Form validation

> Andre:
> the User registration form at:
> http://www.orbeon.com/ops/goto-example/xforms-registration
> provides a  good example of this.
> *P
>
>  Andre Neto wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Is there a way of checking, without using processors, if all the
>> fields in a form are valid?
>> I have a form that is validated against a schema. I want to allow the
>> user to submit the form (change the read-only property of a trigger)
>> if all the fields are correctly filled. I know
>> (http://mail-archive.objectweb.org/ops-users/2005-11/msg00621.html) I
>> can use another instance that tracks each "xforms-valid" event for
>> each input, but I would like to do in a more "automatic" way.
>>
>> Thanks you,
>> André
>>
>> PS - do you think the question I've posted before (Repeat and bind
>> problem) is an Orbeon bug?
>>
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> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the answer. The example you pointed to isn't what I'm looking
> for, I've already looked at all the examples and couldn't find an answer
> to what I would like to do...
> I don't want to change the existing XML and add new properties that are
> tightly related to the view. To do this I would prefer to create a new
> instance only related to the view/control.
> I think what I'm looking for is like an automatic counter that would
> give me the number of valid fields...
>
> Regards,
> André
>
> Pascal Heus wrote:
>
>> Andre:
>> the User registration form at:
>> http://www.orbeon.com/ops/goto-example/xforms-registration
>> provides a  good example of this.
>> *P
>>
>>  Andre Neto wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> Is there a way of checking, without using processors, if all the
>>> fields in a form are valid?
>>> I have a form that is validated against a schema. I want to allow the
>>> user to submit the form (change the read-only property of a trigger)
>>> if all the fields are correctly filled. I know
>>> (http://mail-archive.objectweb.org/ops-users/2005-11/msg00621.html) I
>>> can use another instance that tracks each "xforms-valid" event for
>>> each input, but I would like to do in a more "automatic" way.
>>>
>>> Thanks you,
>>> André
>>>
>>> PS - do you think the question I've posted before (Repeat and bind
>>> problem) is an Orbeon bug?

> Pascal,
>
> There is currently no perfect way of doing this, which I think it is
> frustrating. My use case is simple: to disable a submit button until a
> certain instance becomes valid.
>
> You can capture xforms-valid and xforms-invalid for each control bound
> to that instance, and use xforms:setvalue to set appropriate validity
> information in a second instance. You can then count the number of
> invalid values in that instance, and use a constraint, readonly, or
> relevant MIP based on that count to visually show whether the initial
> instance is valid or not.
>
> This solution becomes more difficult to implement if you have repeats.
>
> Simply counting xforms-valid and xforms-invalid may not reliably yield
> the correct results, as such events may be sent several times (let's
> say both "1" and "2" are invalid values, and the node changes from "1"
> to "2", then you will get xforms-value-change AND xforms-invalid sent
> again for that node).
>
> Another way would be to submit your instance to dummy address, with
> replace="none": if you catch xforms-submit-done on the submission, the
> instance was valid. This solution has drawbacks, such as requiring a
> connection to a service, and the fact that a submission error may be
> caused by situations other than an invalid instance.
>
> I think there should be an extension in OPS to facilitate this type of
> use cases.
>
> -Erik
>
> Andre Neto wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for the answer. The example you pointed to isn't what I'm
>> looking for, I've already looked at all the examples and couldn't
>> find an answer to what I would like to do...
>> I don't want to change the existing XML and add new properties that
>> are tightly related to the view. To do this I would prefer to create
>> a new instance only related to the view/control.
>> I think what I'm looking for is like an automatic counter that would
>> give me the number of valid fields...
>>
>> Regards,
>> André
>>
>> Pascal Heus wrote:
>>
>>> Andre:
>>> the User registration form at:
>>> http://www.orbeon.com/ops/goto-example/xforms-registration
>>> provides a  good example of this.
>>> *P
>>>
>>>  Andre Neto wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way of checking, without using processors, if all the
>>>> fields in a form are valid?
>>>> I have a form that is validated against a schema. I want to allow
>>>> the user to submit the form (change the read-only property of a
>>>> trigger) if all the fields are correctly filled. I know
>>>> (http://mail-archive.objectweb.org/ops-users/2005-11/msg00621.html)
>>>> I can use another instance that tracks each "xforms-valid" event
>>>> for each input, but I would like to do in a more "automatic" way.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks you,
>>>> André
>>>>
>>>> PS - do you think the question I've posted before (Repeat and bind
>>>> problem) is an Orbeon bug?
>>>
>
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