Re: [cgiapp] get_previous_runmode() ?

[Dan Coutu <suppressed>]

Michael Hirmke wrote:
> I'm writing a CGI, which has three different input modes, but only one
> check function for all three of them. This check function gets called
> from cgiapp_prerun, whenever in one of the three input modes the "Save"
> button is submitted. If the check function finds any error, it returns
> false, in which case the runmode should be switched back to where we
> came from. If the check function returns true, cgiapp_prerun leaves the
> "Save" mode as it is and the save function is called.

When I was faced with this same problem I just passed the name of the 
current (soon to be previous) run mode as a hidden input parameter. That 
way I could easily return to the previous run mode if something went wrong.

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Dan Coutu
Managing Director
Snowy Owl Internet Consulting, LLC
http://www.snowy-owl.com/



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