Which is better multiple models or multiple instances

Dear All,

I am still quietly producing this load from file Xform. I have decided
to try & do it as a template such that others can use it & I il post it
here for posting onto the wiki.

I have 2 instances:

XMLFile
Filehandler


XMLFile uses a src=URL to load the default document & a submission to
load the one you want. It is the file/instance you will want to edit in
your form.

FileHandler has a default structure which in essence contains a Data
element with one child of CurrentFile & possibly many file elements
(which will be used to poplate a drop down choice box to allow you to go
back to "recent documents". 

So far so good.

The problem is that AFAICS you can have multiple models & each model can
contain multiple instances. I will be using the instance() function e.g.
in :

<xf:upload ref="instance('internal')//CurrentFile@filename">

from both instances (e.g. the file open stuff will put the value there &
then call a submission n the XMLFile instance to load it etc).

I can not seem to find a model() function so I am wondering how if I
were to place the 2 into separate models I could access them from the
other in a similar way.

I am also wondering if there s some sort fo best practice wrt many
instances or many models.

TIA

Adam

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Received on Thursday, 13 October 2005 09:19:12 UTC