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Formidable reference

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Introduction

This document constitutes the Formidable Markup Language (FML) reference.
Home page of the project: http://formidable.typo3.ug

/meta

Holds the configuration that is global to the application

Path Data type Required Default Userobj Description
meta/name string X The name of your XML application
meta/form placeholder
  meta/form/formId string X X The ID of your Formidable application; corresponds also to the id attribute of the <form> tag
meta/form/action string; URL current URL X Url where the POST should submit the data
meta/form/onSubmit string Value of the html attribute onSubmit on the HTML <form> tag for this application.
meta/form/custom string Additional string that will be included in the <form> tag for this application.
meta/debug boolean false If true, appends debug information at the bottom of the application;
Should be used only in test environment.
meta/displayLabels boolean true True, the renderlets will have their labels automatically displayed close to them.
False, they wont.
meta/defaultLLL string; file-path If you give a path to a locallang resource, Formidable will be able to understand incomplete locallang references like LLL:myfield.label by looking in the given default locallang.
Example: 
<defaultLLL>EXT:my_extension/pi1/locallang.xml</defaultLLL>
meta/formwrap boolean true

False, to avoid the HTML <form> tag when the form is rendered. It only has sense when all your renderlets are readonly or you are using only a renderlet:LISTER.


Path Data type Required Default Userobj Description
meta/debugSendMail csv-string; email Emails sent via the tx_ameosformidable->sendMail() method will be diverted to the given email addresses, to ease the debugging process.
Example: 
<debugSendMail>nimbus@darjeeling.foo, thomson@kenopee.foo</debugSendMail>
meta/majixSpinner string; file-path

Alternative image for the Ajax spinner displayed to the user when waiting for an Ajax request to be processed.

Example: 
<majixSpinner>fileadmin/spinner.gif</majixSpinner>
meta/libs csv-string

Third-party libraries to include to page when application initializes.
Possible values are:
* scriptaculous: scriptaculous javascript framework, core + effects
* dragdrop: scriptaculous dragdrop plugin
* builder: scriptaculous builder plugin

Example: 
<libs>scriptaculous, builder</libs>
Path Data type Required Default Userobj Description
meta/exportStyles boolean true If true, the <style> tags found in your applications will be automatically exported to external files, and included in HTML head.
meta/ajaxCharset string utf8 Specify latin1 if ajax requests should be made using iso charset, instead of utf8
meta/keepInSession boolean true If false, Formidable will not hibernate in session, reducing memory usage on the server, but also deactivating the ajax service.
meta/accessibility placeholder
  meta/accessibility/useJs boolean true If false, Formidable will not include the js-layer in the page.

/control

Holds objects that will be used across all the application

/control/datahandler:STANDARD

The simplest datahandler of all; does nothing except handling form posts

Path Data type Required Default Userobj Description
datahandler:STANDARD/process placeholder
  datahandler:STANDARD/process/beforeRender runneable X

Allows to alter the array of data handled by Formidable before distributing it to renderlets, for HTML rendering.
* Input: the data array
* Output: the altered data array

Example:

<datahandler:STANDARD>
	<process>
		<beforeRender>
			<userobj>
				<php><![CDATA[
 
	$aData = $this->getParams();
	$aData["my_rdt_name"] = "This overrides the value";
	return $aData;
 
				]]></php>
			</userobj>
		</beforeRender>
	</process>
</datahandler:STANDARD>


/control/datahandler:DB

Get and Set data to the database

Path Data type Required Default Userobj Description
datahandler:DB/tableName string X The table in the database
datahandler:DB/keyName string X The uid column in the database
datahandler:DB/i18n placeholder
  datahandler:DB/i18n/use boolean false True, the datahandler will activate the i18n logic when handling records.
datahandler:DB/i18n/defLangUid int X Default language uid; typically 0
datahandler:DB/editEntry int X ID of record to edit, if any
datahandler:DB/process placeholder
  datahandler:DB/process/beforeInsertion runneable X

