[ic] Multiple selection form and Mainstreet Communications

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Philip S. Hempel)]

cfm@maine.com wrote:
> 
> I can't share it easily. 

I appreciate what little I do get.

> Let's just say that our catalogs are
> **highly** system dependant and not at all stock.  :-)  We use
> next to no [tags] any more, but do almost everything in straight
> perl.  

So if I understand correctly you use very little of the MV's
builtin functions?

> I'd love to share that, but it would be a full time job
> just making it presentable and documenting it.  Last thing I
> need is someone complaining BOTH the code and documentation suck.
> 

Well in my case I do learn from others examples, even when
the code is not of A+ standards. It's like having someone
pointing "Go in that direction and you will eventually get 
where you want to be".


> But it's not terribly hard to build that form.  All you are doing
> is building your javascript on the fly - once again - we do it
> all in perl.  The hardest part is getting quoting to work
> and keeping your code legible at the same time.
> 

Ok real dumb question. What is "quoting"?


> I've appended the module below; it's not self contained, but it
> might give you some ideas.  It's a fairly old module, doesn't
> even look like we've touched it in 2 years.  We're much more
> averse nowadays to mixing content and presentation, yadda yadda.


Thanks very much I will attempt to do my best at deriving
something from your work. If I had a better grasp on perl it 
would be a synch to do many of the things that boggle my
mind on a daily basis in IC.

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