Re: Trying to understand how CGI::Prototype::Hidden, Template Toolkit and CGI.pm work together.

so when I hit the submit button the app will move to the next page

The basic strategy there is that your submit button returns you to the same page, and in your "respond_per_page" method, you recognize the submit button and return the new page.

The whole point of "state" is that the dispatcher can figure out what code should be used to respond to a given form. So it isn't a form in a user's browser that changes state, it's the respond controller that changes state.

And yeah, that's a messy interaction between end_form and Template Toolkit. You have to add .join("") to the result of end_form. Feh. This will be clearer in the updated docs.

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Re^2: Trying to understand how CGI::Prototype::Hidden, Template Toolkit and CGI.pm work together. by rlb3 (Deacon) on Mar 09, 2005 at 20:18 UTC
Thanks, I was thinking I could use respond_per_page to move to a different page but I wasn't sure. And thanks for the tip on how to deal with end_form. I was using a foreach loop and it was looking very ugly. :) rlb3	[reply]
Re^3: Trying to understand how CGI::Prototype::Hidden, Template Toolkit and CGI.pm work together. by jeffa (Bishop) on Mar 09, 2005 at 20:34 UTC
Since `CGI.end_form` really just spits out a single closed form tag, why not replace it with a literal `</form>`? This is what i have been doing when i use the CGI TT plugin. UPDATE: I really have no idea why. I am sure someone had good intentions ... but somehow painted themselves in a corner. Hind sight is 20/20 ... and from my recent work experience i have learned that some things can't be easily fixed. jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply]
Re^4: Trying to understand how CGI::Prototype::Hidden, Template Toolkit and CGI.pm work together. by rlb3 (Deacon) on Mar 09, 2005 at 20:42 UTC
Thanks for the info. Just out of curiosity, do you know why end_form was written the way it was? rlb3	[reply]
CGI::end_form brain-damage by DotanDimet (Initiate) on Jul 13, 2005 at 16:38 UTC
Ran into this today, and I'm using end_form.last to get the </form> tag to print (instead of an ARRAY reference). (The "last" functionality is something Template Toolkit provides for arrays). What's the point of CGI::end_form spitting out an array with two pointless '' tags anyway? Does anyone know the story behind it?	[reply]