Alter the array of data before insertion into the database
* Input: the data array
* Output: the altered data array

datahandler:DB/process/afterInsertion runneable X

Alter the array of data after insertion into the database
* Input: the data array
* Output: the altered data array

datahandler:DB/process/beforeEdition runneable X

Alter the array of data before insertion into the database, only if the record already exists in the database
* Input: the data array
* Output: the altered data array

datahandler:DB/process/afterEdition runneable X

Alter the array of data after insertion into the database, only if the record already exists in the database
* Input: the data array
* Output: the altered data array

datahandler:DB/process/beforeCreation runneable X

Alter the array of data after insertion into the database, only if the record don't exists in the database and is about to be created
* Input: the data array
* Output: the altered data array

datahandler:DB/process/afterCreation runneable X

Alter the array of data after insertion into the database, only if the record has just been created
* Input: the data array
* Output: the altered data array


/control/renderer:STANDARD

Displays your renderlets sequentially, one after the other.

Path Data type Required Default Userobj Description
renderer:STANDARD/style placeholder
  renderer:STANDARD/style string X A CSS style string to include in your application.
Styles are exported to an external CSS file. Allows quick'n'clean styling.
renderer:STANDARD/style/rewrite boolean true

True, renderlet names will be replaced in the style string by the corresponding html IDs
Example:

<style rewrite="true"><![CDATA[
 
	#my-rdt-name {
		color: red;
	}
 
]]></style>

Will be rewritten to this:

<style>
 
	#my-form-id[my-rdt-name] {
		color: red;
	}
 
</style>


/control/datasources

Path Data type Required Default Userobj Description
/control/datasources placeholder Collection of datasource objects


/control/datasources/datasource:DB

Path Data type Required Default Userobj Description
datasource:DB/name string X The datasource name.
Unique in application.
datasource:DB/sql string X X

The SQL query to be executed by the datasource.
No ORDER BY nor LIMIT statements allowed.

Example:
<datasource:DB name="my-ds">
	<sql><![CDATA[
 
		SELECT * from pages
		WHERE pid=136
 
	]]></sql>
</datasource:DB>
datasource:DB/table string

Database table.


Example:
<datasource:DB name="my-ds">
	<table>tt_news</table>
</datasource:DB>
datasource:DB/fields csv-string

List of fields to be queried.


Example:
<datasource:DB name="my-ds">
	<fields>uid, title, short</fields>
	<table>tt_news</table>
</datasource:DB>
datasource:DB/wheres placeholder

Additional conditions to be added to the query.


Example:
<datasource:DB name="my-ds">
	<fields>uid, title, short</fields>
	<table>tt_news</table>
	<wheres>
		<where>
			<term>pid</term>
			<comparison>=</comparison>
			<value>180</value>
		</where>
	</wheres>
</datasource:DB>
datasource:DB/enableFields mixed: boolean,string false

Adds enable fields to the sql query automatically. (typically hidden=0 and deleted=0)
If string given, will be interpreted as the DB table on which to check for enableFields.
If true, the datasource will try to automatically determine the table name for enablefields.

datasource:DB/beforeSqlFilter runneable X

Allows to alter the raw data array that will be used to build the SQL parts, before building the whole query.
* Input: the data array, containing filter-data and config.
* Output: the altered data array

datasource:DB/beforeSqlExec runneable X

Allows to alter the array that will be used to build the whole SQL query, before execution.
* Input: the data array, containing sql parts, filter-data and config.
* Output: the altered data array

datasource:DB/link placeholder Connects to an alternative DB if needed
  datasource:DB/link/host string Name or IP of the server hosting the alternative DB to connect to.
datasource:DB/link/user string Alternative DB username
datasource:DB/link/password string Alternative DB password
datasource:DB/link/dbName string Alternative DB name


/control/datasources/datasource:PHPARRAY

Path Data type Required Default Userobj Description
datasource:PHPARRAY/bindsTo runneable X X

Has to return a PHP array formated this way: 

	array(
		array(
			"column1" => "value of row 1, column 1",
			"column2" => "value of row 1, column 2",
		),
		array(
			"column1" => "value of row 2, column 1",
			"column2" => "value of row 2, column 2",
		),
		array(
			"column1" => "value of row 3, column 1",
			"column2" => "value of row 3, column 2",
		),
	)



/control/sandbox

Sandbox is an object holding properties and methods that will be available and persisted in both the standard and the ajax execution environments.

