Amsterdam PUN - 20-10-2011

collective.autosaveform Vincent Pretre - Zest software PUN 20/10/11 - AmsterdamFriday, October 21, 2011

Friday, October 21, 2011

Saving events • Input changed • User clicks • User (or user’s cat) hits key • Every x secondsFriday, October 21, 2011

Saving form - local • Use localstorage • Fake dictionaries [my_form][an_input] = ’10’ [my_form][multi_input][count] = ‘2’ [my_form][multi_input][values][0] = ‘bli’ [my_form][multi_input][values][1] = ‘bla’Friday, October 21, 2011

Saving form - remote • Every 10 local saves • jQuery Ajax call • data saved as annotations in portal_autosaveform [my_form][an_input] = ’10’ [my_form][multi_input][values] = [‘bli’, ‘bla’]Friday, October 21, 2011

Loading form • compare local/remote database versions • use most recent • ﬁlls the form with saved dataFriday, October 21, 2011

Using autosave form 1 - register form from collective.autosaveform import config from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName tool = getToolByName(context, portal_autosaveform) try: tool.register_form(my_saved_form, {text_field: config.TEXT, radio_field: config.RADIO}) except: passFriday, October 21, 2011

Using autosave form 2 - enable loading <script type="text/javascript"> jq(#my_saved_form).autosaveform(); </script>Friday, October 21, 2011

Using autosave form 3 - mark form def process_form(...): # Process the form ... tool = getToolByName(context, portal_autosaveform tool.mark_form_processed( my_saved_form)Friday, October 21, 2011

DemoFriday, October 21, 2011

Limitations • Only works with logged-in users • Only tested with custom forms (no Archetypes forms or z3cforms) • Do not support ﬁle inputsFriday, October 21, 2011

Advantages • Conﬁgurable • Server friendly • User friendly • Multi-browsers • Supports all HTML inputsFriday, October 21, 2011

Amsterdam PUN - 20-10-2011

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