Re: How to forward instance data between forms ?

I'm not sure a URI answers my question? What resource would the URI point
to, to hold the instance data?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. V. Raman" <tvraman@us.ibm.com>
To: <dharmesh@edgeipk.com>
Cc: <paoloxforms@yahoo.fr>; <www-forms@w3.org>; <XForms@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: How to forward instance data between forms ?




Neither of these questions is XForms specific--
you use uri's to refer to the instance data as with anything
else on your load balancing web server, and let the underlying
framework take care of it.

>>>>> "Dharmesh" == Dharmesh Mistry <dharmesh@edgeipk.com> writes:
    Dharmesh> This is a really good question and opens up a few
    Dharmesh> other issues which I would like to understand:
    Dharmesh>
    Dharmesh> 1) How do you manage instance data between forms,
    Dharmesh> whilst ensuring that a scalable server architecture
    Dharmesh> can be maintained? i.e. if we have 3 web servers
    Dharmesh> with load balancing, we would not want to go back
    Dharmesh> to the same web server that created the instance
    Dharmesh> data for that user, so the instance data would have
    Dharmesh> to be replicated across servers.
    Dharmesh>
    Dharmesh> 2) If the above is resolved with files on a
    Dharmesh> centralised source shared by servers, then how do
    Dharmesh> these files get cleaned up?
    Dharmesh>
    Dharmesh> kind regards............Dharmesh
    Dharmesh>
    Dharmesh> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paolo C."
    Dharmesh> <paoloxforms@yahoo.fr> To: <www-forms@w3.org> Sent:
    Dharmesh> Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:47 AM Subject: RE:
    Dharmesh> How to forward instance data between forms ?
    Dharmesh>
    Dharmesh>
    >>
> Thank you very much.  The example is very close to my needs : I
    >> want to split a commercial transaction over various
    >> screens, using a wizard-like display.
    >>
    >> I think the "file:" mode is limited, though : 1 - Can you
    >> give the user the ability to choose the directory where
    >> the instance data will be saved ? c: is a little rough.  2
    >> - On the other hand, the file URI pointing to a server is
    >> not very safe from a security point of vue.
    >>
    >> Back to the wizard-like display, which is as I was saying,
    >> exactly the kind of process I would like to implement, I'm
    >> unconfortable with the fact that different views of the
    >> same user instance data should be coded in the same xml
    >> document, through xforms:switch and xforms:case
    >> elements. I would definitely prefer the ability to split
    >> among different xml documents, sharing instance data as
    >> session data.
    >>
    >> Thank you very much anyway.  The provided example does
    >> help me a lot.
    >>
    >> --- Mark Birbeck <Mark.Birbeck@x-port.net> a écrit :
    >> >
    >> > Mark wrote: > > This behaviour is supported by XForms
    >> using
    >> > >
    >> > > <xfm:load resource="the other form you want to > load"
    >> show="replace"/>
    >> >
    >> > That wouldn't achieve the desired effect since you >
    >> will lose the instance > data from the first form.
    >> >
    >> > Paolo wrote: > > My aim is to forward some instance data
    >> from a > first > > XForms page (form1.xml) to a second
    >> XForms page > > (form2.xml).
    >> > >
    >> > > [...]
    >> > >
    >> > > Is this kind of approach conformant to the XForms > >
    >> recommandation ?
    >> >
    >> > It depends what you mean. If you mean could you > refer
    >> to some 'global' > instances across forms, then no. But
    >> there is > nothing to stop you saving the > first lot of
    >> instance data and then picking it up > again in the second
    >> form.  > This could be done to a server (which has the >
    >> advantage that the user could > continue on the second
    >> form on a different device, > or at a later date) or >
    >> saved locally, using "file:".
    >> >
    >> > One of our samples illustrates many of the ideas > that
    >> you would need to do > this:
    >> >
    >> >
    >>
<http://www.formsplayer.com/community/samples/index.html#Off-line+Forms>
    >> >
    >> > Note in particular the use of xforms-model-destruct > to
    >> save the data on > close:
    >> >
    >> > <xforms:action ev:event="xforms-model-destruct"> >
    >> <xforms:send submission="siOrder_SaveLocal" /> >
    >> </xforms:action>
    >> >
    >> > > Does someone know a (possibly open source) product >
    >> which allows this ?
    >> >
    >> > X-Smiles supports "file:" and is open source.  >
    >> formsPlayer also supports it, > is not open source, but is
    >> free.
    >> >
    >> > Regards,
    >> >
    >> > Mark
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > Mark Birbeck > CEO and CTO > x-port.net Ltd.  > 4 Pear
    >> Tree Court > London > EC1R 0DS
    >> >
    >> > Download our XForms processor for IE > from
    >> http://www.formsPlayer.com/
    >> >
    >> > E: Mark.Birbeck@x-port.net > W: www.x-port.net > T: +44
    >> (20) 7689 9232
    >> >
    >>
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--raman
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