Re: [Xsltforms-support] Fwd: Namespaces in subforms (Firefox)

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Tim,

Firefox-only issues are usually caused by its XSLT engine not supporting 
the namespace axis. A trick is necessary for XSLTForms to get the 
namespaceURI from the prefix: adding some dummy attribute, such as 
bf:dummy="dummy", at the document element should be enough. With this 
trick, your test forms are working for me with Firefox too.

Subforms mechanism in XSLTForms is merging models and ignoring already 
existing instances. Without any declared model, XSLTForms is actually 
declaring a default one. For unit tests, it might be interesting to 
declare the main models and the main instances used in the subform just 
to be able to run it independently.

Thank you for your feedback!

--Alain

Le 09/07/2015 06:29, Tim Thompson a écrit :
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> From: *Tim Thompson* <tim...@gm... <mailto:tim...@gm...>>
> Date: Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:25 AM
> Subject: Namespaces in subforms (Firefox)
> To: Alain Couthures <ala...@ag... 
> <mailto:ala...@ag...>>
> Cc: xsl...@li... 
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>
>
> Alain,
>
> The "not well-formed" issue in Firefox seems to have been caused by an 
> external JavaScript library that I was using, so I'll have to 
> investigate that myself.
>
> However, I did discover another issue in Firefox that may or may not 
> be a bug.
>
> My understanding of subforms in XSLTForms, as Eric van der Vlist 
> explains it, is that "XSLTForms doesn’t isolate the models from the 
> master form and its subform and it is possible to access directly to 
> any instance of the master form from the subforms." By that token, it 
> should not be necessary to repeat instance data in a subform model, is 
> that correct? The subform controls can be bound directly to the 
> mainform instances.
>
> A couple of basic tests seems to confirm that this is the case (using 
> your writers/books example). Test 1 works in Firefox, Chrome, and IE. 
> But if namespaced elements are used in the mainform instance, as in 
> Test 2, this pattern causes Firefox to fail. If the model element is 
> uncommented in Subform 2, then Firefox loads the subform correctly.
>
> So, is a local model always necessary in the subform, or is this an 
> issue with Firefox? Tests are also attached.
>
> Thanks again,
> Tim
>
>
> Test 1 (no namespaced instance elements)
>
> Mainform
>
> <html
>     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>     xmlns:bf="http://bibframe.org/vocab/"
>     xmlns:xforms="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
>     xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events">
>     <head>
>         <title>Writers (Subforms)</title>
>         <xforms:model>
>             <xforms:instance xmlns="">
>                 <Writers>
>                     <Writer firstname="Albert" lastname="Camus" 
> selected="false">
>                         <Book year="1938" title="Caligula"/>
>                         <Book year="1942" title="L'étranger"/>
>                         <Book year="1947" title="La peste"/>
>                         <Book year="1951" title="L'homme révolté"/>
> </Writer>
>                 </Writers>
>             </xforms:instance>
>         </xforms:model>
>     </head>
>     <body>
>         <h3>Writers (Subforms)</h3>
>         <xforms:repeat nodeset="Writer" appearance="compact">
>             <p>
>                 <xforms:output ref="@firstname"/>&#160;<xforms:output 
> ref="@lastname"/>&#160;
> <xforms:trigger>
> <xforms:label><xforms:output value="choose(@selected != 
> 'true','Show','Hide')"/> books</xforms:label>
> <xforms:action ev:event="DOMActivate">
> <xforms:load if="@selected != 'true'" show="embed" targetid="subform" 
> resource="test1-subform.xhtml"/>
> <xforms:unload if="@selected = 'true'" targetid="subform"/>
> <xforms:setvalue ref="@selected" value=". != 'true'"/>
> </xforms:action>
> </xforms:trigger>
>                 <xforms:group id="subform"/>
>             </p>
>         </xforms:repeat>
>     </body>
> </html>
>
> Subform
>
> <html
>     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>     xmlns:bf="http://bibframe.org/vocab/"
>     xmlns:xforms="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
>     xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events">
>     <head>
> <title>Books</title>
>         <!--<xforms:model>
>             <xforms:instance>
>                 <Books>
>                     <Book year="2013" title="XForms with XSLTForms"/>
>                 </Books>
>             </xforms:instance>
>         </xforms:model>-->
>     </head>
>     <body>
>         <xforms:repeat nodeset="Book">
>             <xforms:output value="@year"/> - <xforms:output 
> value="@title"/>
>         </xforms:repeat>
>     </body>
> </html>
>
>
> Test 2
>
> Mainform
>
> <html
>     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>     xmlns:bf="http://bibframe.org/vocab/"
>     xmlns:xforms="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
>     xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events">
>     <head>
>         <title>Writers (Subforms)</title>
>         <xforms:model>
>             <xforms:instance>
>                 <bf:Writers>
>                     <bf:Writer firstname="Albert" lastname="Camus" 
> selected="false">
>                         <bf:Book year="1938" title="Caligula"/>
>                         <bf:Book year="1942" title="L'étranger"/>
>                         <bf:Book year="1947" title="La peste"/>
>                         <bf:Book year="1951" title="L'homme révolté"/>
> </bf:Writer>
>                 </bf:Writers>
>             </xforms:instance>
>         </xforms:model>
>     </head>
>     <body>
>         <h3>Writers (Subforms)</h3>
>         <xforms:repeat nodeset="bf:Writer" appearance="compact">
>             <p>
>                 <xforms:output ref="@firstname"/>&#160;<xforms:output 
> ref="@lastname"/>&#160;
> <xforms:trigger>
> <xforms:label><xforms:output value="choose(@selected != 
> 'true','Show','Hide')"/> books</xforms:label>
> <xforms:action ev:event="DOMActivate">
> <xforms:load if="@selected != 'true'" show="embed" targetid="subform" 
> resource="test2-subform.xhtml"/>
> <xforms:unload if="@selected = 'true'" targetid="subform"/>
> <xforms:setvalue ref="@selected" value=". != 'true'"/>
> </xforms:action>
> </xforms:trigger>
>                 <xforms:group id="subform"/>
>             </p>
>         </xforms:repeat>
>     </body>
> </html>
>
> Subform
>
> <html
>     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>     xmlns:bf="http://bibframe.org/vocab/"
>     xmlns:xforms="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
>     xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events">
>     <head>
> <title>Books</title>
>         <!--<xforms:model>
>             <xforms:instance>
>                 <bf:Books>
>                     <bf:Book year="2013" title="XForms with XSLTForms"/>
>                 </bf:Books>
>             </xforms:instance>
>         </xforms:model>-->
>     </head>
>     <body>
>         <xforms:repeat nodeset="bf:Book">
>             <xforms:output value="@year"/> - <xforms:output 
> value="@title"/>
>         </xforms:repeat>
>     </body>
> </html>
>
>
> --
> Tim A. Thompson
> Metadata Librarian (Spanish/Portuguese Specialty)
> Princeton University Library
>
>
>
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