[phorm] [Phorm:] Not sure what to call it but I need help
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MESSAGE: (#2076) Not sure what to call it but I need help
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AUTHOR: Jason
DATE: January 15, 2003 at 6:33 p.m. EST
OK I have read the sections on Data Recycling, Validation, and Configuration.
However, I am still not sure how to accomplish the following:
I want to be able to submit a form after it has passed through Phorm and was
returned because of validation errors. In other words I do not want the user
to hit the back button and make the changes. I want the same form displayed
with the errors and can submitted once again to pass through Phorm, validation
and on to an ack page.
I am using a rules.txt file that has one file defined in the FILES section to
handle errors, for example:
FILES
rma_frm_error.htm
RULES
etc.
rma_frm_error.htm is the error page I want returned when a form is processed
against my rules file. It is basically a copy of the main html form page
(rma_frm.htm). The only difference is I have added a section for the rule
error message and display an asterisk next to the filed that did not pass
validation. This all works fine ACCEPT ? the forms submit button produces the
following error:
040 - I'm sorry, this page only processes the contents of a form. You cannot
access it directly.
and the clear button will only clear the fields that are entered after the
form has passed through Phorm and validation. In other words the fields that
had something entered into them when the page was the original form are not
cleared.
EMBEDDED QUESTION: I have a default Form_name_error.htm file under the same
directory as PHORM but it does not display with this error, why is that? It
will work if for instance I rename the configuration file and when Phoem looks
for the correct name and of course does not find it the Form_name_error.htm
file pops up fine or if I play with the referrer line it pops us as well.
I understand why the radio buttons don?t work, because of the same reason the
ack page can not be bookmarked, RIGHT?
Under Data Recycling in the documentation it says that you actually could even
use the original form file as your error template; since the <!-- Phorm
Messages --> flag is an HTML comment, it won't appear when the form is
initially displayed.
I have tried this but I get a pink default error screen with only the Phorm
error messages. My original form is not redisplayed. My form name is
rma_frm.htm and my rules.txt files is configured the same under the FILES
section.
FILES
Rma_frm.htm
RULES
etc.
I want to maintain separate configuration files for each form so is $PHORM_URL
my solution? If so how do I configure $PHORM_URL? For example, what do I set
in FILES section under the rules.txt file? Will my ack page still display
after passing successful validation?
I don?t think that $PHORM_RDIRECT is the answer because that you prevent my
ack page from showing after a form passes validation, right?
After this and figuring out why I can not get counter to work I will be
completely done, well I think I will or hope that I am. Something like that.
Thanks for your support and for a great script!
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