FormBuilder - Perl CGI Form Builder CPAN module

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Basic

1. Intro to FormBuilder
2. A Simple Form
3. Form Method
4. Input Validation
5. Field Options
6. Multi-Select Lists
7. Field Data
8. Field Attributes
9. HTML Formatting
10. Custom Headers
S. Summary

Intermediate

1. Trickier Forms
2. Perl References
3. Default Values
4. CGI Stickiness
5. JavaScript Actions
6. Input Validation 2
7. Multiple Submits
8. JavaScript Actions 2
9. Modules & mod_perl
10. Smartness
S. Summary

Advanced

1. Remaining Features
2. Intro to Templates
3. HTML::Template
4. HTML::Template 2
5. Template Toolkit
6. Exploiting render()
7. Multi-Screen Apps
8. Multi-Screen Apps 2
9. Multi-Screen Apps 3
10. Custom Messages
S. Summary

Intermediate Tutorial - Step 1: Trickier Forms Print

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Time to get down and dirty.

Sooner or later, you'll probably run into a situtation that requires you do some tricky stuff with your forms, like:

Import defaults into your fields from an outside source, such as a database
Add JavaScript event handlers like onClick and onChange
Make use of custom input validation with homegrown regexps
Use several different Submit buttons, and change what you do depending on which one the user clicked
Use FormBuilder in concert with other CGI modules, such as CGI.pm

Depending on your level of optimism, you may be surprised that each of these difficult tasks can be performed with just a single option to FormBuilder.

The following steps in this tutorial address each of these items in turn.

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