[horde] Field Validation Automation

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Mario Andres Yepes Cifuentes <marioy at logos.upb.edu.co>:

> 1 - Is there a way to automate the validation for the
> fields in a form ?. I  really dont want to write these kind of functions
> for every app that I make.    

Yes, FormSprocket. See http://dev.horde.org/; there are examples of its use 
in Whups and Hermes.

> 2 - Is there any javascript code in the framework that
> is reusable and can I use it to validate fields?.  

No, but you really don't want to rely on javascript validation anyways; 
FormSprocket provides server-side validation.

> 3 - Whats the word about using Html_QuickForm from PEAR,
> is it encouraged or discouraged?  

I'd take a look at FormSprocket, but Bertrand (quickform's author) has 
already crucified me for not using his precious code; use it if you want.

> 4 - Is there any documentation about the use of Acces
> Control Lists and can the lists be on a database?  

Yes; the Perms:: API provides what you want, and the backend is a SQL db.

-chuck

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