Re: [Xsltforms-support] different behaviour for IE and Firefox - position() inside repeat.

[COUTHURES A. <ala...@ag...>]

Le 05/01/2011 12:22, Stephen Cameron a écrit :
> You should used xf:output/@value instead of xf:output/@ref for 
> rendering XPath expressions which are not also node sets. There is no 
> error message about that but there should be one.
>
> Oh, is this saying render the node value, as opposed to render the 
> value of the first node in the nodeset?
>
<xf:output value="instance('get_airport')/@startPosition + 
instance('grid1')/pos + position() - 2" /> is correct because this is 
not a node but a calculation.
>
> Unfortunate but if that's the only way forward for you then so be it. 
>  Possibly worth going along that path for a while to see what happens, 
> maybe if some people thing no more will come for you for free they 
> will put their hands in their pocket to help continue it as fully 
> open-source. Personally I think the current XSLTForms version is 
> capable of making money for people.
>
If people are able to make money with XSLTForms, they can certainly 
consider to sell it with their solutions.
>
>
> XPath 2.0 partial support can help: in this test case, the "to" 
> operator could be used.
>
> I can't see how or find an example, surely not  "node[x to y ]"?
>
> Maybe something like "node[member-of-set(position(),x to y)]"?
>
Have a look at 
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/REC-xpath-functions-20101214/#func-to
>
>
> There are also possibilities in adding useful extensions. You can 
> already try this experimental extension: add 
> xf:instance/@readonly="true" to each instance with a static content 
> and it will not be validated at loading time. For your test case, the 
> loading time is divided by 2!
>
> WOW! This test really rocks now in FF and shows the client-side XForms 
> engine advantage in full glory.
>
> Not only loading time but moving between pages is faster as well, in 
> fact as fast as what I'd hoped for, marvelous J
>
I expect an even more significant improvement with the commercial version!

Thanks!

-Alain