I would use the jQuery form wizard plugin. It is very nice and dose
the pagination for you.
The only issue is if the data in the second step depend on what is in
the first step, then you would need to use some ajax/javascript to
alter accordingly.
--
Thadeus
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Mathieu Clabaut
<mathieu.clab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice idea !
> I needed something similar... I'll give a try..
> Thanks !
>
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 17:19, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>>
>> db.define_table('mytable',
>> Field('field1'), Field('field2'), Field('field3'),
>> Field('field4'))
>>
>> make sure they all have defaults.
>>
>> def wizard():
>> fields=[['field1'], # first page
>> ['field2','field3'], # second page
>> ['field4']] # third page
>> record_id =int(request.args(0) or 0)
>> page=int(request.args(1) or 0)
>> form = SQLFORM(db.mytable,record_id,fields=fields[page])
>> if form.accepts(request.vars,session):
>> if page<len(fields):
>> redirect(r=request,args=(form.vars.id,page+1))
>> else: redirect(r=request,f='form_completed'))
>> return dict(form=form, page=page)
>>
>> I did not try it. May need some debugging.
>>
>> On May 28, 6:20 pm, "Robert O'Connor" <robby.ocon...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hey,
>> >
>> > I need to implement a "wizard" style form. (things will exist on
>> > different screens; each "step" or page will post to the next page and
>> > have those values stored and used in the next step.
>> >
>> > Now here's the problem: there's seems to be very few examples in
>> > developing something like this in web2py... Does anybody know either
>> > of an app that does this that I can look at for examples or perhaps a
>> > strategy of implementing this?
>> >
>> > If you're in the United States -- Happy Memorial Day weekend!
>> > -Robert O'Connor
>
