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> Hi Alex,
>
>
>
> In Workplace forms, we can handle this using relative positioning. In the
> XFDL I sent you earlier, the control beneath the repeat table is positioned
> using absolute positioning. Attached please find the XFDL with relative
> positioning.
>
>
>
>               <button sid="BUTTON3">
>
>                   <xforms:trigger>
>
>                      <xforms:label>Save Form</xforms:label>
>
>                      <xforms:action
> ev:event="DOMActivate"></xforms:action>
>
>                   </xforms:trigger>
>
>                   <itemlocation>
>
>                      <x>140</x>
>
>                      <y>333</y>
>
>                      <below compute="itemprevious"></below>
>
>                      <offsetx>132</offsetx>
>
>                      <offsety>12</offsety>
>
>                   </itemlocation>
>
>                   <fontinfo>
>
>                      <fontname>Arial</fontname>
>
>                      <size>8</size>
>
>                      <effect>bold</effect>
>
>                   </fontinfo>
>
>                   <help>HELP1</help>
>
>   </button>
>
> The itemlocation tag (positioned using relative positioning) has to be
> converted to the corresponding html.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jency
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>  From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Alessandro
> Vernet
>  Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 4:12 AM
>  To: [hidden email]
>  Subject: Re: [ops-users] XFDL Integration
>
>
>
>
> And here are the screenshots mentioned in my email earlier.
>
>
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> On 2/16/07, Alessandro Vernet <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jency,
>
> >
>
> > The first time you do an insert, the position of the "Save Form"
>
> > button is fine (see insert-1st.png attached). But the second time,
>
> > since that button is positioned with absolute coordinates, it gets
>
> > displayed over the form fields (see insert-2nd.png attached). How does
>
> > the Workplace Forms client handle this? Could you do the equivalent
>
> > screenshots in Workplace Forms?
>
> >
>
> > Alex
>
> >
>
> > On 2/14/07, Jency Chackummoottil
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > There was an error in the XPL that I sent last day; in handling the
>
> > > repeats. Please find the attached XPL that handles repeats correctly.
>
> > > But the issue is not completely solved. Suppose there are controls
>
> > > beneath the repeat controls. The controls inside the repeat grow
>
> > > dynamically, but the controls beneath the repeat stay in their position
>
> > > (since they are positioned using absolute positioning) [Attached please
>
> > > an XFDL file which uses repeat controls. Run this xfdl against the xpl
>
> > > and click the Insert New button]. As the repeat controls grow, the
>
> > > controls beneath them too must move down.
>
> > >
>
> > > Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> > >
>
> > > Thanks in advance
>
> > > Jency
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
>
> > > From: Jency Chackummoottil
>
> > > [mailto:[hidden email]]
>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 12:52 PM
>
> > > To: [hidden email]
>
> > > Subject: RE: [ops-users] XFDL Integration
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > >
>
> > > I have made slight modifications in the xpl to reflect the following
>
> > > changes:
>
> > > 1) For controls such as button, textarea, select, and select1, the style
>
> > > attribute is applied directly to the controls. [Applying style such as
>
> > > background color, width, font etc to div does not make any effect on
>
> > > these controls]
>
> > > 2) Repeats are handled. [Not accurate; needs modification]
>
> > >
>
> > > Attached please find the xfdl which contains Repeat controls and the xpl
>
> > > which handles the Repeat controls. The form should appear as if in the
>
> > > attached screen shot. But with the attached xpl, the repeat controls are
>
> > > not positioned correctly. I'm not sure whether the method used here is
>
> > > correct. Please help me to rectify this problem.
>
> > >
>
> > > Also, the issue with <format> tag is not yet solved.
>
> > >
>
> > > Hope you could help me out in solving these issues.
>
> > >
>
> > > Thanks in advance
>
> > > Jency
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
>
> > > From: Jency Chackummoottil
>
> > > [mailto:[hidden email]]
>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 6:07 PM
>
> > > To: [hidden email]
>
> > > Subject: RE: [ops-users] XFDL Integration
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > Thanks a lot Alex. The code has now become generic so that it is
>
> > > applicable for any controls.
>
> > >
>
> > > Now, the issue is with the <format> tag.
>
> > > <format>
>
> > >   <datatype>string</datatype>
>
> > >         <constraints>
>
> > >           <length>
>
> > >           <min>0</min>
>
> > >           <max>20</max>
>
> > >        </length>
>
> > >     </constraints>
>
> > >  </format>
>
> > > We need to convert all the constraints in the <format> tag in XFDL to
>
> > > the corresponding xforms:bind attributes in XForms.
>
> > >
>
> > > Another issue is that the width and height of an input control cannot be
>
> > > set using <xhtml:div style="position:absolute; top: 53; left: 131;
>
> > > width: 154; height: ;>.
>
> > >
>
> > > Hope you can help me in solving these issues.
