<ducking> When is the question. When will Blackstone be available? </ducking>
Doug James IT Developer Hollings Cancer Center http://hcc.musc.edu Sean Corfield wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:10:16 -0500, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>You might also have a look at the onTap framework -- which has much >>more robust, bulletproof and reuseable (but no more difficult to use) >>form validation features. > > > That is *way* more complex than the equivalent Blackstone form! > > Blackstone's XML forms allow you to specify just the plain fields > without formatting and have an automatic XSL transformation applied to > create nicely lined up form fields and labels... > > For example, the following simple form: > > <cfform format="xml" action="ikeform.cfm" method="post"> > <cfinput type="text" name="productName" label="Product Name"/> > <cfselect name="productCategory" label="Product Category" > query="cats" display="data" value="value"/> > <cfinput type="radio" name="productStatus" label="Product Status" > value="1"/> > <cfinput type="text" validate="numeric" name="listPrice" > required="yes" label="List Price"/> > <cfinput type="text" name="availableData" required="yes" > label="Available Data"/> > <cfinput type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"/> > </cfform> > > With no other code, this produces: > > http://www.corfield.org/articles/stuff/ike.gif > > (I didn't both mapping Ike's radio button stuff) > > Form labels are automatic and aligned. Required fields are indicated > with a red *. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:192077 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
