[Zope-CMF] [Plone] Formulator-based content type, create other content items?

[alan runyan]

have you looked at http://www.zope.org/Members/jack-e/CMFFormsTool ?
i havent.  ;(

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kowalczyk" <jtk@adelphia.net>
To: <zope-cmf@zope.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 6:40 AM
Subject: [Zope-CMF] [Plone] Formulator-based content type, create other
content items?


> I am going to develop a form content type, which when submitted will
> create a separate form-data content item in the member's home folder.
> The form will be workflow-enabled for published visibility, and the data
> content type's workflow will center around the state of its validation
> against its form template. There will eventually be a few hundred forms,
> and thousands of instances of form data in members folders.
>
> I intend to use Plone, ZPT skins, formulator, and store the form values
> in some simple content type's properties. Both types will be
> product-based.
>
> My current idea is that the Formulator type should be a
> centrally-located, single-instance template. The multiple instance
> form-data type would load its current state against the formulator
> template for editing, validate, and update the results back to its
> simple properties. The form-data type would probably have minimal
> functionality of its own, other than knowing how to communicate with its
> parent form.
>
> Is there anything out there that uses some combination of these elements
> to help me avoid dead ends? Specifically, I'd like to examine a few
> Fomulator CMF content types. Is there a better way to approach this?
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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