[TYPO3-dev] FORM element

[Patrick Broens]

Ernesto Baschny [cron IT] wrote:
> Steffen Kamper wrote: on 24.05.2007 12:44:
> 
>> just fyi - i talked to Patrick Broens and we formed a team to force 
>> developing enhanced FORM.
>> Atm there is also Ingo Renner and Ernesto Baschny joining the team (Ernesto 
>> doesn't know yet :-) ).
>> At first we investigate all Form extensions and add-ons (there are over 30 
>> available) to decide which way we want to go.
>> We will keep you informed about our steps, and when a website or wiki is 
>> started for that, we will inform you as well.
>> Your ideas and comments are welcome at any time, also joining the team.
> 
> I would recommend you to get in touch or at least watch the effords of
> the ECT and Christoph Koehler first. Because he and Elmar Hinz already
> got plenty of work done for a "unified" FORM library endorsed by the ECT
>  at al. So I think we are making duplicate "teams" here, as this team
> already exists (or at least used to exist).
> 
> Search for "form" in the subjects of teams.extension-coordination and
> you will find the threads about it. Last update was in january 2007, but
> there is already some source-code present (in SVN).
I am aware of the Forms Library for FE Extensions and we will definately 
have a look at their efforts. I'm in for a completely new unified 
library, but, as you discovered yourself, the FORM cObject has to be 
backwards compatible. The current tx_forms on the SVN does not have that 
many options and has to be extended drastically if it is really going to 
be a unified one.

I'm investigating right now if it is possible to rewrite the FORM 
cObject with a lot of new features and keep the backwards compatibility. 
Maybe it is possible to make some transitional object where the old code 
can be deleted easy at some point. How long are we going to make it 
backwards compatible? So if you still have some documentation of your 
previous investigations (you did look at it some time ago, right?), 
could you send it to me?

Patrick
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ernesto