Re: url params et al

argh -next time I'll read the doco first!
I'm using Chiba and it already has a way of handling this very much 
along the lines described by Mark. DOH!
-if you are interested in their resolution its described in the chiba 
cookbook, or the short version in the chiba FAQ

thanks again to all that helped - I'll now be using the chiba specific 
solution just because in this case its very simple and unobtrusive.

"specifiy a parameter on the GET string calling the form. This parameter 
say 'foo' may then be used on the URI-string such as <submission 
action="http://yourhost/{foo}" .../>. The value of 'foo' will be 
substituted for the expression {foo} then. "

*note there are more elaborate mechanisms for handling arbitrary numbers 
of named params, potentially (I think) from multiple sources.

Regards
Jason.



Klotz, Leigh wrote:
> I think this processing rightfully belongs on the server, as the URI
> specifies the resource, and the server is responsible for providing you
> the resource.
> I'm not sure what XForms processor you're using, but in browsers that
> support JavaScript handlers, you can ask the browser what the page URI
> was (via the location property).
> Leigh.
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-forms-request@w3.org [mailto:www-forms-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of Jason
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 11:46 PM
> To: www-forms@w3.org
> Subject: url params et al
> 
> 
> Hi all -I think I'm going quietly mad. I have a small problem that I 
> haven't had to deal with via xforms before (I think) and cant seem to 
> see the solution - it must be easy, I'm sure of it.
> I need to launch an xform with a given data id passed as an url 
> parameter (the url will come from an email). eg: 
> http://.../somexform?id=abcd
> 
> the form then needs to load data with id=abcd (or at least something 
> derived from it).
> 
> my question is how can I do this without dynamically modifying the xform
> 
> itself each time. I dont really want to store the id in a session 
> variable and have the form retrieve it on form-ready, I'd like to know 
> if its possible with a pure xform, or at least a nicer approach to this 
> one. This would be trivial if the initial request was via the xform, but
> 
> how do you preset a forms' state for startup without having the form 
> request the info itself?
> 
> any thoughts? I think my head must be full of cotton wool.
> 
> thanks
> Jason.
> 
> 
> 
>

Received on Wednesday, 23 August 2006 23:39:01 UTC