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The way multi-valued fields work is this:
- A new widget is added to the form. I name it as the attribute + s.
For example, I use cns for the cn attribute.
- If you need a new validator use a ForEach() so that each value is
checked.
- This attribute is populated from the incoming attribute from the
user or group record. The widget can support multiple fields at once
but I'm using it for just one field. In fact, I don't know if it
will work with more the way I'm using it.
- In the GUI an operator can add/remove values to each multi-valued field.
- Naming is very important in the widget. TurboGears automatically
re-assembles the data into a list of dict entries if you name things
properly. For example, the cns (multiple CN entries) looks like:
cns-0.cn=Rob+Crittenden&cns-1.cn=Robert+Crittenden&cns-2.cn=rcrit
- This gets converted to:
[{'cn': u'Rob Crittenden'}, {'cn': u'Robert Crittenden'}, {'cn': u'rcrit'}]
- I take this list of dicts and pull out each value and append it to a new
list that represents the original multi-valued field
- Then the list/dict version is removed (in this case, kw['cns']).
When adding a new field you have to update:
1. The form to add the new ExpandingForm() field and perhaps a validator
2. The edit template to add the boilerplate to display the field
3. The show template to be able to display all the fields separately
4. The new template if you want to be able to enter these on new entries
5. The subcontroller so you can do the input and output conversions
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