Path Data type Required Default Userobj Description
sandbox/extends string; file-path

The sandbox can extend an existing PHP class to inherit it's method and properties.
Provide the path in this format:
/path/to/class.mysandbox.php::mysandbox_classname

<sandbox extends="EXT:my_extension/class.mysandbox.php::mysandbox" />


For tiny specializations, it's is also possible to define the php in a userobj.

<sandbox>
	<userobj>
		<php><![CDATA[
 
			var $bar = 0;
 
			function foo() {
				$this->bar++;
			}
 
		]]></php>
	</userobj>
</sandbox>


To access the sandbox in your application, use: 

$this->oSandBox->foo();


If the sandbox defines a init() method, it will be called by Formidable at initialization time.



/elements

Elements is the placeholder for all the renderlets.

Path Data type Required Default Userobj Description
elements placeholder Collection of renderlet objects

/elements/renderlet:*

This property-reference is appliable to all types of renderlets.

Path Data type Required Default Userobj Description
renderlet:*/name string X Identifier for the renderlet; unique accross all the application
renderlet:*/label string

Label, displayed close to the renderlet in default rendering.
Can be a litteral string, or a reference to a locallang string.

Example:

<renderlet:TEXT
	name="myfield"
	label="LLL:EXT:myext/locallang.xml:myfield.label"
/>
renderlet:*/dependsOn string Absolute name of renderlet, onto whom the current renderlet depends. For instance, if a listbox B depends on listbox A, B should declare dependsOn='A'.
renderlet:*/title string Mapped to the title HTML property.
renderlet:*/custom string

Will be inserted as-is inside the renderlet-tag.
Example::

	<renderlet:TEXT
		name="mytxt"
		custom=" rel='lightbox' "
	/>
renderlet:*/style string CSS style definition that will be encapsulated with the corresponding HTML style-attribute in your renderlet.
renderlet:*/class string CSS class definition that will be encapsulated with the corresponding HTML class-attribute in your renderlet.
renderlet:*/wrap string Wrap string like TYPO3 likes it.
renderlet:*/process boolean true X True, renderlet will be processed. False, it will be skipped.
renderlet:*/readOnly boolean false True, renderlet will be locked for editing.
renderlet:*/renderOnly boolean false True, renderlet will be processed and rendered, but datahandler will skip it.
renderlet:*/defaultWrap boolean true False, renderlet will not be wrapped in default <div> tag.
renderlet:*/activeListable boolean false True, renderlet will be rendered as an active form field when in lists.
renderlet:*/activeListable boolean false True, renderlet will be rendered as an active form field when in lists.
renderlet:*/hideIfDependancyEmpty boolean false True, renderlet will be rendered as hidden (display none) if it's dependancy declared property is empty (as defined by dependsOn).
renderlet:*/validateForDraft boolean false True, renderlet will have to validate even if the current form is submitted as DRAFT.
renderlet:*/i18n placeholder for translation settings at renderlet level.
  renderlet:*/i18n/translate boolean true False, renderlet will not be translatable (used in conjunction with /datahandler/i18n/use).
renderlet:*/i18n/hideIfNotTranslated boolean false True, renderlet will be rendered as hidden when /renderlet:*/i18n/use is true and not translated.
renderlet:*/hideIfJs boolean false True, renderlet will be rendered as hidden if Javascript is active on the client browser.
renderlet:*/displayOnlyIfJs boolean false True, renderlet will be rendered as hidden if Javascript is not active on the client browser.
renderlet:*/data
  renderlet:*/data/value string X Always overrides the renderlet's value.
renderlet:*/data/defaultValue string X Value of the renderlet when displaying form for the first time, and when not editing a record from the database (when in creation mode).
renderlet:*/data/items placeholder for renderlet items
  renderlet:*/data/items/fromTCA boolean false True, Formidable will look for items in the TCA definition for the table as defined in /datahandler/tablename (if datahandler of type DB), with a match on renderlet name = TCA column name.
renderlet:*/data/items/item placeholder
  renderlet:*/data/items/item/caption string X Caption for the renderlet's item. Can be an LLL reference.
renderlet:*/data/items/item/value string X Value for the renderlet's item.
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