Alan
I have done this (in php but the concepts apply) by writing a form
generation "engine" that manages the state of the form, and fills values
into templates. So you create templates with the html editor of your
choosing with minimal markup for the specific form values on that page,
and the engine fills them in, manages state etc. the code that fills out
form values, extracts and validates form values is only written once.
It's a completely different approach that what you are asking for, but
worked quite well for me. ymmv.
charles
On Tue, 9 May 2000, Alan Mead wrote:
> From time to time I spend what seems like an inordinate amount of time
> creating multi-page forms. I create them by hand-coding HTML and Perl
> using CGI.pm. Because they are multi-form, I code the Perl to write the
> HTML "on the fly" as in Lincoln Stein's CGI.pm book. But I typically want
> to use tables to align things.
>
> In fact, I find that I spend a lot of time switching between my code and my
> browser getting everything aligned well, sync'ing names and other values,
> etc. And fixing typos and "think-o's" in my Perl. I think I would spend
> a lot less time (or satisfice less) if I had a WYSIWYG tool that allowed
> HTML elements to be dropped onto a canvas and then configured (named, given
> properties, etc.; like Window's Delphi and VB, if you are familiar). And
> then this ideal tool would write out proper Perl CGI.pm syntax. If it
> added javascript verification, that would be cool too.
>
> Anyone heard of such a beast? It seems like all the tools I'm familiar
> with (and I just put down a typically mediocre PC Magazine article about
> HTML generators) either focus exclusively on generating HTML or are not
> WYSIWYG. Obviously, I would VERY MUCH PREFER that I use it in a Linux/X11
> environment. I looked through the rpmfind site and couldn't see anything
> like this; in fact, I couldn't find any WYSIWYG HTML editor except
> Communicator and Amaya (which crashed within seconds of launching).
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