NAME

FS::UI::Base - Base class for all user-interface objects

SYNOPSIS

  use FS::UI::SomeInterface;
  use FS::UI::some_table;

  $interface = new FS::UI::some_table;

  $error = $interface->browse;
  $error = $interface->search;
  $error = $interface->view;
  $error = $interface->edit;
  $error = $interface->process;

DESCRIPTION

An FS::UI::Base object represents a user interface object. FS::UI::Base is intended as a base class for table-specfic classes to inherit from, i.e. FS::UI::cust_main. The simplest case, which will provide a default UI for your new table, is as follows:

  package FS::UI::table_name;
  use vars qw ( @ISA );
  use FS::UI::Base;
  @ISA = qw( FS::UI::Base );
  sub db_table { 'table_name'; }

Currently available interfaces are: FS::UI::Gtk, an X-Windows UI implemented using the Gtk+ toolkit FS::UI::CGI, a web interface implemented using CGI.pm, etc.

METHODS

new
browse
title
addwidget

VERSION

$Id: Base.html,v 1.3 2001-04-23 12:40:31 ivan Exp $

BUGS

This documentation is incomplete.

There should be some sort of per-(freeside)-user preferences and the ability for specific FS::UI:: modules to put their own values there as well.

HISTORY

$Log: Base.html,v $

Revision 1.3 2001-04-23 12:40:31 ivan

documentation and webdemo updates

Revision 1.1 1999/08/04 09:03:53 ivan initial checkin of module files for proper perl installation

Revision 1.1 1999/01/20 09:30:36 ivan skeletal cross-UI UI code.