Implement XFORMS on ASP

[Locusta]

Hi,

I'm looking for a means to generate hundreds of ASP webforms using
declarative language. I've put my attention on XFORMS.

I understand that there is no support for XFORMS on ASP.NET, but I was
wondering if anyone has made the excercise to develop an XFORM engine in
ASP.NET.

Best regards,

[Anthony Jones]

"Locusta" <Locusta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B54581A2-3B1E-49CD-83EB-C12C8555584C@microsoft.com...

> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a means to generate hundreds of ASP webforms using
> declarative language. I've put my attention on XFORMS.
>
> I understand that there is no support for XFORMS on ASP.NET, but I was
> wondering if anyone has made the excercise to develop an XFORM engine in
> ASP.NET.

XForms doesn't really have a place in the ASP.NET world. What are you
gaining with a declarative XForm that you can't get even from a straight
forward ASP.NET form?


--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

[Locusta]

Hi Anthony,

Thank you for responding to my question.

I need to create more than 3000 asp pages, mostly country and language
specific changes. Creating the 3000 ASP pages is a huge task, and if one
field needs to be added to the page, then I need to perform this 3000 times.

I would like to achieve an AJAX combined webform, whereby a set of widgets
is created (textbox, dropdown, ...) with all their specific functions. I was
thinking to use the XFORM declarative language for this task.

Do you have a better suggestion for this automation?

"Anthony Jones" wrote:

> "Locusta" <Locusta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B54581A2-3B1E-49CD-83EB-C12C8555584C@microsoft.com...

> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm looking for a means to generate hundreds of ASP webforms using
> > declarative language. I've put my attention on XFORMS.
> >
> > I understand that there is no support for XFORMS on ASP.NET, but I was
> > wondering if anyone has made the excercise to develop an XFORM engine in
> > ASP.NET.

>
>
> XForms doesn't really have a place in the ASP.NET world. What are you
> gaining with a declarative XForm that you can't get even from a straight
> forward ASP.NET form?
>
>
> --
> Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET
>
>
>

[Anthony Jones]

"Locusta" <Locusta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A9DA5DED-6E59-4AC3-9E80-18C3D9DECA2B@microsoft.com...

> Hi Anthony,
>
> Thank you for responding to my question.
>
> I need to create more than 3000 asp pages, mostly country and language
> specific changes. Creating the 3000 ASP pages is a huge task, and if one
> field needs to be added to the page, then I need to perform this 3000

times.

>
> I would like to achieve an AJAX combined webform, whereby a set of widgets
> is created (textbox, dropdown, ...) with all their specific functions. I

was

> thinking to use the XFORM declarative language for this task.
>
> Do you have a better suggestion for this automation?
>

Yes. You need to get some reading done. ASP.NET has several solutions for
'widgets', it has AJAX based solutions and it has a framework for handling
localisationof resources.

The thinking that a declarative language is a better solution to this
problem than another approach confuses me.

There two key things to overcome when you have forms in multiple languages.
First, separating the displayed text from the actual form definition (.NET
does this with culture specific resource files). Second, laying out the
form in such a way that all various possible captions fit in the space
provided.

[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/bb400852.aspx[/url]


There are a number of walk throughs you might find useful like this one on
localisation:-


[url]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/fw69ke6f.aspx[/url]


--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET