[Typo3-dev] Flexforms: managing changes in configuration and more

[Ricardo Scachetti Pereira]

    Hi all,

    I'm learning how to use flexforms in a plugin I'm developing and I 
have some questions:

1) I realize that the flexform configuration information of defined for 
each instance of a plugin is stored in the tt_content.pi_flexform as XML 
text. Say that I change the file flexform_ds_pi1.xml from one version of 
my plugin to the next, that will probably break all existing instances 
of my plugin. Will I have to reconfigure each plugin instance on my 
website? Is there a way to manage that process to make the transition 
easier?

2) I also realize that the plugin configuration record (pi_flexform) 
tend to keep values of old tags that once existed in 
flexform_ds_pi1.xml. Should that residual config data be cleaned up? Is 
there a way to do that?

3) Is there a more comprehensive description of the XML format used in 
the flexforms configuration (flexform_ds_pi1.xml)? All I found so far is 
the Extension Development using Flexforms 
(http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Extension_Development%2C_using_Flexforms)


  Any help is appreciated.
  Cheers,

Ricardo


	

	
		
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