Re: "Nice" form stylesheets?

[Louis . Masters]

Tim:

Using underlines for user input brings me back to my MFS days at a rather large telecom,
Two things we have used in the past for user input, although I readily admit that I am far from an expert on the subject:
1.  User entry boxes formed by either using table cells with borders or SVG.  For any 3D effects or special symbols, SVG fits the bill.
2.  Similar to what you are already doing, use underlines formed by either leaders or SVG (again for 3D effects).

HTH,
Lou
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news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/07/2006 05:56:06 PM:

> Hi,
>
> within the realm of our QMS-to-be, I use XML for - inter
> alia - forms and generate paper output with FOP and XSLT
> stylesheets.
>
>   In the XML file I have information about the data fields
> to be "inputted" by the user, the "data type", "check but-
> tons", etc. (I plan to make the forms "fillable" on our net-
> work later on) and how the fields are grouped.
>
>   What I'm still lacking is some creativity about a human-
> friendly way to format these data fields. At the moment, I
> just use "_"s to mark the place where something needs to be
> inputted, but i. e. "____-__-__" for a date field does not
> look very nice printed in Helvetica, 14 pt :-).
>
>   Has anyone of you already dealt with this topic and maybe
> created some interesting stylesheets that could be of inspi-
> ration?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tim
>
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