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+#!/usr/bin/python2.5
+#
+# Copyright 2008 the Melange authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Helpers used to display various views that are forms.
+"""
+
+__authors__ = [
+  '"Todd Larsen" <tlarsen@google.com>',
+  ]
+
+
+from google.appengine.ext.db import djangoforms
+
+
+class DbModelForm(djangoforms.ModelForm):
+  """Subclass of Django ModelForm that fixes some label and help_text issues.
+
+  The default behavior of ModelForm is to use the verbose_name in all
+  lowercase, capitalizing only the first character, as the displayed field
+  label.  This class uses verbose_name unaltered as the visible field label
+  instead.
+
+  The Property classes used by the App Engine Datastore do not have a
+  help_text parameter to their constructor.  In a Model class, a help_text
+  attribute *can* be added to the property after it is created, but the
+  help text will not be automatically passed along to the Django ModelForm.
+  This class detects the presence of a help_text attribute and adds it to
+  the corresponding form field object.
+
+  ugettext_lazy() proxies used for internationalization in the Model will
+  still work correctly with this new behavior, as long as the original
+  strings are used as the translation keys.
+  """
+
+  def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Fixes label and help_text issues after parent initialization.
+
+    Args:
+      *args, **kwargs:  passed through to parent __init__() constructor
+    """
+    super(DbModelForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    for field_name in self.fields.iterkeys():
+      # Since fields can be added only to the ModelForm subclass, check to
+      # see if the Model has a corresponding field first.
+      if hasattr(self.Meta.model, field_name):
+        model_prop = getattr(self.Meta.model, field_name)
+
+        # Check if the Model property defined verbose_name, and copy that
+        # verbatim to the corresponding field label.
+        if hasattr(model_prop, 'verbose_name'):
+          self.fields[field_name].label = model_prop.verbose_name
+
+        # Check if the Model property added help_text, and copy that verbatim
+        # to the corresponding field help_text.
+        if hasattr(model_prop, 'help_text'):
+          self.fields[field_name].help_text = model_prop.help_text