[TYPO3-mvc] Extbase / Fluid Form Viewhelper: Only want to change one property of object

[Domi]

On 04/18/2013 01:04 AM, g4-lisz at tonarchiv.ch wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a object 'Demand' with a lot of properties, e.g.  string
> 'fulltext' and integer 'ordering'.
>
> Now there is a form where I want to change just one of it's properties
> (others of them have been set in an earlier step):
>
>      <f:form name="demand" object="{demand}" action="...">
>          <f.form.hidden property="ordering" value="1">
>      </f:form>
>
> If i do so, all other properties are lost. If i want to keep another
> property 'fulletxt', i have to put it in a hidden field, too:
>
>      <f:form name="demand" object="{demand}" action="...">
>          <f.form.hidden property="fulltext">
>          <f.form.hidden property="ordering" value="1">
>      </f:form>
>
> Because I have a lot of properties and because I don't know which one of
> them are set, a had to put a whole bunch of hidden properties in the
> form. This is quite impractical.
>
> Is there a way to tell the form handler that it should keep all
> properties, without explicitly listing every property?
>
> Cheers,
> Till
Hi Till,

maybe a partial validation would help?
http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v4-mvc/wiki/How_to_use_partial_validation_for_a_multi-step_form

Regards,
Dominic