Multiple bindings to UI Control

the use case is well motivated and supported by XForms, see
attribute replace="instance" on element <submission>

You just happened to start the wrong way around by trying to bind
the same UI control to multiple instance odes, which in the
XForms model makes no sense.


>>>>> "ade" == ade  <ade@benue.com> writes:
    ade> I have a 3-tier web based application that would benefit
    ade> from XForms. It basically queries for data from a web
    ade> service and allows certain fields in the queried data to
    ade> be modified and sent back as an update to the service.
    ade> 
    ade> 
    ade> The user query yields data from the service via a
    ade> particular XML message - ResponseMessage - , the updates
    ade> are however dispatched using a similar but different XML
    ade> message - UpdateMessage -.
    ade> 
    ade> XForms does not appear to support binding of one UI
    ade> control to more than one instance.
    ade> 
    ade> How do I pre-load my form fields from the
    ade> ResponseMessage message received from the back-end, and
    ade> send user updates through the UpdateMessage message?
    ade> 
    ade> I don't see a way to bind one UI control to a
    ade> ResponseMessage instance for pre-load with initial
    ade> values, and at the same time bind the same UI control to
    ade> an UpdateMessage instance for capturing the user's edits
    ade> for dispatch to the back-end.
    ade> 
    ade> Thanks!  -- Ade Lucas
    ade> 
    ade> p.s. This is a re-statement of my previous posting.
    ade> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have a 3-tier web
    ade> based application that would benefit from XForms. It
    ade> basically queries for data from a web service and allows
    ade> certain fields in the queried data to be modified and
    ade> sent back as an update to the service.</font><font
    ade> size=3> <br> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
    ade> The user query yields data from the service via a
    ade> particular XML message - <b><i>ResponseMessage </i></b>-
    ade> , the updates are however dispatched using a similar but
    ade> different XML message - <b><i>UpdateMessage </i></b>-.
    ade> </font><font size=3><br> </font><font size=2
    ade> face="sans-serif"><br> XForms does not appear to support
    ade> binding of one UI control to more than one
    ade> instance. </font><font size=3><br> </font><font size=2
    ade> face="sans-serif"><br> How do I pre-load my form fields
    ade> from the <b><i>ResponseMessage </i></b>message received
    ade> from the back-end, and send user updates through the
    ade> <b><i>UpdateMessage </i></b>message?</font><font size=3>
    ade> <br> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br> I don't
    ade> see a way to bind one UI control to a
    ade> <b><i>ResponseMessage </i></b>instance for pre-load with
    ade> initial values, and at the same time bind the same UI
    ade> control to an &nbsp;<b><i>UpdateMessage </i></b>instance
    ade> for capturing the user's edits for dispatch to the
    ade> back-end.</font><font size=3> <br> </font><font size=2
    ade> face="sans-serif"><br> Thanks!</font><font size=3>
    ade> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br> -- Ade
    ade> Lucas</font> <br> <br><font size=2
    ade> face="sans-serif">p.s. This is a re-statement of my
    ade> previous
    ade> posting.</font>

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Best Regards,
--raman
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Received on Thursday, 23 October 2003 22:29:09 UTC