Rich, Here's something similar that my colleague pointed out: > There is an open source specification very similar to XFORMS, XUL which is a UI >markup language (eXtensible User interface Language or something like that) http://www.mozilla.org/xpfe/xptoolkit/xulintro.html
The XUL code I've seen looks very similar to the Xforms code in the examples. I think Netscape and Mozilla already implement XUL by default, there are even games written in XUL markup which will run in mozilla. http://games.mozdev.org/xultris/ Douglas -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Humphris Sent: 01 October 2002 16:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] OT: XForms, anyone? Thanks Rich, Have just been reading up on XFORMS and can't see anything to contradict anything you are saying. Could be very useful indeed. Douglas -----Original Message----- From: Rich Wild [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 October 2002 15:17 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [ cf-dev ] OT: XForms, anyone? Has anyone had a chance to look at the spec for XForms (part of XHTML 2.0)? *If* it is adopted, from what I understand from a simpleton level (I don't go any deeper than that), it'll potentially provide another method of maintaining state over requests other than cookies or url vars... XForms in XHTML 2.0 do not contain <input type=hidden> inputs. any data not given a visible control on the page is stored in memory. Therefore secure data could be held in form non-visible controls, such as yer CFIDs and CFTOKENs or your record IDs. This is potentially very cool, *if* I've understood it correctly and *if* it's secure. Has anyone had a chance to look at this stuff? if so, am I right in my thinking? Other cool (christ, I'm sounding like an IBM ad) things about it: -possibility of creating multi-page forms that don't need to contact the server when switching pages. -File uploads can now capture from multimedia devices eg microphones/cameras/scanners -Most validation self-contained -Combining form controls -Full CSS styling -device independent URLs: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/ http://www.w3.org/TR/xforms/ http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/09/05/xforms.html http://www.w3schools.com/xforms/default.asp ------------------------------------------------------- Rich Wild Senior Web Developer ------------------------------------------------------- e-mango Tel: 01202 755 300 Gild House Fax: 01202 755 301 74 Norwich Avenue West Bournemouth Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] BH2 6AW, UK http://www.e-mango.com ------------------------------------------------------- This message may contain information which is legally privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorised disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this information is strictly prohibited. Such notification notwithstanding, any comments, opinions, information or conclusions expressed in this message are those of the originator, not of e-mango.com ltd, unless otherwise explicitly and independently indicated by an authorised representative of e-mango.com ltd. ------------------------------------------------------- -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
