Hi Andy, >Probably some facy javascript can do the job but it would be good to stick >with some standards like W3C's XForms (read a bit on that), and the >Mozilla's XForms Extensions for FireFox scared me off when its doc stated >HTTP Server Requirements this and that (I would hope XForms's ACTION can >support both online/server processing and offline/local processing such as >transforming and capturing/saving the user data into a local XML file.
You are exactly right that XForms is ideal for this. As explained in 'An Introduction to XForms Submission', XForms submission can conceptually be used for anything from HTTP requests, saving local files, sending emails, writing to databases...all with the same declarative mark-up: <http://www.formsplayer.com/node/730> However, different XForms processors have a different approach to the question of local files. As you say, Firefox is very strict, and I'm not sure how you get around that. With formsPlayer, our XForms plug-in for IE6+, we throw up a prompt to the user if files are read or written to from the 'file:' protocol, and that cannot be disabled. But what we have added is a protocol called 'cookie:' which you can use with PUT and GET to save and load local files based on the domain of the form being used. This allows you to do save and resume type operations, without needing to prompt the user, since data is saved and loaded from a per-user, per-domain directory. formsPlayer is a free download if you want to give it a try. :) And our forums are pretty helpful if you have problems. Best regards, Mark -- Mark Birbeck, formsPlayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +44 (0) 20 7689 9232 http://www.formsPlayer.com | http://internet-apps.blogspot.com standards. innovation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:294032 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
