Changeset 3758

Timestamp:

09/14/06 08:31:50 (2 years ago)

Author:

russellm

Message:

Updated documentation for ChangeManipulators? to reflect use of flatten_data() rather than dict to populate form data.

Files:

• django/trunk/docs/forms.txt (modified) (2 diffs)

django/trunk/docs/forms.txt

@@ -322 +322 @@
-            errors = {}
-            # This makes sure the form accurate represents the fields of the place.
-place.__dict__
+manipulator.flatten_data()
-
-        form = forms.FormWrapper(manipulator, new_data, errors)
@@ -337 +337 @@
-      object being edited.
-
-to the original object's ``__dict__``. This makes
-sure the form fields contain the current values of the object.
-``FormWrapper`` does not modify ``new_data`` in any way, and templates
-cannot, so this is perfectly safe
+based upon ``flatten_data()`` from the manipulator.
+``flatten_data()`` takes the data from the original object under 
+manipulation, and converts it into a data dictionary that can be used 
+to populate form elements with the existing values for the object
-
-    * The above example uses a different template, so create and edit can be