Yeah, this part of the new forms stuff has some real potential. All the Flash crap is for the birds as far as I'm concerned, but now that the forms work in an extensible way, CFFORM might actually become a useful tool. At the very least, CFFORM generates valid XHTML now, so you can actually have valid pages with it.
The XSL "skins" are very appealing to me. I maintain several large apps that are almost entirely forms (95% admin stuff, 5% "website", if you take my meaning). I've gone to great lengths to ensure that all the forms are structured in the same way, and are tagged with the same ids and classes, so that I can reliably control the apps' UIs with a single stylesheet. While that's very nice, it's also quite limited, as you can't change the organization of the forms, just the presentation. With XSL to make the markup, and then CSS to make the presentation, the flexibility is near limitless. cheers, barneyb On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:48:46 -0800, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then this might be a reason to use the x-forms version might it not? Then > one can create or use a standard XSLT document to make all forms have the > same look and feel. More work on the developers part, but that's the way of > is usually. > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 50 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:194620 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
