[TYPO3-dev] future of FORM

[Christian Opitz - Netzelf]

  Hi list,

i'm confused about which extension to use for form generation and 
handling. A while ago i was beginning to write an extension to 
formhandler that should serve as GUI to create and manage forms and 
fields [1][2]. But because the project was dependent of a job that took 
a while to start i did not work on it for a while.

Now i'm working on it again and i'm thinking about changing it's 
behaviour from an ext for formhandler to a form manager that can export 
to several formats like tca, zend form (already working), FORM, HTML, 
formhandler configuration etc. BUT: I read about the FORM-project and 
that for it a wizard is planned. When thats true my extension would be 
more or less obsolete because i would center it arround this wizard and 
not write an own.

Now my questions are: Are the updates on the FORM-project [3][4]? Or is 
this project obsolete and a spread compromise is to use powermail or 
formhandler? Do you see any sense in writing an form management module 
at all?

[1] 
http://www.iks.hs-merseburg.de/~meinike/PDF/aa/bachelorarbeit_opitz.pdf 
(german only - sorry)
[2] http://forge.typo3.org/projects/show/extension-formhandlergui

[3] http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v4-form
[4] 
http://typo3.org/development/sponsoring/list-of-sponsored-projects/new-form-object/

Cheers,
Christian