I think, that project died about 2006 :-( Pity !
Oleg. -----Original Message----- From: Jeroen Reijn [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 10:25 AM To: [email protected] Cc: 'Job van Ommen' Subject: Re: Forms builder Hi Oleg, as far as I can remember there used to be an eclipse plugin for Cocoon forms, which could be used to create forms. See [1] for more information. I'm not really sure it the project still exists/is alive, but there was an effort to create something like it. [1]http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/eclipse-lepido/ Regards, Jeroen Konovalov, Oleg wrote: > Job, > > What I need is a Forms Builder tool (probably visual stylesheet > editor, so non-tech user can take XML Schema, select elements he > needs, lay them on the screen, add some validations including > individual fields and field1+field2+...=total) and be able to submit that > info to the host. > > That's what Altova StyleVision does, but it's only ActiveX/IE. > > AFAIK, there is no tool like that in Cocoon world (if not, please > correct me!) It probably should be an Eclpse plugin, I can't build it > myself. :-( > > Chiba doesn't have such tool. > Orbeon has Forms Builder in alpha (can't even save generated Xforms file yet). > > IBM free Visual Xforms Designer/XML Form Generator seem to be in beta > and long abandoned (Eclipse 3.2 only) > > I started looking at IBM Lotus Forms (eForms). Any idea about it ? > Does it require some IBM servers (e.g. WS portal)? > > Thank you, > Oleg. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Job van Ommen [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:53 AM > To: Konovalov, Oleg [CMB-IT] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Forms builder > > 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. 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