Ivelin Here is the process I'm following: The XMLForm is first met with a URI containing an id in the querystring. I use the prepare method of my action to load a OR object reference by the id which then populates the model so that the form is populated for editing. If there is no id on the querystring, The model is not populated and is ready for add. The id is then moved into the form if edit so that changes will be updated instead of added. The concept is that the adding and editing of records will always use the same fields and I do not want to create two seperate forms when I can use one. I am also using XMLForms at request scope so as to minimise the object in session memory if not needed.
I could populate the hidden field using the id through a request parameter but I figured that using the model was consistent with the rest of the way the form worked. Andrew On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 06:12, Ivelin Ivanov wrote: > Did you look at the latest Feedback Wizard demo for XMLForm. > > A sample use of the hidden tag is: > > <xf:hidden ref="xpath/to/some/element/"> > <xf:value>567</xf:value> > </xf:hidden> > > > The hidden tag is provided a value in the markup. > It does not read value from the model for the same reasons that the XForms > standard does not support hidden. > If you want to put in a hidden tag something which is part of the model, > then why do the round trip at all? Just keep the value in the model on the > server. > > Do you have a good use case which calls for populating hidden from the form > model instance? > > > Ivelin > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Timberlake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 8:29 AM > Subject: XMLForms XMLFormTransformer > > > > Is there a reason why hidden fields are not supported in XMLForms. > > If I set a xf:hidden element it is not populated with a value. > > I would like to patch the XMLFormTransformer to include hidden field > > support but want to check if this has be purposefully left out? > > > > TIA > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Andrew Timberlake Digital Design Development http://www.ddd.co.za mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 011 705 1737 082 415 8283 "If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in." --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
