- From: T. V. Raman <tvraman@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 06:59:35 -0700
- To: suzan.foster@nerocmediaware.nl
- Cc: tvraman@almaden.ibm.com, www-forms@w3.org
First off scripting and XForms are not mutually exclusive. For
this case, I would definitely write the sorter in JavaScript ---
you're still keeping your design clean and maintainable since the
scripting is not tangled up in the rest of your document.
>>>>> "Suzan" == Suzan Foster <suzan.foster@nerocmediaware.nl> writes:
Suzan> T. V. Raman wrote:This is a good question.
>> You would need to rearrange the instance nodes, and the
>> easiest way to do this would be via an xpath extension
>> function that performs the sort
>>
Suzan> I take it that defining an xpath extension is
Suzan> implementation specific? Is it possible to define
Suzan> such functions using javascript for instance within
Suzan> <script/> elements of the hosting xhtml document? I'm
Suzan> afraid I can't seem to see how scripting fits in with
Suzan> the xforms model.
Suzan>
Suzan> Regards, Suzan Foster.
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Best Regards,
--raman
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