On 06/02/2006, at 7:33 PM, Cor Nouws wrote:
Jonathon Coombes wrote:
I think I understand what you want here with the XForms.
Currently, when
using XForms, you create a schema that defines the instances that
will be
used within the XForm. The fields are bound to visual controls
such as
lists, text boxes, buttons etc. The instances are stored within
the XForm
document (a modified Writer format).
At this stage, it is not possible to define an instance based on
a datasource.
It is certainly something I would like to see available, but is
not there yet.
Thanks for your explanation, Jonathon.
So currently using a XML formdocument, needs extra automation to
get the information from the zipped odt to a database/server. That
however should be possible with code that is triggered with a
button on the form (anyway I think so - as you know, I didn't try
yet).
If you mean a macro tied to a button, then yes, you could.
Alternatively, you could have a simple macro that pushes/pulls the
values into
the database tied to each controller event listener.
Thus returning to my initial question: it seems possible to push
data in a database somewhere, however not without making extra
efforts.
(About pulling data from a source in the XML formdocument, I'm not
going to speculate now.)
Yes, it will take effort. Unfortunately, since Base is a very new
development
in the OpenOffice.org software, the API is very limited and not well
defined
just yet.
Regards
Jonathon
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