Re: How to ensure that at least one of 2 attributes is set to true

Hi John,

Thank you for your comments, the error handler for the
xforms-submit-error seems what I was looking for. What a fantastic
piece of software and a really encouraging group!

Regards,
Manfred Staudinger

On 22/06/2009, John Boyer <boyerj@ca.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hi Manfred,
>
> Yes, you can do this too.
>
> You have the freedom to attach the constraint to any data node you like,
> and a form control does not have to be bound to that data node.
>
> The failure of a constraint will still produce an xforms-submit-error with
> error-type validation-error even if no form controls are bound to the
> node.  It only needs to be part of the data being submitted.
>
> In your case, this means you can create a handler for the
> xforms-submit-error that informs the user there is an error without having
> to immediately report a problem on the form controls bound to the two
> attributes.  The constraint could be attached to the element containing
> the two attributes, rather than to one or both of the attributes.
> Something like this:
>
> <xf:bind nodeset="im:objektkategorie/im:vermarktungsart"
>          constraint="boolean-from-string(@MIETE_PACHT) or
> boolean-from-string(@KAUF)" />
>
> Finally, if you have yet another form control bound to the element node,
> say it has the attributes but also simple content to be input by the user,
> then you can attach the constraint to any ancestor element, all the way up
> to the root of whatever instance data being submitted.
>
> Cheers,
> John M. Boyer, Ph.D.
> STSM, Interactive Documents and Web 2.0 Applications
> Chair, W3C Forms Working Group
> Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software
> IBM Victoria Software Lab
> E-Mail: boyerj@ca.ibm.com
>
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>
>
>
>
> From:
> Manfred Staudinger <manfred.staudinger@gmail.com>
> To:
> Nick Van den Bleeken <Nick_Van_den_Bleeken@inventivegroup.com>
> Cc:
> "www-forms@w3.org" <www-forms@w3.org>
> Date:
> 06/22/2009 04:07 AM
> Subject:
> Re: How to ensure that at least one of 2 attributes is set to true
>
>
>
> Hi Nick Van den Bleeken,
>
> Thanks for showing me the use of the constraint attribute! Works fine
> and I'll use it in many other cases too.
>
> One minor problem remains: would it be possible to delay the error msg
> / display until later (maybe submit)? Currently I simply have:
>                                                  /* Display a red
> background on all invalid form controls */
>                                                  *:invalid
> {background-color:red;}
>
> Regards,
>
> Manfred Staudinger
>
>
>
>
> On 22/06/2009, Nick Van den Bleeken
> <Nick_Van_den_Bleeken@inventivegroup.com> wrote:
>> Hi Manfred Staudinger;
>>
>> You can add additional constraints to your instance data by using the
>> constraint[1] attribute on a bind (an invalid instance can't be
> submitted,
>> so this also solves your store problem).
>>
>> In your example:
>> <xf:bind nodeset="im:objektkategorie/im:vermarktungsart/@MIETE_PACHT"
>> type="xs:boolean" constraint="boolean-from-string(.) or
>> boolean-from-string(../@KAUF)" />
>>
>> Makes the miete_pacht attribute valid if either miete_pacht or kauf is
> true.
>> To show a warning you can use the alert element on the input that binds
> to
>> miete_pacht attribute.
>>
>> In your example:
>>
>> <xf:input ref="im:objektkategorie/im:vermarktungsart/@KAUF">
>>   <xf:label>Verkauf: &nbsp;</xf:label>
>>   <xf:alert>Either verkauf or Vermietung should be checked</xf:alert>
>> </xf:input>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Nick Van den Bleeken
>> R&D Manager
>>
>> Phone: +32 3 821 01 70
>> Office Fax: +32 3 821 01 71
>> Nick_Van_den_Bleeken@inventivegroup.com
>> http://www.inventivegroup.com
>>
>> 1:
>>
> http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/specs/XForms1.1/index-diff.html#model-prop-constraint
>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: www-forms-request@w3.org [mailto:www-forms-request@w3.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Manfred Staudinger
>>> Sent: zondag 21 juni 2009 22:10
>>> To: www-forms@w3.org
>>> Subject: How to ensure that at least one of 2 attributes is set to true
>>>
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> I'm new to XForms, read a lot but still missing something: I did not
>>> find a solution (other than post-processing with xslt). I want to make
>>> sure that at least one of the 2 attributes
>>> (MIETE_PACHT, KAUF) is set to true (1). If this is not the case, I
>>> would like to get a message or even prevent the document from being
>>> stored.
>>> Here is my instance and the bind:
>>> <xf:model>
>>>    <xf:instance xmlns="http://www.example.com">
>>>    <immobilie>
>>>       <objektkategorie>
>>>          <vermarktungsart MIETE_PACHT="0" KAUF="0" />
>>>       </objektkategorie>
>>>    </immobilie>
>>>    </xf:instance>
>>>
>>>    <xf:bind
>>> nodeset="im:objektkategorie/im:vermarktungsart/@MIETE_PACHT"
>>> type="xs:boolean"  />
>>>    <xf:bind nodeset="im:objektkategorie/im:vermarktungsart/@KAUF"
>>> type="xs:boolean"  />
>>>    <xf:submission id="saveDoc" method="put">
>>>       <xf:resource value="concat('test/fertigobjekt',
>>> im:verwaltung_techn/ic:objektnr, '.xml')"/>
>>>    </xf:submission>
>>> </xf:model>
>>>
>>> Input fields are:
>>> <xf:group>
>>>    <xf:input ref="im:objektkategorie/im:vermarktungsart/@KAUF">
>>>       <xf:label>Verkauf: &nbsp;</xf:label>
>>>    </xf:input>
>>>    <xf:input ref="im:objektkategorie/im:vermarktungsart/@MIETE_PACHT">
>>>       <xf:label>Vermietung (Miete, Pacht): &nbsp;</xf:label>
>>>    </xf:input>
>>> </xf:group>
>>>
>>> Remarks about the example above and pointers to sources are also
>>> appreciated. Thanks!
>>>
>>> Manfred Staudinger
>>>
>>>
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