Does anyone know of a way to get at the labels through the <xforms:select> control?

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> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know of a way to get at the labels through the <xforms:select> control?
>
> When a user selects a label or labels the value(s) are stored in the
> referenced element but not the label(s)
> and I need the labels for use as part
> of the data that will be persisted from the form.
> My problem is this, users want to be able to mix
> <xforms:select> <xforms:itemset>’s from different sources.
> Some
> are hard coded in the form (via instance) while others come from XPL to an
> instance. I need to be able to
> find and return the user selected label(s)
> after the selection(s) is made. I’m returning the value(s) as the
> elements
> value and trying to return the label(s) as a comma separated list in an
> attribute of the element.
> The problem is when multiple instances are used in
> a select and the user selects one or more items from different
> instances I
> don’t see a way to iterate through all possible instances looking for the
> corresponding labels, create a comma
> separated list and store it in the
> attribute. It seems like it would be easer to just look at the
> <xforms:select> control
> itself
> since it contains all the values and labels.
>
> Below is a fragment from my xform. It shows
> itemssets from two sources being used by a single select. On
> the
> xforms-value-changed event the values are used to get the labels and
> store them in an attribute. But this only
> works correctly if just one
> <xforms:itemset> is used.
>
> <xforms:select
> ref="serverOperatingSystem">
>  <xforms:label
> class="fieldLabel">Operating System:</xforms:label>
>  <!--
> This Itemset is hard coded in a
> instance in the form -->
>  <xforms:itemset
> nodeset="xxforms:instance('addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-instance')/row">
> <xforms:label class="fieldLabel" ref="label"/>
>   <xforms:value
> ref="value"/>
>  </xforms:itemset>
>
>  <!-- This Itemset is returned from an XPL (data stored
> in db) -->
>  <xforms:itemset
> nodeset="xxforms:instance('valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-instance')/row"
> model="valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-model">
> <xforms:label class="fieldLabel" ref="label"/>
>   <xforms:value
> ref="value"/>
>  </xforms:itemset>
>
>  <!-- Always want to capture the selected
> label element(s) of the select -->
>  <xforms:action
> ev:event="xforms-value-changed">
>   <xxforms:variable
> name="theLabel" select="string-join(for $value in
> tokenize(xxforms:instance('addServers-instance')/addDatabase[xxforms:index('addDatabase-repeat')]/serverOperatingSystem,
> '\s')
>   return
> xxforms:instance('valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-instance')/row[value
> = $value]/label, ',')"/>
>   xforms:setvalue
> ref="xxforms:instance('addServers-instance')/addDatabase[xxforms:index('addDatabase-repeat')]/serverOperatingSystem/@label"
> value="$theLabel"/>
>  </xforms:action>
>  <!-- Persist
> initial select values both label and value (todo: get working).
> -->
>  <xforms:action
> ev:event="xforms-enabled"/>
> </xforms:select>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
>

>
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know of a way to get at the labels through the <xforms:select> control?
>
> When a user selects a label or labels the value(s) are stored in the
> referenced element but not the label(s) and I need the labels for use
> as part of the data that will be persisted from the form.
> My problem is this, users want to be able to mix <xforms:select>
> <xforms:itemset>'s from different sources.
> Some
> are hard coded in the form (via instance) while others come from XPL
> to an instance. I need to be able to find and return the user selected
> label(s) after the selection(s) is made. I'm returning the value(s) as
> the elements value and trying to return the label(s) as a comma
> separated list in an attribute of the element.
> The problem is when multiple instances are used in a select and the
> user selects one or more items from different instances I don't see a
> way to iterate through all possible instances looking for the
> corresponding labels, create a comma separated list and store it in
> the attribute. It seems like it would be easer to just look at the
> <xforms:select> control itself since it contains all the values and
> labels.
>
> Below is a fragment from my xform. It shows itemssets from two sources
> being used by a single select. On the xforms-value-changed event the
> values are used to get the labels and store them in an attribute. But
> this only works correctly if just one <xforms:itemset> is used.
>
> <xforms:select
> ref="serverOperatingSystem">
>  <xforms:label
> class="fieldLabel">Operating System:</xforms:label>
>  <!--
> This Itemset is hard coded in a
> instance in the form -->
>  <xforms:itemset
> nodeset="xxforms:instance('addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-instance'
> )/row"> <xforms:label class="fieldLabel" ref="label"/>
>   <xforms:value
> ref="value"/>
>  </xforms:itemset>
>
>  <!-- This Itemset is returned from an XPL (data stored in db) -->
>  <xforms:itemset
> nodeset="xxforms:instance('valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-instance')/row"
> model="valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-model">
> <xforms:label class="fieldLabel" ref="label"/>
>   <xforms:value
> ref="value"/>
>  </xforms:itemset>
>
>  <!-- Always want to capture the selected label element(s) of the
> select -->
>  <xforms:action
> ev:event="xforms-value-changed">
>   <xxforms:variable
> name="theLabel" select="string-join(for $value in
> tokenize(xxforms:instance('addServers-instance')/addDatabase[xxforms:i
> ndex('addDatabase-repeat')]/serverOperatingSystem,
> '\s')
>   return
> xxforms:instance('valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-ins
> tance')/row[value
> = $value]/label, ',')"/>
>   xforms:setvalue
> ref="xxforms:instance('addServers-instance')/addDatabase[xxforms:index('addDatabase-repeat')]/serverOperatingSystem/@label"
> value="$theLabel"/>
>  </xforms:action>
>  <!-- Persist
> initial select values both label and value (todo: get working).
