Posted by
Erik Bruchez on
URL: https://discuss.orbeon.com/XFDL-Integration-tp32484p32511.html
Jency,
As you noticed Orbeon Forms does not support XFDL, or even converting
from XFDL to XHTML, out of the box.
The big question to me is not so much whether to use XSLT or not to
perform the conversion: there is a good chance that using XSLT,
especially 2.0, will give you all the flexibility you need to perform
the conversion.
But not knowing XFDL well, I can't tell you whether it is possible to do
a perfect conversion from XFDL + XForms to XHTML + XForms, what are the
trade-offs, etc.
If you could send to the list a short but telling example of a very
specific issue you are encountering, this could help.
(And if you have trouble with this conversion and can't manage to go
forward, remember that Orbeon provides support services and that we
would be happy to help you.)
-Erik
Jency Chackummoottil wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I’m using IBM Workplace Forms Designer tool to create some eForms.
> Workplace Forms are written in an XML syntax called XFDL (eXtensible
> Forms Description Language), and support the XForms standard. Ie,
> certain controls are written in xforms. My application is in orbeon. I
> need to convert this XFDL to XHTML + XForms so that I could run directly
> in Orbeon. Now I have written an xpl which does an xsl transform to the
> input XFDL so that only the required xforms tag are taken from the xfdl
> and create an xhtml using those tags. But this involves a bit
> complication, because XFDL has not only xforms controls, but also some
> tags like itemlocation, datatype etc too which does not have the xforms
> namespace. So I feel writing an xsl transform to convert the whole XFDL
> to XForms is complicated.
>
>
>
> Is there some way to do the same? Would you please provide me the sample
> code too since I’m new to Orbeon.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Jency
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