[TYPO3-english] question about " Flexform"

[tom]

Hi,

Got it. Thanks.

Tom

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Peter Niederlag
<peter.niederlag at typo3.org>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On 05.11.2012 03:13, tom wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > What is Flexform? I googed it, but hard to get the definition of it.
> > Thanks.
>
>
> Flexforms are basically an XML presentation of $TCA information (Via
> $TCA you define a mapping between a relational table/field storage and
> it's GUI/Logical presentation as a FORM to the browser).
>
> With Fleforms you can define such a mapping(and thus a visual FORM)
> inside *one* database field. This enables you to (re-) define the forem
> without any changes to the underlying database scheme.
>
> <cite TYPE: "flex" >
> Rendering a FlexForm element - essentially this consists of a
> hierarchically organized set of fields which will have their values
> saved into a single field in the database, stored as XML.
> </cite> [1]
>
> My strong suggestion is to first get some experience with $TCA [1],
> before you start getting into fleforms.
>
> [1]
>
> http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/core-documentation/doc_core_tca/4.6.0/view/
>
> Greets,
> Peter
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