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Re: [BackupPC-users] Smarter CGI
2011-05-17 12:17:27
Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey AT BUC DOT com> wrote on 05/17/2011
12:05:15 PM:
> > Lastly, for various fields throughout the CGI, I would like to
> make them drop down menu's with pre-populated options. For instance,
> BackupsDisable, i would like the menu to show the "Disabled,
Manual
> Only and Never Backup" but to carry the corresponding values
(0, 1 ,
> 2) Any guidance would be very much appreciated as i am new to perl
> and BackupPC. Thanks.
>
> This should be simply a matter of changing the type of html field
being
> used to collect the data. Theoretically, all you would have
to do is
> find the spot in the code where it generates the config screen and
> change it there. Of course, I'm not familiar with the code,
so it is
> possible there is something else involved.
That would be a very nice addition. And it's
true that 'all you'd have to do' is change the HTML used for those fields
from a text box to a drop-down box with the proper cosmetic and functional
labels.
HOWEVER, you have also just created a rather larger
maintenance burden. You will now have to change the handling of this
in multiple places throughout the code: in the actual code and in
the CGI code.
So, a straightforward "hack the CGI code to show
the right labels" is just that: a straightforward hack. Better
might be to restructure the code such that the labels are stored in the
configuration file (or some other common location) and the CGI pulls them
from there.
Given that Craig is working on a significant rewrite
for BackupPC 4.0, this may be something that would be best worked on there,
while major things are changing anyway. Also, the new system will
use (require?) a database, so there's an even more logical place to stick
the information. Craig, is this something you have any thoughts on?
For the record, I'm with the original poster: it'd
be *very* nice to have. I have to click on the documentation link
every time I wan to use BackupsDisable myself! :) But I also
understand the maintenance side, too...
Timothy J. Massey
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