> -->
>  <xforms:action
> ev:event="xforms-enabled"/>
> </xforms:select>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
>

> Alex,
>
> Thanks for the reply. Any idea of when an extension XPath function  
> that would return the "itemset" for a select or select1 might be  
> implemented?
>
> Martin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alessandro Vernet [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 8:27 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [ops-users] Re: Does anyone know of a way to get at the  
> labels through the <xforms:select> control?
>
> Martin,
>
> There is nothing in XForms that allows you to get the label for a  
> selected item in a select/select1. We have been thinking about  
> adding an extension XPath function that would return the "itemset"  
> for a select or select1. The problem we were trying to solve by  
> adding that function was different, but it would be useful in your  
> case as well.
> Until then, you'll need to figure out what the label is looking back  
> into the instances pointed to by the <xforms:itemset>, which like  
> you said can sometimes be hard to do.
>
> Alex
>
> On Monday, January 4, 2010, Schwartzman, Martin <[hidden email]
> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way to get at the labels through the  
>> <xforms:select> control?
>>
>> When a user selects a label or labels the value(s) are stored in the
>> referenced element but not the label(s) and I need the labels for use
>> as part of the data that will be persisted from the form.
>> My problem is this, users want to be able to mix <xforms:select>
>> <xforms:itemset>'s from different sources.
>> Some
>> are hard coded in the form (via instance) while others come from XPL
>> to an instance. I need to be able to find and return the user  
>> selected
>> label(s) after the selection(s) is made. I'm returning the value(s)  
>> as
>> the elements value and trying to return the label(s) as a comma
>> separated list in an attribute of the element.
>> The problem is when multiple instances are used in a select and the
>> user selects one or more items from different instances I don't see a
>> way to iterate through all possible instances looking for the
>> corresponding labels, create a comma separated list and store it in
>> the attribute. It seems like it would be easer to just look at the
>> <xforms:select> control itself since it contains all the values and
>> labels.
>>
>> Below is a fragment from my xform. It shows itemssets from two  
>> sources
>> being used by a single select. On the xforms-value-changed event the
>> values are used to get the labels and store them in an attribute. But
>> this only works correctly if just one <xforms:itemset> is used.
>>
>> <xforms:select
>> ref="serverOperatingSystem">
>>  <xforms:label
>> class="fieldLabel">Operating System:</xforms:label>
>>  <!--
>> This Itemset is hard coded in a
>> instance in the form -->
>>  <xforms:itemset
>> nodeset="xxforms:instance('addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-
>> instance'
>> )/row"> <xforms:label class="fieldLabel" ref="label"/>
>>   <xforms:value
>> ref="value"/>
>>  </xforms:itemset>
>>
>>  <!-- This Itemset is returned from an XPL (data stored in db) -->
>>  <xforms:itemset
>> nodeset="xxforms:instance('valueListLK-addDatabase-
>> serverOperatingSystem-15-instance')/row"
>> model="valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-model">
>> <xforms:label class="fieldLabel" ref="label"/>
>>   <xforms:value
>> ref="value"/>
>>  </xforms:itemset>
>>
>>  <!-- Always want to capture the selected label element(s) of the
>> select -->
>>  <xforms:action
>> ev:event="xforms-value-changed">
>>   <xxforms:variable
>> name="theLabel" select="string-join(for $value in
>> tokenize(xxforms:instance('addServers-instance')/addDatabase
>> [xxforms:i
>> ndex('addDatabase-repeat')]/serverOperatingSystem,
>> '\s')
>>   return
>> xxforms:instance('valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-
>> ins
>> tance')/row[value
>> = $value]/label, ',')"/>
>>   xforms:setvalue
>> ref="xxforms:instance('addServers-instance')/addDatabase
>> [xxforms:index('addDatabase-repeat')]/serverOperatingSystem/@label"
>> value="$theLabel"/>
>>  </xforms:action>
>>  <!-- Persist
>> initial select values both label and value (todo: get working).
>> -->
>>  <xforms:action
>> ev:event="xforms-enabled"/>
>> </xforms:select>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Martin
>>
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>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know of a way to get at the labels through the <xforms:select> control?
>
> When a user selects a label or labels the value(s) are stored in the
> referenced element but not the label(s) and I need the labels for use
> as part of the data that will be persisted from the form.
> My problem is this, users want to be able to mix <xforms:select>
> <xforms:itemset>'s from different sources.
> Some
> are hard coded in the form (via instance) while others come from XPL
> to an instance. I need to be able to find and return the user selected
> label(s) after the selection(s) is made. I'm returning the value(s) as
> the elements value and trying to return the label(s) as a comma
> separated list in an attribute of the element.
