I have an application which presents a web form to the user which provides for a variable number fieldsets full of the same fields over and over. I'm using CGI::FormBuilder to render the form, and so far that seems to be working just fine. Now I'm trying to introduce an HTML::Template into the mix.

The CGI::FormBuilder perldoc suggests using something like this:

<p>Your email address: <tmpl_var field-email>

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in the html.tmpl file. But I need something more like: 
<fieldset class="fb_set" id="person0798">
<p>Your email address: <tmpl_var field-person0798_email>
</fieldset>
<fieldset class="fb_set" id="person8635">
<p>Your email address: <tmpl_var field-person8635_email>
</fieldset>
<fieldset class="fb_set" id="person3248">
<p>Your email address: <tmpl_var field-person3248_email>
</fieldset>

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With the person#### codes being used to interact with the database on the processing side of things. And a bunch of other fields included in each fieldset.

I see no example in the CGI::FormBuilder perldoc of use'ing HTML::Template. Nor of instantiating a $template object, which I'm assuming may all be handled inside the CGI::FormBuilder module, but that is just a guess. I certainly see nothing of the $template->methods which permit passing data to the template. Am I limited only to pass field definitions? And if so, how do I account for these fieldsets of uniquely identified sets of fields?

Am I missing something here?

Confused on how to proceed,

-- Hugh

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In reply to Questions on how to use CGI::FormBuilder and HTML::Template together. by hesco

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