how to open orbeon samples in form builder to edit

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how to open orbeon samples in form builder to edit

pouyan


I have installed orbeon under tomcat and I can open Form builder to create new form

1- How can I open one of orbeon samples in Form builder to edit

For instance this sample is under "../resources/apps/xforms-wizard-switch" and I can open with a browser to see the form but I can't open through form builder to edit the form

2-It seems when I create a new form through form builder it is saved through a database How can I force orbeon to save form detail such as view.xhtml and page-flow.xml in
file system

3- if I can't save a new form through form builder in file system then how can I pass sample data to a form , similar to sample"../resources/apps/xforms-bookcast/sample-data.xml"
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Re: how to open orbeon samples in form builder to edit

Alessandro  Vernet
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Hi Pouyan,

You can use Orbeon Forms in two main different ways: you can write XForms by hand or use Form Builder. When you're writing forms by hand, you're a "programmer", have all the control of what you're building, edit files by hand on disk. When you're using Form Builder, you don't need to be a programmer, and the runtime provides a lots of features for you out-of-the-box (forms management, persistence, …).

Some examples are build with Form Builder, others by hand in XForms, and everything you see under resources/apps is in the latter category. Right now Form Builder doesn't support writing data to disk. It could be done, but isn't very practical beyond development cases where you're the only one on your box.

Alex
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