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Submitted by formsPlayer on Fri, 2007-01-05 18:13.

The handbooks aim to offer a complete reference for those interested in formsPlayer and XForms.

Each handbook is © copyright 2006-2007 the individual contributor unless otherwise stated.

About formsPlayer

  • Deployment, licensing and support
  • Tips for posting to the forums
  • Case studies
  • Moving between different formsPlayer versions
  • Version numbers and build policies

Programming with formsPlayer and XForms

  • Setting Up Your Development Environment
  • Introduction to XForms
  • Using XPath expressions
  • Sending and receiving data with submission
  • Controlling performance of switch and case.
  • Manipulating data with handlers and script
  • Action handlers
  • Conditional action handlers
  • Styling
  • Understanding the XForms dependency-engine
  • Using Selenium to test XForms and formsPlayer
  • Using formsPlayer to extend the browser
  • Creating and using custom controls
  • APPENDIX: Default CSS styles for XForms
  • APPENDIX: The Soft-bar Installer API

The XForms cookbook

  • Using repeat with large nodesets
  • Allowing typed data elements to be valid when empty
  • XForms and OpenWFE - Part 2
  • XForms patterns
  • Navigating recordsets
  • XForms and OpenWFE - Part 1

Programming Sidewinder

  • About Sidewinder
  • Sidewinder as a web applications viewer
  • xH: The new programming language you already know
  • HOWTO: Using the XForms model to drive Google Maps
  • Re-using Sidewinder components inside your own applications
  • APPENDIX: Javascript API Reference
  • APPENDIX: Desktop Application Framework Parameters

Active forum topics

  • Installation on XP/IE8 fails to display controls
  • Empty / blank item in "select1" controls
  • how to submit the XForm to a web service URL for converting XML to PDF
  • How do i refresh my repeat structure that is pointing to an instance.
  • Without using a trigger button- How to pre-populate select1 controls with a REST submission
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Recent blog posts

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  • Server move and Drupal upgrade complete
  • How to harness the power of XHTML and XForms in your .NET applications
  • Clarification on formsPlayer CE 1.5.4 and 1.5.5
  • XForms custom controls, using XAML and Silverlight
  • Skimming, and an Open Source project for a GData XForms client
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Recent comments

  • I think I have the answer
    12 weeks 3 days ago
  • Given those examples that
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  • Re:- How to pre-populate select1 controls with a REST submission
    21 weeks 2 days ago
  • I checked the samples as
    44 weeks 6 days ago
  • posting to web service
    1 year 2 weeks ago
  • Try using version 1.6
    2 years 1 week ago
  • New version available next week
    2 years 1 week ago
  • Empty item
    2 years 5 weeks ago
  • In general you can submit
    2 years 6 weeks ago
  • DOMFocusIN works!
    2 years 6 weeks ago

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