>
> > >
>
> > > Thanks in advance
>
> > > Jency
>
> > >
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
>
> > > From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
>
> > > Alessandro Vernet
>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 1:28 PM
>
> > > To: [hidden email]
>
> > > Subject: Re: [ops-users] XFDL Integration
>
> > >
>
> > > Hi Jency,
>
> > >
>
> > > I took your pipeline and updated it; the updated pipeline attached. A
>
> > > few comments:
>
> > >
>
> > > - Not that it matters much, but since the XSL file was very simple, I
>
> > > just got rid of it. So you can call this pipeline from your
>
> > > page-flow.xml with view="xfdl-to-xhtml.xpl" (no model).
>
> > > - It is now "generic" in the sense that it supports any level of
>
> > > nesting (see how templates are being used)
>
> > > - Alerts for controls display next to the control (not at the top left
>
> > > of the page)
>
> > > - It copies some of the styles defined in XFDL over to XHTML (in
>
> > > particular the background color, font face and size)
>
> > >
>
> > > Things not yet taken care of:
>
> > >
>
> > > - There is a second language selection drop-down at the bottom of the
>
> > > page. That second drop-down is copied over from the XFDL file. Is it
>
> > > supposed to be there?
>
> > > - Repeats are not handled.
>
> > >
>
> > > You can see what it looks like in the attached screenshot. I hope this
>
> > > helps, and let us know how things are going with your conversion from
>
> > > XFDL to XHTML.
>
> > >
>
> > > Alex
>
> > >
>
> > > On 2/5/07, Jency Chackummoottil
> <[hidden email]>
>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > Alex,
>
> > > >
>
> > > > I'm attaching my source code to transform XFDL to XHTML+ XForms along
>
> > > > with this. Apply this XSL to the attached XFDL. You can see that the
>
> > > > constraints in the <format> tag are not applied. We need to convert
>
> > > all
>
> > > > these constraints in the <format> tag in XFDL to the corresponding
>
> > > > xforms:bind attributes in XForms. Also, see the alert icon coming in
>
> > > the
>
> > > > top left corner. Also, the width for input controls is not set.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Another problem with this code is that it is not generic. As branching
>
> > > > increases, (eg, xforms:group has got more number of branches than
>
> > > > xforms:output), the looping too goes deeper. I don't think this is a
>
> > > > good way to write XSL. For eg, there can be any number of xforms:group
>
> > > > control under another xforms:group. Is there any generic way, so that
>
> > > we
>
> > > > can optimize the code for any controls?
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Hope you can help me out in solving the issues.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Thanks in advance
>
> > > > Jency
>
> > > >
>
> > > > -----Original Message-----
>
> > > > From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
>
> > > > Alessandro Vernet
>
> > > > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 1:04 PM
>
> > > > To: [hidden email]
>
> > > > Subject: Re: [ops-users] XFDL Integration
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Hi Jency,
>
> > > >
>
> > > > On 1/31/07, Jency Chackummoottil
>
> > > > <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > > > > One difficulty I faced during the transformation of XFDL to XHTML
>
> > > > using
>
> > > > > XSLT is that in XFDL, we can set the datatype for an input field,
>
> > > its
>
> > > > > min length, max length etc using a non-xform tag (<format>). Please
>
> > > > > refer the attached XFDL document. But in xforms, we add this in
>
> > > > > xforms:model using xforms:bind. So, using XSLT, we need to convert
>
> > > all
>
> > > > > these constraints in the <format> tag in XFDL to the corresponding
>
> > > > > xforms:bind attributes in XForms.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Now I see the <format> element which I overlooked the first time I
>
> > > > went through your XFDL example. So we can have things like:
>
> > > >
>
> > > > <format>
>
> > > >    <datatype>string</datatype>
>
> > > >    <constraints>
>
> > > >       <length>
>
> > > >          <min>0</min>
>
> > > >          <max>20</max>
>
> > > >       </length>
>
> > > >    </constraints>
>
> > > > </format>
>
> > > >
>
> > > > > Another problem I faced is related to the alert icon. I have set
>
> > > some
>
> > > > > constraints on certain fields and using XSLT, I placed all the
>
> > > > controls
>
> > > > > in correct position. But if a constraint failed, the alert icon is
>
> > > > shown
>
> > > > > at the top left corner.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Are you saying that you would like the alert icon to be displayed next
>
> > > > to the field but that it gets displayed at the top left corner? If
>
> > > > this is the case, I don't know why this would happen. I would have to
>
> > > > try this out.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > > Also, not all the controls are positioned with absolute coordinates.
>
> > > > For
>
> > > > > eg, the controls placed inside a xforms:repeat are not positioned
>
> > > > using
>
> > > > > absolute coordinates.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Yes, that is an interesting case. And I don't fully understand yet how
>
> > > > the repeat works in XFDL just by looking at the example. But before we
>
> > > > tackle this down, we can start with the 2 other issues you mentioned.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > I have some ideas on how to convert the <format> into binds, but the
>
> > > > devil lies in the details of the implementation. So rather than trying
>
> > > > to describe it, I would like to give it a try. Do you have some code
>
> > > > already to do this conversion in XSLT? Would you be willing to
>
> > > > contribute it and share it with the community so we can build on it?
>
> > > > And who knows, if this experiment is successful, this could even ship
>
> > > > out of the box with Orbeon Forms.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Alex
>
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