Sylvain Wallez wrote:
[catching up the list - guys, you were so verbose lately !]
Reinhard Poetz wrote:
Just wondering why in the examples always the FormsTransformer is used
although the use of the FormsGenerator is possible. Does this have a
special reason?
The FormsGenerator produces an XML representation of the form, following
the hierarchy and ordering defined by the form definition. To produce an
HTML page from that document, you either must have a generic stylesheet
that will setup a standard (but not nice) layout, or have a specific
stylesheet for each form.
The FormTransformer takes as input widget references spread in a page
structure, meaning you have a specific template for each form. That
template can be produced by any kind of generator (file, xsp, jxtg,
velocity, etc.)
So to have nicely laid out forms, you can use either approach depending
if you feel more comfortable with writing an XSL or a template for each
form.
Seems like most people prefer to write a template :-)
Ah, and the FormGenerator can also be used for some webservice-style
clients where no layout is needed.
Thank you Sylvain!
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Reinhard