> The problem is when multiple instances are used in a select and the
> user selects one or more items from different instances I don't see a
> way to iterate through all possible instances looking for the
> corresponding labels, create a comma separated list and store it in
> the attribute. It seems like it would be easer to just look at the
> <xforms:select> control itself since it contains all the values and
> labels.
>
> Below is a fragment from my xform. It shows itemssets from two sources
> being used by a single select. On the xforms-value-changed event the
> values are used to get the labels and store them in an attribute. But
> this only works correctly if just one <xforms:itemset> is used.
>
> <xforms:select
> ref="serverOperatingSystem">
>  <xforms:label
> class="fieldLabel">Operating System:</xforms:label>
>  <!--
> This Itemset is hard coded in a
> instance in the form -->
>  <xforms:itemset
> nodeset="xxforms:instance('addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-instance'
> )/row"> <xforms:label class="fieldLabel" ref="label"/>
>   <xforms:value
> ref="value"/>
>  </xforms:itemset>
>
>  <!-- This Itemset is returned from an XPL (data stored in db) -->
>  <xforms:itemset
> nodeset="xxforms:instance('valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-instance')/row"
> model="valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-model">
> <xforms:label class="fieldLabel" ref="label"/>
>   <xforms:value
> ref="value"/>
>  </xforms:itemset>
>
>  <!-- Always want to capture the selected label element(s) of the
> select -->
>  <xforms:action
> ev:event="xforms-value-changed">
>   <xxforms:variable
> name="theLabel" select="string-join(for $value in
> tokenize(xxforms:instance('addServers-instance')/addDatabase[xxforms:i
> ndex('addDatabase-repeat')]/serverOperatingSystem,
> '\s')
>   return
> xxforms:instance('valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-ins
> tance')/row[value
> = $value]/label, ',')"/>
>   xforms:setvalue
> ref="xxforms:instance('addServers-instance')/addDatabase[xxforms:index('addDatabase-repeat')]/serverOperatingSystem/@label"
> value="$theLabel"/>
>  </xforms:action>
>  <!-- Persist
> initial select values both label and value (todo: get working).
> -->
>  <xforms:action
> ev:event="xforms-enabled"/>
> </xforms:select>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
>

>
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know of a way to get at the labels through the <xforms:select> control?
>
> When a user selects a label or labels the value(s) are stored in the
> referenced element but not the label(s) and I need the labels for use
> as part of the data that will be persisted from the form.
> My problem is this, users want to be able to mix <xforms:select>
> <xforms:itemset>'s from different sources.
> Some
> are hard coded in the form (via instance) while others come from XPL
> to an instance. I need to be able to find and return the user selected
> label(s) after the selection(s) is made. I'm returning the value(s) as
> the elements value and trying to return the label(s) as a comma
> separated list in an attribute of the element.
> The problem is when multiple instances are used in a select and the
> user selects one or more items from different instances I don't see a
> way to iterate through all possible instances looking for the
> corresponding labels, create a comma separated list and store it in
> the attribute. It seems like it would be easer to just look at the
> <xforms:select> control itself since it contains all the values and
> labels.
>
> Below is a fragment from my xform. It shows itemssets from two sources
> being used by a single select. On the xforms-value-changed event the
> values are used to get the labels and store them in an attribute. But
> this only works correctly if just one <xforms:itemset> is used.
>
> <xforms:select
> ref="serverOperatingSystem">
>  <xforms:label
> class="fieldLabel">Operating System:</xforms:label>
>  <!--
> This Itemset is hard coded in a
> instance in the form -->
>  <xforms:itemset
> nodeset="xxforms:instance('addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-instance'
> )/row"> <xforms:label class="fieldLabel" ref="label"/>
>   <xforms:value
> ref="value"/>
>  </xforms:itemset>
>
>  <!-- This Itemset is returned from an XPL (data stored in db) -->
>  <xforms:itemset
> nodeset="xxforms:instance('valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-instance')/row"
> model="valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-model">
> <xforms:label class="fieldLabel" ref="label"/>
>   <xforms:value
> ref="value"/>
>  </xforms:itemset>
>
>  <!-- Always want to capture the selected label element(s) of the
> select -->
>  <xforms:action
> ev:event="xforms-value-changed">
>   <xxforms:variable
> name="theLabel" select="string-join(for $value in
> tokenize(xxforms:instance('addServers-instance')/addDatabase[xxforms:i
> ndex('addDatabase-repeat')]/serverOperatingSystem,
> '\s')
>   return
> xxforms:instance('valueListLK-addDatabase-serverOperatingSystem-15-ins
> tance')/row[value
> = $value]/label, ',')"/>
>   xforms:setvalue
> ref="xxforms:instance('addServers-instance')/addDatabase[xxforms:index('addDatabase-repeat')]/serverOperatingSystem/@label"
> value="$theLabel"/>
>  </xforms:action>
>  <!-- Persist
> initial select values both label and value (todo: get working).
> -->
>  <xforms:action
> ev:event="xforms-enabled"/>
> </xforms:select>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
>