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package Embperl::Form::Control::display ;

use strict ;
use base 'Embperl::Form::Control' ;

use Embperl::Inline ;

1 ;

__EMBPERL__
    
[# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
#   show_control - output the control
#]

[$ sub show_control ($self)

my $name = $self->{name};
my $value = exists $self->{value} ? $self->{value} : $fdat{$name};
$value = [ split /\t/, $value ] if $self->{split};
$value = [ split /\n/, $value ] if $self->{splitlines};

$][$ if ref $value eq 'ARRAY' $][$ foreach $v (@$value) $][+ $v +]<br />[$ endforeach
$][$ elsif ref $value eq 'HASH' $][$ foreach $k (keys %$value) $][+ $k +]: [+ $value->{$k} +]<br />[$ endforeach
$][$ elsif ref $value $]<em>[+ ref $value +]</em>[$ 
     else $][+ $value +][$ endif $] 

[$ if $self->{hidden} $]
<input type="hidden" name="[+ $name +]" value="[+ $value +]">
[$endif$]
[$endsub$]

__END__

=pod

=head1 NAME

Embperl::Form::Control::display - A text display control inside an Embperl Form


=head1 SYNOPSIS

  { 
  type   => 'display',
  text   => 'blabla', 
  hidden => 1,
  name   => 'foo',
  split  => 1
  }

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Used to create a display only control inside an Embperl Form.
See Embperl::Form on how to specify parameters.

=head2 PARAMETER

=head3 type

Needs to be set to 'display'.

=head3 text 

Will be used as label for the text display control.

=head3 value

value to display. If not given $fdat{<name>} will be used. 
If the data given within value is an arrayref, every element will be displayed
on a separate line.

=head3 hidden 

If set, an appropriate hidden input field will be created
automatically.

=head3 name 

Will be used as name for the hidden input field.

=head3 split 

Splits the value into an array at \t if set and displays every array element
on a new line.

=head3 splitlines

Splits the value into an array at \n if set and displays every array element
on a new line.

=head1 Author

G. Richter (richter@dev.ecos.de), A. Beckert (beckert@ecos.de)

=head1 See Also

perl(1), Embperl, Embperl::Form