Re: question about usage

> This may not be an appropriate place for this question...
>
> I'm trying to implement an invoice-type form using XForms.
> I have the examples of inserting and deleting from repeating
> groups of elements.
>
> What do I do with an xml file that does not have any
> elements of some optional type, where I then want
> the user to be able to insert some of those elements?
>
> Do I somehow load up a "dummy" xml document that contains
> spaceholders for all of the optional elements and then
> merge that with my true data?


Something like that, yes. I have seen XSLT used for that purpose.

-Erik

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Received on Tuesday, 17 March 2009 19:15:58 UTC