qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-25 Thread Don
Dan, Sounds like it would benefit more developers if MM buys this extension from you and incorporate it into CFMX for I believe form input and process is a critical data process in a lot of applications. Thanks. Don >Don, > >> The problem, specifically, there are two types of validations: >> 1

RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-24 Thread Dan G. Switzer, II
Don, > The problem, specifically, there are two types of validations: > 1) field required or not, msg responds to that; > 2) field data_type, msg responds to that. > But there's only one Message attribute. qForms is a completely different beast than CFFORM. You can attach unlimited validation rul

qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-24 Thread Don
Dan, The problem, specifically, there are two types of validations: 1) field required or not, msg responds to that; 2) field data_type, msg responds to that. But there's only one Message attribute. Also, in my utility/application, all db related metadata and data are dynamically determined,

RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-24 Thread Dan G. Switzer, II
Neil, > Can you defined Multi-Lingual error messages? Version 2.0 will include support for localization. You'll be able to set a variable to determine what language the error messages are displayed in. As it is right now, you can supply custom error messages for all the validation methods, so y

RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-24 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
Can you defined Multi-Lingual error messages? -Original Message- From: Dan G. Switzer, II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 July 2003 13:48 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0) Don, > Nice! > > Would it solve js problems I described in the followi

RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-24 Thread Dan G. Switzer, II
Don, > Nice! > > Would it solve js problems I described in the following thread? > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=messages&threadid=2 > 5711&forumid=4 I'm not 100% sure I understand what your asking in that e-mail, but: 1) You can define custom/unique error messages for

qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-23 Thread Don
Please see my comments below. >Jon, > >> One guy hacking it, is probably going to be more efficient >> with his own stuff. > >I immensely disagree with this statement (of course, I wrote the API. ) I >think even individuals greatly benefit from qForms. I don't really equate >Fusebox and qForms, be

Re: RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-23 Thread ksuh
It's like taking the red pill, isn't it? :) - Original Message - From: Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:12 pm Subject: RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0) > Ok! > > I implemented Q Forms...and I really think its GREAT! >

RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-23 Thread Angel Stewart
Ok! I implemented Q Forms...and I really think its GREAT! It isn't hard to use AT All, the only thign that tripped me up was case sensitivity for field names. But other than that..I mean the thing rocks! Email validation, Zip code validation...telephone number validation..it's all here! I can't

RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-22 Thread Dan G. Switzer, II
Jon, > I don't mean efficient as in the amount of time it takes to code > (obviously using a pre-built api saves coding time), I mean time to > learn + coding time. > > When I weigh, the time it would take to get comfortable with an API > versus rolling my own, the time gained by using something

RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-22 Thread Dan G. Switzer, II
Angel, > Sooo...uhhh...which part of that code disables the submit button. qForms automatically handles this. Just creating the qForms object takes care of that for you. > Is there any means of preventing form fields from being resubmitted if > the user keeps clicking the Refresh button with the

RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-22 Thread Mike Brunt
Our take on qForms is that it helps to organize the often-chaotic world of JS. We have worked on several large enterprise projects where the JS was all over the place, literally. qForms helped greatly and also helps to get developers thinking in terms of calling centralized services as and wher

Re: RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-22 Thread ksuh
> Is there any means of preventing form fields from being > resubmitted if > the user keeps clicking the Refresh button with the Qforms API? > That's about the last common error I think I encounter when designing > forms. This would be outside the scope of capabilities for a client-side validatio

RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-22 Thread Angel Stewart
*sneaks back into the conversation* Sooo...uhhh...which part of that code disables the submit button. Is there any means of preventing form fields from being resubmitted if the user keeps clicking the Refresh button with the Qforms API? That's about the last common error I think I encounter when

Re: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-22 Thread jon hall
I don't mean efficient as in the amount of time it takes to code (obviously using a pre-built api saves coding time), I mean time to learn + coding time. When I weigh, the time it would take to get comfortable with an API versus rolling my own, the time gained by using something other than the rou

RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-22 Thread Matt Robertson
Dan wrote: >For example, take the following lines of code: OK I'm convinced. Naturally, this thread pops up just *after* I get done building a great big form system for a project I'm working on; with custom server-side val all over the place. The real crime is I forgot all about qforms, but

RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-22 Thread Dan G. Switzer, II
Jon, > One guy hacking it, is probably going to be more efficient > with his own stuff. I immensely disagree with this statement (of course, I wrote the API. ) I think even individuals greatly benefit from qForms. I don't really equate Fusebox and qForms, because qForms isn't telling you how to d

Re: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-22 Thread jon hall
This describes my attitude as well, and to segue a bit, how do you feel about Flash/Actionscript? On the surface...I keep thinking to myself that I should love Actionscript, it's really all that Javascript wants to be, but I keep getting frustrated with it. I think it comes down to two problems as

RE: qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-22 Thread Dan G. Switzer, II
Charlie, > I think my 'reluctance' to look at qForms is because...well, frankly I > enjoy > writing js. I'm hesitant to give up that 'control' as it were. I don't look at it is giving up control--I think that's the cool part about it. The way I view it, is it gives a solid footprint in which to

qForms (was Re: CFForm madness. 0_0)

2003-07-22 Thread Charlie Griefer
Hi Dan: I think my 'reluctance' to look at qForms is because...well, frankly I enjoy writing js. I'm hesitant to give up that 'control' as it were. I will look at it tho...if for no other reason that simple curiosity. I think it's pretty amazing that, as I said below, I've never heard anything