LINK>
</COL>
<BUSY visible="{ds1.busy}" size="50"/>
</BOX>
<PAD top="5"/>
<BUTTON onclick="ds1.start()" label="POST!" type="elevated" enabled="=!{ds1.busy}"/>
</BOX>
</SCROLLER>
</FML>