I'm just getting started with Cocoon myself, but FWIW if you were to use an approach like http://wiki.apache.org/cocoon/YourCocoonBasedProjectAnt16 on your current project, your other sites could continue to run under 2.0.4 until you were able to migrate them one at a time...
HTH, Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: Duncan McLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Advice/help needed for application > > > Hi Derek > > Thanks for this. > > Unfortunately we are locked into using Cocoon 2.0.4 for (at > least) the > near future. We are a relatively large organisation with > a large number of disparate websites built into the Cocoon > infrastructure. There is work to upgrade all aspects of the > environment including Cocoon, but unfortunately this will not > deliver in the > lifetime of this development... :-( > > As I understand it flowscript etc isn't available in 2.0.4 - correct? > Therefore I guess we need to fall back on a more primitive > mechanism... anybody have ideas? > > Thanks yet again > > Duncan > > > > > Derek Hohls wrote: > > >Duncan > > > >I am not any kind of guru here (at all!) but what you propose sounds > >feasible. > > > >I think it would be worth using a later version of Cocoon (2.1.8) as > >the forms processing/validation has become a lot more sophisticated. > >Best place to start is with the various Cocoon samples as > they give a > >feel for what can be done. Next best place is the mailing > list archive > >, as chances are someone has done something similar (I > recall queries > >on web services, for example). > > > >As always, if you get to understand the fundamentals of what > Cocoon is > >doing - the sitemap and flowscript aspects are key here - > then the rest > >is "just details" (i.e. hard work). There are really good > people here > >to hep if you get stuck with specific bits of code. > > > >HTH (a bit) > >Derek > > > > > > > > > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005/12/14 07:59 PM >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >Hi > > > >We currently use Cocoon 2.0.4 running on an AIX box. > > > >We have been asked to create an application that will be incorporated > >into an existing website that runs under Cocoon. > >This application consists of several multi-page forms that have some > >tricky validation requirements. Data should be preserved in session > >until it is submitted. > >The data is submitted to a business service (hosted outside > Cocoon). It > >should also be able to handle and transform the resulting message > >returned from the business service. > > > >Can someone out there suggest how this can be achieved (in > simple terms > >please as we are still very much getting to grips with Cocoon!!!). > >If you could also point us to examples etc then that would > be even better! > > > >Thanks in advance > > > >Duncan > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
