Alain, Le mercredi 05 juin 2013 à 22:03 +0200, Alain Couthures a écrit : > Hi Eric, > > Your example works perfectly well and does meet my requirements but I > > have a few questions ;) ... > > > > The name of these functions (subform-instance() and subform-context()) > > made me expect that they would be working not only with <xf:component/> > > but also with "regular" subforms and that doesn't seem to be the case: I > > have updated your example to load size.xml as a subform and haven't been > > able to get it working. > > > > Are these functions limited to components? > Currently, the default instance of a subform is merged with the one in > the main form while, from a component, it has its own id. That's why > those functions don't work with subforms even if their name would say so > ... ;-)
That's what I had guessed but can you elaborate on this instance merge? I had the feeling that the context node in the master form was becoming the instance of the subform, is that what you mean? > This might change, of course, but I have first to explicitly check with > customers already using subforms. Couldn't subform-instance() and subform-context() be pointers to the subform default instance and context node without changing the behaviour of this "merge"? > > Similarly, is the new MIP (@changed) available only in that context or > > is it available more generally (as far as I understand it it's a kind of > > "calculate" except that the field doesn't become read-only)? > Yes, @changed is a sort of @calculate with a @readonly="false" (I could > not use @calculate because of a loop when refreshing). Again, the MIP > name has not been validated by the W3C Forms Group... > > This is clearly an experimental feature built for your initial > requirements ;-) Indeed! > XSLTForms is a versatile product which can very easily be extended at > any level (I know I'm not the only one doing this...)! Sounds impressive... Thanks, Eric > -Alain > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j _______________________________________________ Xsltforms-support mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xsltforms-support
