>
> Really a broad newbie question here so I apologize, but I wanted to ask if
> Orbeon Form Builder/Form Runner is intended as a better/faster way to
> incorporate XForms on general web sites, or is it better thought of
> *specifically* as an analog to something like InfoPath with the whole idea
> being that an enterprise creates forms using Form Builder and their people
> use the forms only through Form Runner as a "form application program".
>
> e.g. Let's say I'm building an ecommerce oriented site where the general
> navigation and look and feel for the site is already/separately defined and
> implemented (but let's say it will read from eXist for it's product
> catalog), but let's say Orbeon Forms were used just for the forms to allow
> products to be added in the product catalog.
>
> And let's say these product entry screens are required to have the look and
> feel of the rest of the site, and the same authentication, i.e. it's not
> acceptible for me to just run Orbeon separately on the side as an admin
> tool, it has to be integrated.
>
> Specifically, I'm wondering:
>
> a.  If the navigation/branding for the rest of the site were already done,
> using some templating scheme (tiles, sitemesh, whatever), could forms built
> with Orbeon Form Builder be deployed such that they could have their
> headers/footers/nav bar stuff applied with these other technologies?  So the
> form built with form builder appears inside the page whose navigation and
> branding around the edges comes from the other site (ideally without using a
> frame though I didn't think of that till now :).
>
> b.  When I publish forms from Form Builder, the default Form Runner includes
> buttons in the button bar like the preview button and the PDF button that I
> wouldn't want.  Ideally I'd want to define my own button bar and control
> what buttons appear, what their labels are, and even the look and behavior
> of them (e.g. to match the buttons on the rest of the site).
>
> I did notice the section on configuration which explains how e.g. to omit
> buttons on the "button bar" that form runner displays...  and how to
> override CSS style sheets...
>
> But I didn't see anything about adding a completely custom button with
> custom behavior to the button bar of form runner.  Can this be done?
> Could/would you omit all the standard buttons and maybe use Form Builders
> buttons to create an alternative button bar above the (now blank except for
> the status/error icon on the left) standard button bar area?
>
> c.  I notice the docs mention using portlets to integrate things e.g. if the
> overall site were built on LifeRay Portal so the branding and navigation
> could be LifeRay and even use it's "themes".
>
> Anybody have experience with this?  Does form runner play forms built with
> for builder okay in Liferay portlets?  Any gotchas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Darren
>
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