Jonathon: I can't wait to see more information about webforms in OOo2. Thanks for all of your efforts.
-- ssz > Jonathon Coombes wrote: > > It will almost certainly be a separate chapter in itself. > > It could even, in theory, be done as a totally separate guide due > > to the size of the information required. At this stage, I would > > probably hold off on the examples, other than to say that the > > xforms can function almost identically to the html forms without > > the user even knowing. There are some issues that I still want > > to sort out before I start putting "pen to paper". One such issue > > which I am about to query with the xml team is that master > > documents seem to accept xforms as valid sub-documents, but when > > they are included, all XML functionality of the xform is lost and > > it behaves as a very simple HTML form?!? Most annoying and hopefully > > can be remedied fairly quickly for my project :) > > Okay, thanks for those insights, Jonathon. We'll await further > advice from you (or anyone else) on this. > > I wonder if we should mention them in the Forms chapter, just a > few paragraphs of general explanation, and then tell the reader > that details will be in a separate document. (Much like we refer > readers to the Database Guide in several places, even though the > Database Guide isn't available yet.) > > I hope you can get the master documents problem sorted out soon, > otherwise I'll need to put a note in the MD chapter warning > people about this problem. > > Cheers, Jean
