there has been a number of apps announced that do html forms from SA 
schema - look up the list.
afaik Column() takes an 'info=...' dict with whatever stuff u put in 
it. Same goes for Table()

>
> I have been trying to figure out a way to easily create HTML forms
> and some other stuff from my schema without repeating myself all
> over. I have looked through the doc and to an extent the list but
> havent found anything.
>
> Ideally I would be able to do something like
> Column("whatever", String(128), metadata= { 'visible':True} )
>
> then in my form generating code do something like
>
> if obj.c.whatever.metadata['visible']:
>      print obj.whatever
>
> Basically, what I am looking for is the ability to associate extra
> attributes to these columns in my code without having to redefine
> them. It would be awesome to do something like
>
> ${formfor(obj)}
>
> in my templates instead of hardcoding it then worrying about the
> form changing or a column growing later. I apologize if this sounds
> stupid or like a bad idea.

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