Dear Oleg, The reason I decided not to use chiba is the exact reason you mention. Altho I did get the demo working, and I found the chibacookbook. In the past there was a project called chicoon integrating Chiba with cocoon. But that was a long time ago with older versions.
I did play with the Orbeon form builder, my first impression was that it was very promising. But because XFORMS aren't widely accepted yet I saw no need in using them while there was a perfectly good form solution within cocoon. So the question you should probably be asking yourself is do I want cocoon, or just a form utility? Regards, Job On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Konovalov, Oleg <[email protected]> wrote: > Job, > > I was able to get a fair amount of info on Orbeon, > but on Chiba - it's almost nothing: most links are broken (demo, etc.), > I can't gather much at all. Could you recommend a good source of info? > > Have you tried Orbeon Form Builder ? What's your impression ? > > Have you tried Lotus Forms ? > > Thank you, > Oleg. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Job van Ommen [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Cocoon Forms builder > > If you are looking for XForm tools you should check out orbeon and chiba. > They are both pretty decent. > > Regards, > > Job > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Konovalov, Oleg <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Derek, >> >> When you say that all layout is done by stylesheets, do you mean XSL or CSS ? >> If so, how do I build the stylesheet graphically [more in Design mode]? >> My users will not be programmers, >> so I would like to avoid exposing them to some heavy coding. >> >> Also, I've heard of Xforms, but that it's not supported by IE6&7 (is >> it true?) >> >> Could anyone compare CForms and XForms ? >> Any tools for them ? >> >> Thank you, >> Oleg. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Derek Hohls [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 2:17 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Cocoon Forms builder >> >> Oleg >> >> I am not quite sure why you want to build a form graphically - given that >> all the layout is done by stylesheets? The forms essentially only contain >> the field definition and any logic required to validate or alter/display >> their values. FWIW, I have a small Python program that creates basic forms >> (and the logic my app uses to manipulate them) from an SQL statement. >> >> Derek >> >>>>> On 2009/02/19 at 11:59, in message >>>>> <[email protected]>, >>>>> "Konovalov, Oleg " <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Are you aware of any tool which allows to build CForms graphically, similar >> to how many Eclipse plugins ? >> We have a limited set of XML fields, need to create (or find) a tool to >> build forms through the GUI for non-programmers. >> If not, how would you build such a tool, any building blocks ? >> Any help is very appreciated. >> TIA, >> Oleg Konovalov >> Email: [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail >> legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. >> The full disclaimer details can be found at >> http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. >> >> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by >> MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec >> Computers for their support. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
