- From: T. V. Raman <raman@users.sf.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 06:03:49 -0800
- To: t_simina@yahoo.com
- Cc: www-forms@w3.org
On the other hand, you might want to use this golden opportunity to first simplify your schema in the interest of future maintainability. >>>>> "Tamasoiu" == Tamasoiu Simina <t_simina@yahoo.com> writes: Tamasoiu> Hi, Thanks for your reply! I already have a Tamasoiu> standard XML schema. The problem is that is very Tamasoiu> large and indeed, contains a lot of rich text and Tamasoiu> recursivity. And i dont know whether i can Tamasoiu> integrate these 2 items into XForms. This schema Tamasoiu> was integrated into InfoPath, but now that we want Tamasoiu> to replace InfoPath with Xforms i cannot use Tamasoiu> anything from the InfoPath stuff.. :)And i only Tamasoiu> have the schema as a starting point. Any oppinions Tamasoiu> of how could i do that? Im looking forward for Tamasoiu> your answer. Simina Tamasoiu> Tamasoiu> Tamasoiu> Jason Bailey <j.bailey@sussex.ac.uk> wrote: Hello, Tamasoiu> Tamasoiu> I've spent a lot of time using Infopath and Xforms Tamasoiu> together. I don't think this is a good way to Tamasoiu> work. Infopath, for example, doesn't produce text Tamasoiu> only xml and so some of the xml (rich text) Tamasoiu> produced by Infopath would not be readable. Tamasoiu> Tamasoiu> I think it would be better, if possible, to Tamasoiu> re-write the schema to standards rather than use Tamasoiu> Infopath's schema. Not sure if that helps! Tamasoiu> Infopath uses a lot of rich text boxes which I Tamasoiu> don't think will translate to xforms, will they? Tamasoiu> Tamasoiu> Jason Tamasoiu> Tamasoiu> --On 06 March 2006 01:24 -0800 Tamasoiu Simina Tamasoiu> wrote: Tamasoiu> >> > hello everyone! >> >> I'm pretty new to XForms, but I have to learn to use them >> for our new project. The project concerns integrating a >> XML Schema into XForms. The form derived from the schema >> is currently used with Microsoft's InfoPath. All I have to >> do is replace InfoPath with XForms. >> >> Can anyone give me an advice of how to start? Are there >> any tools that i can use to implement, edit XForms? I >> would also want to know if recursion is supported by >> XForms. >> >> i would appreciate it if you could help me out a little >> bit! simina >> >> __________________________________________________ Do You >> Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam >> protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Tamasoiu> Tamasoiu> Tamasoiu> Tamasoiu> -- Jason Bailey IT Services University of Sussex Tamasoiu> http://www.sussex.ac.uk/USIS/phone/details.php?id=17011 Tamasoiu> Tamasoiu> Tamasoiu> __________________________________________________ Tamasoiu> Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the Tamasoiu> best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Tamasoiu> <div>Hi,</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks for Tamasoiu> your reply! </div> <div>I already have a Tamasoiu> standard XML schema. The problem is that is very Tamasoiu> large and indeed, contains a lot of rich text and Tamasoiu> recursivity. And i dont know whether i can Tamasoiu> integrate these 2 items into XForms. This Tamasoiu> schema was integrated into InfoPath, but now Tamasoiu> that we want to replace InfoPath with Xforms i Tamasoiu> cannot use anything from the InfoPath stuff.. :)And Tamasoiu> i only have the schema as a starting Tamasoiu> point. Any oppinions of how could i do that?</div> Tamasoiu> <div>Im looking forward for your answer. </div> Tamasoiu> <div>Simina </div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Jason Tamasoiu> Bailey <j.bailey@sussex.ac.uk></I></B> Tamasoiu> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq Tamasoiu> style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; Tamasoiu> BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hello,<BR><BR>I've Tamasoiu> spent a lot of time using Infopath and Xforms Tamasoiu> together. I don't think <BR>this is a good way to Tamasoiu> work. Infopath, for example, doesn't produce text Tamasoiu> <BR>only xml and so some of the xml (rich text) Tamasoiu> produced by Infopath would not <BR>be Tamasoiu> readable.<BR><BR>I think it would be better, if Tamasoiu> possible, to re-write the schema to <BR>standards Tamasoiu> rather than use Infopath's schema. Not sure if that Tamasoiu> helps! <BR>Infopath uses a lot of rich text boxes Tamasoiu> which I don't think will translate <BR>to xforms, Tamasoiu> will they?<BR><BR>Jason<BR><BR>--On 06 March 2006 Tamasoiu> 01:24 -0800 Tamasoiu Simina Tamasoiu> <T_SIMINA@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR><BR>><BR>> Tamasoiu> hello everyone!<BR>><BR>> I'm pretty new to Tamasoiu> XForms, but I have to learn to use them for our Tamasoiu> new<BR>> project.<BR>> The project concerns Tamasoiu> integrating a XML Schema into XForms. The Tamasoiu> form<BR>> derived from the schema is currently Tamasoiu> used with Microsoft's InfoPath. All<BR>> I have Tamasoiu> to do is replace InfoPath with Tamasoiu> XForms.<BR>><BR>> Can anyone give me an Tamasoiu> advice of how to start? Are there any tools that Tamasoiu> i<BR>> can use to implement, edit Tamasoiu> XForms?<BR>> I would also want to know if Tamasoiu> recursion is supported by XForms.<BR>><BR>> i Tamasoiu> would appreciate it Tamasoiu> if you could help me out a little bit!<BR>> simina<BR>><BR>> __________________________________________________<BR>> Do You Yahoo!?<BR>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around<BR>> http://mail.yahoo.com<BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Jason Bailey<BR>IT Services<BR>University of Sussex<BR>http://www.sussex.ac.uk/USIS/phone/details.php?id=17011<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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