RE: [WEB400] Xforms

["Eric Kempter" <EKempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes.   The form object gets passed to the javascript where I loop through the 
elements and perform validation.

I will wait until the W3C releases the XForms standard before I use it.  I had 
hoped that others were already using Xforms and would let me know how it was 
working out for them.  Alphaworks has a IE plug-in that supports XForms now.

 -----Original Message-----
From:   web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]  On 
Behalf Of Brad Stone
Sent:   Friday, October 03, 2003 1:32 PM
To:     Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject:        Re: [WEB400] Xforms

I didn't even think about that!  Of course if you're using
XML there should be no reason it couldn't translate it into
URL-Encoded.  Good call.

But, why the extra step?  I think we're talking about two
different uses or issues here, which is making it hard to
keep on track.  :)  Client validation and data parsing. 

As for in your face alerts, I find most users comfortable
with them since that is how "windows" works.  I know that
without JavaScript it would make some tasks quite a bit
more difficult to accomplish.

innerHTML... interesting.  I suppose instead of an alert
box you just pop a text string on the screen.  Do you use
JavaScript to detect the error?  

Brad
 
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:50:29 -0700
 "Eric Kempter" <EKempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You are right, it is too complex.  Almost anything that
> you try to do that requires navigating the BOM tree is
> too complex.  This is why XForms in conjunction with
> XHTML (and CGI-BIN) looks so promising!  If you are
> concerned about having to parse XML output, don't be.
>  You can still output multipart/form data or url-encoded
> data with XForms Basic.
> 
> On another note,  I personally don't care for "in your
> face" alerts for errors.  I much prefer providing error
> messaging on the page itself but that's just my
> preference.  I currently use innerHTML to accomplish
> this.
> 
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