can i use HTML Form Generation Methods outside DMZ?

[eluser]BrianDHall[/eluser]
The HTMLForm extension requires some degree of use of DMZ. To get the minimal use of it you'll need to create a DMZ model to cover the database table you want to use for form generation, but you won't have all the zing of HTMLForm because it can handle relationship fields as well which can only be handled if you have other models defined for datamapper to use.

The power of HTMLForm extension is only permissible because of DMZ - there is a lot a form generator can do when it knows all the things about your database and model that ORM grants. Without that integration, the extension is rendered largely worthless.

You don't have to do everything the DMZ way, or even use many of its features, but you can't just use the extension without doing anything else, any more than you can take the tires off someone else's car and expect to ride them home.