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+<?php ///Class file for textarea field, extends base_field
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//                                                                       //
+// NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT                                                   //
+//                                                                       //
+// Moodle - Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment         //
+//          http://moodle.org                                            //
+//                                                                       //
+// Copyright (C) 2005 Martin Dougiamas  http://dougiamas.com             //
+//                                                                       //
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  //
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  //
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     //
+// (at your option) any later version.                                   //
+//                                                                       //
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       //
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        //
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         //
+// GNU General Public License for more details:                          //
+//                                                                       //
+//          http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html                         //
+//                                                                       //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+/// Please refer to lib.php for method comments
+
+class data_field_textarea extends data_field_base {
+
+    var $type = 'textarea';
+    var $id;
+
+    
+    function data_field_textarea($fid=0){
+        parent::data_field_base($fid);
+    }
+    
+    
+    /***********************************************
+     * Saves the field into the database           *
+     ***********************************************/
+    function insert_field($dataid, $type='textarea', $name, $desc='', $autolink=0, $width='', $height='') {
+        $newfield = new object;
+        $newfield->dataid = $dataid;
+        $newfield->type = $type;
+        $newfield->name = $name;
+        $newfield->description = $desc;
+        $newfield->param1 = $autolink;
+        $newfield->param2 = $width;
+        $newfield->param3 = $height;
+        
+        if (!insert_record('data_fields', $newfield)) {
+            notify('Insertion of new field failed!');
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
+    /***********************************************
+     * Prints the form element in the add template *
+     ***********************************************/
+    function display_add_field($id, $rid=0) {
+        global $CFG;
+        if (!$field = get_record('data_fields', 'id', $id)){
+            notify('That is not a valid field id!');
+            exit;
+        }
+        if ($rid) {
+            $content = get_record('data_content', 'fieldid', $id, 'recordid', $rid);
+            if (isset($content->content)) {
+                $content = $content->content;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            $content = '';
+        }
+        $str = '';
+
+        if ($field->description) {
+            $str .= '<img src="'.$CFG->pixpath.'/help.gif" alt="'.$field->description.'" title="'.$field->description.'" />&nbsp;';
+        }
+        $str .= '<textarea name="field_' . $field->id . '" id="field_'.$field->id . '"';
+        if (!empty($field->param2) && !empty($field->param3)) {
+            $str .= ' style="width:' . $field->param2. 'px; height:' . $field->param3 . 'px;"';
+        }
+        $str .= '>' . $content . '</textarea>';
+        return $str;
+    }
+
+
+    function display_edit_field($id, $mode=0) {
+        parent::display_edit_field($id, $mode);
+    }
+        
+
+    function update($fieldobject) {
+        $fieldobject->param1 = trim($fieldobject->param1);
+        $fieldobject->param2 = trim($fieldobject->param2);
+        
+        if (!update_record('data_fields',$fieldobject)){
+            notify ('upate failed');
+        }
+    }
+}
+?>
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diff --git a/mod/data/field/textarea/mod.html b/mod/data/field/textarea/mod.html
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+<form name="fieldsubform" action="<?php echo $CFG->wwwroot; ?>/mod/data/fields.php?d=<?php echo ($field->dataid); ?>" method="POST">
+<table width="100%">
+    <tr>
+        <td span="2">
+            <input type="hidden" name="fid" value="<?php echo ($field->id); ?>" />
+            <input type="hidden" name="mode" value="<?php if ($newfield) {echo 'add';} else {echo 'update';} ?>" />
+            <input type="hidden" name="type" value="<?php echo $this->type; ?>" />
+            <input name="sesskey" value="<?php echo sesskey(); ?>" type="hidden">
+            <?php echo ($this->name()); ?>
+        </td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td>Name:</td>
+        <td><input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="<?php echo($field->name); ?>" /></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td>Description:</td>
+        <td><input type="text" name="description" id="description" value="<?php echo($field->description); ?>" /></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td>Allow Autolink:</td>
+        <td><input type="checkbox" name="param1" id="param1" <?php if($field->param1) {echo 'checked="checked"';} ?> value="1" /></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td>Width:</td>
+        <td><input type="text" name="param2" id="width" value="<?php echo($field->param2); ?>" /> px</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td>Height:</td>
+        <td><input type="text" name="param3" id="height" value="<?php echo($field->param3); ?>" /> px</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td>&nbsp;</td>
+        <td>
+            <input type="submit" value="<?php if ($newfield) {echo get_string('add');} else {echo get_string('save','data');} ?>" \>
+            <input type="submit" value="<?php echo get_string('cancel'); ?>" onclick="document.fieldsubform.mode.value='void';" \>
+        </td>
+    </tr>
+</table>
+</form>