Re: [Xsltforms-support] xsd:duration types
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Re: [Xsltforms-support] xsd:duration types
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From: Alain C. <ala...@ag...> - 2016-06-29 20:46:06
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This is an XSLTForms extension. Such Javascript interactions should be considered for XForms 3.0! Le 29/06/2016 à 22:22, bc...@sh... a écrit : > Hi Alain, no need to apologise. Thank you for the reply. > > I had never thought to try that approach. I will give it a try. > > Just as a matter of interest, is that a standard in the xforms spec. > or is it an XSLTForms particular extension ? > > > Thank you for all your continuing hard work on XSLTForms. Long may it > (and you) continue :-) > > Regards > Habs > > On 29 June 2016 at 17:59, Alain Couthures > <ala...@ag... <mailto:ala...@ag...>> > wrote: > > Hello Habs, > > Sorry for the delay. I suggest you to write a Javascript function > to be called from an XPath expression as in > http://www.agencexml.com/xsltforms/colors.xml > > --Alain > > > Le 19/06/2016 à 09:01, bc...@sh... > <mailto:bc...@sh...> a écrit : >> Thank you for the reply Alain. >> >> It will be interesting times when 'fleur' and XSLTForms 2 arrive. :-) >> >> For now, as I said, I am wanting to generate a xsd:duration >> content based on a start and end xsd:date and xsd:time elements >> entered via a xform. >> >> I have not got far enough yet to submit a working xform test case >> skeleton, as I am just trying to sort out the best way to >> generate the xsd:duration, however for instance: >> >> ... >> <datestart>20160510</datestart> >> <timestart>083000</timestart> >> <dateend>20160511</dateend> >> <timeend>104500</timeend> >> <duration>PT26H15M</duration> <------- calculate this, a duration >> showing hours and minutes, from the date and time elements >> ... >> >> What would be the best and/or efficient approach please? >> >> At the moment I am intending to use xf:bind calculations, using >> substring, floor and div functions etc on the date and time >> elements, to *eventually* get the desired content for the >> xsd:duration element. Perhaps there is a better approach ? >> >> As an aside, if I have understood it properly, the EXSLT template >> 'date:duration' provides this process, so perhaps it is possible >> to do a xslt transform within XSLTForms to produce the desired >> duration instance. >> >> >> I will keep on it and see what I come up with, but if you (or any >> one else) have any ideas/tips please let me know. >> >> Regards >> Habs >> >> >> On 18 June 2016 at 21:06, Alain Couthures >> <ala...@ag... >> <mailto:ala...@ag...>> wrote: >> >> Hello Habs, >> >> I am currently extending my new XPath engine (Fleur) into an >> XQuery engine as well. Progressively, it will support >> XPath/XQuery 3.1 but there are still missing functionalities >> such as durations. Because of functions such as doc(), this >> engine is written in asynchronous Javascript so it will not >> be possible to use it within XSLTForms v1 but within >> XSLTForms v2. >> >> Priorities are always hard to decide. Adding duration support >> in XSLTForms v1 might reduce time required for adding it in >> Fleur... >> >> Maybe you don't need a full support yet? Can you post a test >> case?? >> >> --Alain >> >> >> Le 18/06/2016 à 21:15, bc...@sh... >> <mailto:bc...@sh...> a écrit : >>> Hello all, good day >>> >>> Most likely this has been mentioned before and if so my >>> apologies for not finding anything on it by better searching >>> 'discussion' or mailing lists. >>> >>> How easy (technically and time availability) would it be for >>> maintainers (Alain ?) to implement the xsd:duration type and >>> associated functions (I think they are XPath 2) ? >>> >>> For now, would some kind person assist (post a small code >>> perhaps) by suggesting how to best/efficiently process >>> xsd:time elements 'time-from' and 'time-to' in a repeat >>> block, such that for each pair the duration in minutes >>> (seconds does not matter) is calculated and then a total for >>> the nodeset ? >>> >>> For now, as a descriptive, I am playing with implementing a >>> <minutes/> element for each repeat item and using a 'bind >>> calculate' to get the value by string splitting and using >>> math functions to obtain the duration hours (converting it >>> to minutes) and minutes and adding the two. >>> >>> Then to create a <totalminutes/> element and using a 'bind >>> calculate' to get the value by using sum() on the <minutes/> >>> nodeset. >>> >>> >>> Thank you for some info and comments. >>> Peace and best wishes >>> >>> Habs >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? 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