[Zope3-dev] Forms without schemas: helper mechanisms?

[Peter Mayne]

I'm writing some forms that don't have one-to-one mappings between 
<input> tags and schema fields. Stuff like "Enter your name so I can be 
polite to you", or "wizards" where the user enters values for an object 
across multiple pages. However, I'd still like to use Zope to automate 
this somewhat: in particular, do my own field validation and present the 
form back to the user with the extra error information added to the 
fields. Then I can do my own processing (create objects etc) instead of 
letting Zope add an object.

Are there any helper mechanisms that I can use? For instance, 
WidgetInputError looks interesting, but I haven't yet figured out how to 
use it in my own forms.

Looking at the addform and widget_rows macros, I suspect doing it 
manually could end up being easier than trying to use bits of Zope, but 
it can't hurt to ask.

Thanks.

PJDM
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Peter Mayne
Spherion Technology Solutions
Canberra, ACT, Australia
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