Hi, big fan of umbraco - been xslt'ing for about 3 months now.
I'm thinking of getting Contour today, but for my current project I have a requirement I'm not sure if Contour can accommodate:
I need to implement forms with infinite fields. By that I mean a form where an end user filling in such a form would have the ability to add more fields if he/she has more information to add.
Something like this:
Education: --------------------
[add more]
and the "add more" button adds a new Education field.
I have no problem hardcoding such a form, but the client I'm developing for wants to have this functionality in user created forms as well.
Contour is a great solution for allowing cms users to add new forms, but it would be even better if there is support for infinite fields.
It should be possible to create a custom fieldtype that has this behaviour.
So a textbox with an 'add more' option that would add additional textboxes. The value of that field would then be stored as a comma seperated list of the different entries.
To get started you can find the sourcecode off all default Contour components (including field types) here:
Thanks for the tip Tim, but what if the user entered a comma? that... could pose a problem!
I'm thinking of trying a simplified approach where a maximum of 5 fields can be added, and then fill in the 6 table fields. Can a data type have multiple table fields?
On a tangent: are there measures implemented into contour to prevent sql injection?
You could use something pretty unlikely to see real world use, such as ~, to make it even less likely to conflict, double, or triple it up, ie ~~ or ~~~
Contour question: infinite fields ..?
Hi, big fan of umbraco - been xslt'ing for about 3 months now.
I'm thinking of getting Contour today, but for my current project I have a requirement I'm not sure if Contour can accommodate:
I need to implement forms with infinite fields. By that I mean a form where an end user filling in such a form would have the ability to add more fields if he/she has more information to add.
Something like this:
Education: --------------------
[add more]
and the "add more" button adds a new Education field.
I have no problem hardcoding such a form, but the client I'm developing for wants to have this functionality in user created forms as well.
Contour is a great solution for allowing cms users to add new forms, but it would be even better if there is support for infinite fields.
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Hi Mo,
It should be possible to create a custom fieldtype that has this behaviour.
So a textbox with an 'add more' option that would add additional textboxes. The value of that field would then be stored as a comma seperated list of the different entries.
To get started you can find the sourcecode off all default Contour components (including field types) here:
http://our.umbraco.org/projects/umbraco-contour-shared-source
Thanks for the tip Tim, but what if the user entered a comma? that... could pose a problem!
I'm thinking of trying a simplified approach where a maximum of 5 fields can be added, and then fill in the 6 table fields. Can a data type have multiple table fields?
On a tangent: are there measures implemented into contour to prevent sql injection?
Hi Mo
A field can only have 1 table field, there are currently no way around this limitation, we are looking into a soluton.
Data operations follow the Microsoft Patterns and Practices guidelines to avoid injection.
/Per
what kind of separator caan I use that wouldn't conflict with commas, colons, semicolons or periods?
The data entered could have all these and I am trying to figure out a method where nothing gets corrupted.
You could use something pretty unlikely to see real world use, such as ~, to make it even less likely to conflict, double, or triple it up, ie ~~ or ~~~
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