disconnected mode

i am relatively new to orbeon.  i was wondering if there is any way to take advantage of the xforms capability in "disconnected" mode.  i am building a form-based application where the data will be saved in an xml database.  however, at times users may be on laptops away from the office and will not have internet access.  i would like to provide them with a local version of the forms app that they can use on their laptops.  (the xml data will be saved locally and sync'd up later when they have web access.)  i know that chiba has an applet version that might provide this type of capability (which would require setting up a local web server on each laptop, of course.)  just wondering if there is anything similar with orbeon.

thanks!



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[hidden email] wrote:

 > i am relatively new to orbeon.  i was wondering if there is any way
 > to take advantage of the xforms capability in "disconnected" mode.
 > i am building a form-based application where the data will be saved
 > in an xml database.  however, at times users may be on laptops away
 > from the office and will not have internet access.  i would like to
 > provide them with a local version of the forms app that they can use
 > on their laptops.  (the xml data will be saved locally and sync'd up
 > later when they have web access.)  i know that chiba has an applet
 > version that might provide this type of capability (which would
 > require setting up a local web server on each laptop, of course.)
 > just wondering if there is anything similar with orbeon.

The OPS XForms engine does not support an "applet" or similar mode.

You could however run a local XForms server on those users'
laptops. They could do even more than just an offline XForms engine,
as they could persist information in a local database - typically, the
embedded eXist database that ships with OPS. Then when getting back
online, you would synchronize the data back. Certainly doable.

-Erik



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I am guessing I could use something small, like Jetty, as the server.
It's true that I could temporarily save the xml documents in the eXist
database and then sync back to the main database later (like SQL Server
2005).  I hadn't thought of that.  Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Bruchez [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Erik Bruchez
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [ops-users] disconnected mode

[hidden email] wrote:

 > i am relatively new to orbeon.  i was wondering if there is any way
> to take advantage of the xforms capability in "disconnected" mode.
 > i am building a form-based application where the data will be saved
> in an xml database.  however, at times users may be on laptops away  >
from the office and will not have internet access.  i would like to  >
provide them with a local version of the forms app that they can use  >
on their laptops.  (the xml data will be saved locally and sync'd up  >
later when they have web access.)  i know that chiba has an applet  >
version that might provide this type of capability (which would  >
require setting up a local web server on each laptop, of course.)  >
just wondering if there is anything similar with orbeon.

The OPS XForms engine does not support an "applet" or similar mode.

You could however run a local XForms server on those users'
laptops. They could do even more than just an offline XForms engine, as
they could persist information in a local database - typically, the
embedded eXist database that ships with OPS. Then when getting back
online, you would synchronize the data back. Certainly doable.

-Erik




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