0.7

Till version 0.6.1 gaff was an php tool. When i started programming perl and recognized that it is much more powerfull than php, i ported gaff to perl. I completly rewrote it and thereby added many new features:

• flexible template engine for writing skins
• check routines with translatable error messages (using gettext)
• a more modular design, so that gaff can easily be extended and enhanced
• a more detailed documentation 0.7.1

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Till version 0.7 FormEngine was called gaff.

• new method add_checks
• enhanced documentation

0.7.2

• added 2 easy tests (make test)
• fixed bug in handleerror (Handler.pm)
• fixed bug in _parse (FormEngine.pm)
• added addto_output method
• implemented multi skin management
• enhanced documentation

0.7.3

• fixed bug in checkemail (Checks.pm)
• added 'print' template
• added 'check_uniq' template
• added 'button' template
• added 'confirm' method
• implemented '<!.*![A-Za-z_ |]+!>' template syntax
• added new check methods
• enhanced handler system
• enhanced documentation

0.7.3b

This is a CPAN release only. I forgot to delete the 'blib' directory before packaging the 0.7.3 release. CPAN doesn't like this.

0.7.4

• fixed bug in handleerror
• template parsing is now done from left to right and from top to bottom, independend of wether a variable, a handler call, a loop etc. is found
• second argument of handlevalue changed its meaning!
• template variables are now valid for all subtemplates too!
• enhanced documentation

0.7.5

• fixed confirm() related bug (added resetting)

1.0

• redesign: skins are now represented by classes
• because of that the following methods are not in FormEngine anymore:
  • set_skin
  • add_skin
  • set_default
  • add_default
  • set_handler
  • add_handler
  • add_checks
  • set_confirm_skin
  • add_confirm_skin
  • set_confirm_handler
  • add_confirm_handler
• instead they're replaced by methods of the skin classes. see MIGRATING for more.
• the following new methods were added to FormEngine:
  • set_skin_obj
  • get_skin_obj
  • set_seperate
  • confirmation_canceled
  • del_main_vars
• the skin templates are completly rewritten
• template system extended:
  • handler calls can now be nested
  • loops without loop variables loop over all variables in the loops body
• the "check_uniq" template and the "emb_text" template don't exist anymore
• new templates: select_flexible, select_optgroup, optgroup, optgroup_flexible, fieldset, print_option
• all handlers have been renamed, you have to add a '#' infront of the old names.
• new handlers:
  • #gettext_var for translating the contents of a template variable
  • #label for generating a label tag
  • #decide
  • #readonly
  • #multiple
  • #confirm_check_prepare
  • #seperate
  • #encentities
  • #save_to_global
  • #not_null
  • #html2text
  • #arg
• the following handlers don't exist anymore:
  • checked_uniq
  • confirm_checked
  • confirm_checked_uniq
• the "check_email" check is renamed to "email"
• new checks:
  • match
  • unique

1.01

• fixed bug in Skin.pm (it was askin for HTML::FormEngine::SkinText which is not available and also not needed)