Package Gnumed :: Package business :: Module gmForms :: Class cFormEngine
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Class cFormEngine

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object --+
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        cFormEngine

Ancestor for forms.

Instance Methods
 
__init__(self, template_file=None)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature
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substitute_placeholders(self, data_source=None)
Parse the template into an instance and replace placeholders with values.
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edit(self)
Allow editing the instance of the template.
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generate_output(self, format=None)
Generate output suitable for further processing outside this class, e.g.
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process(self, data_source=None)
Merge values into the form template.
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cleanup(self)
A sop to TeX which can't act as a true filter: to delete temporary files
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exe(self, command)
Executes the provided command.
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store(self, params=None)
Stores the parameters in the backend.
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Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Properties

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

__init__(self, template_file=None)
(Constructor)

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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

Overrides: object.__init__
(inherited documentation)

generate_output(self, format=None)

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Generate output suitable for further processing outside this class, e.g. printing.

exe(self, command)

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Executes the provided command. If command cotains %F. it is substituted with the filename Otherwise, the file is fed in on stdin

store(self, params=None)

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Stores the parameters in the backend.

- link_obj can be a cursor, a connection or a service name
- assigning a cursor to link_obj allows the calling code to
  group the call to store() into an enclosing transaction
  (for an example see gmReferral.send_referral()...)