How to avoid "Save" command in appuifw.Form (Make "Auto Save" form)

[shail229]

Hi, I am quite new in PyS60, struggling with one problem in appuifw.Form. I crated a form and put "Ok" command. Now what I want is when I press "Ok", then I can retrieve the information entered by the user in the form. I have noticed that in the form "Save" and "Back" commands are coming by default, and until I press "Save", I cant retrieve information entered by user in the form. I want to avoid pressing "Save". Could you help me in this regard. I am giving here sample code also.

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import appuifw

class MyForm:    
    def show(self):
        fields = [( u'Name', 'text', u''), (u'Password','text', u'')]
        self.form = appuifw.Form(fields, appuifw.FFormEditModeOnly)        
        self.form.flags = appuifw.FFormEditModeOnly
	self.form.menu = [(u'Ok', self.on_ok)]
        self.form.execute()
 
    def on_ok(self):
	print 'Name is ', self.form[0][2]
	print 'Password is ', self.form[0][2] 
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    appuifw.app.title = u'Forms with save issue'
    form = MyForm()
    form.show()

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[shubhendra]

Hi shail229,
First of all you can use, square bracket CODE closing bracket, to start from where you want to put code and close it with square bracket /CODE closing bracket. (Ya substitute [ for square bracket and ] for closing bracket}

Now forms are meant to be saved AFAIK. If you want to just save the information why don't you use appuifw.query() instead?

[shail229]

Hi Shubhendra, thanks for your reply. Actually I can't use appuifw.query() as there are multiple fields (with different types like "text", "date", "number") and I want to display them together. There are few commands also with different actions. Each command action needs inputs provided by the user. So before each command action, I have to press "Save". Is there any way to avoid pressing "Save"?

[gaba88]

Hi Shubhendra, thanks for your reply. Actually I can't use appuifw.query() as there are multiple fields (with different types like "text", "date", "number") and I want to display them together. There are few commands also with different actions. Each command action needs inputs provided by the user. So before each command action, I have to press "Save". Is there any way to avoid pressing "Save"?

hi shail229
if you want to use multiple fields then why dont you use multiple queries hope you are getting that.

[shail229]

Ya that is correct, but as far I know multiple_query can not be used for different types like "text", "number", "date" together. And I can't add commands there. i want to show all the fields together in one screen with some of the commands.

[shubhendra]

Ok got it what you want, please see the following link for a program, run it, you can see that when "save" button is clicked print occurs, instead of that you can do some function call for your problem statement

http://lfdm.net/thesis/index.php/200...46-use-of-form

PS-> thanks to this guy who made a quite commented program.

[shail229]

Thanks, but this is not what I want. This example sets action for "Save". I don't want to put my action on "Save", but I want to call "Save" on my command action. Suppose there is command with label "Submit", so on pressing "Submit" all the inputs of the form-fields should be available to the form. I hope you are getting my point.

[croozeus]

Thanks, but this is not what I want. This example sets action for "Save". I don't want to put my action on "Save", but I want to call "Save" on my command action. Suppose there is command with label "Submit", so on pressing "Submit" all the inputs of the form-fields should be available to the form. I hope you are getting my point.

Hi shail229,

I have replied to your email on the PyS60 Google Group.

Best Regards,
Croozeus

[shail229]

Hi Pankaj,
I have seen your answer in Google Group. Is there any better approach to do that?
When user is pressing "Save" then some procedure is being called to save the form and invokes save_hook. Can I not have the handle of that procedure, which saves the form (without pressing "Save" or using keypress).

[gaba88]

Thanks, but this is not what I want. This example sets action for "Save". I don't want to put my action on "Save", but I want to call "Save" on my command action. Suppose there is command with label "Submit", so on pressing "Submit" all the inputs of the form-fields should be available to the form. I hope you are getting my point.

hi shail229
i think i got your question shail229 let me explain it to you that instead of printing the inputs of form you wnt to save that in another form hope i am right well you can still do that by just calling another function when pressing that label your function should be capable enough to save that to another form hope i m right.
witing for ur feedback

[shail229]

Hi Gaba88,
Actually in my application there is login form with fields "user name" and "password". This form has one command "Login". Now what I want is that when user enters user name and password information in the login form and press "Login" command, then those login details will be used to authenticate the user.

But here the problem is that user has to press "Save" before pressing "Login" then only user's input (login details) can be saved in the form and can be available to the program for any action. Is there any way to avoid pressing "Save"? I mean user will enter some inputs in the login form then press "Login" (without pressing "Save") and action of "Login" can read those form details to take some action accordingly.

import appuifw

login_details = {}
login_details['abcd'] = 'efgh'
login_details['aa'] = 'xx'

class MyForm:    
    def show(self):
        fields = [( u'User Name', 'text', u''), (u'Password','text', u'')]
        self.form = appuifw.Form(fields, appuifw.FFormEditModeOnly)        
        self.form.flags = appuifw.FFormEditModeOnly
	self.form.menu = [(u'Login', self.on_login)]
        self.form.execute()
 
    def on_login(self):
	user_name = str(self.form[0][2])
	passwd = str(self.form[1][2])
	if not user_name:
	    appuifw.note(u'User name is missing', 'error')
	    return
	if not passwd:
	    appuifw.note(u'Password is missing', 'error')
	    return
	print "user name is ", user_name
	print "password is ", passwd
	success = False
	if login_details.has_key(user_name):
	    if passwd == login_details[user_name]:	        
		success = True
	
	if success:
	    appuifw.note(u'Login success', 'info')
	    ## Do some action accordingly##
	else:
	    appuifw.note(u'Invalid user name and/or password', 'error')
	    ## Be in the same form ##
	    return
		
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    appuifw.app.title = u'Forms with save issue'
    form = MyForm()
    form.show()

[shail229]

Continued..

If you run the given code, you will see login form and fields "User name" and "Password". Now user has entered some values say "aa" and "bb" and then user pressed "Login" ("Options">"Login"). Immediately user gets the error message that "User name is missing", because user has not pressed "Save" ("Options">"Save") command. But if user will press "Save" command then press "Login" in that case its fine. But I want to avoid pressing of "Save" command.