Re: [Xsltforms-support] can one automatically load a sub-form?

[C. M. Sperberg-M. <cm...@bl...>]

On Jul 3, 2016, at 3:53 AM, Alain Couthures wrote:

> There are some funny security reasons in Google Chrome for not allowing the document() function in XSLT only when executed from Javascript.
> 
> This test case works with Firefox and Internet Explorer (there is an issue with Edge...) and does not work with Opera (WebKit too...).
> 
> Issues in XSLT support are the main reasons for me to write XSLTForms 2 without the necessity for XSLT!

Thank you for the clarification; this is an interoperability issue
in the browsers' XSLT support that I hadn't encountered before.

I look forward to XSLTForms 2, but hope that transform() will
be retained even if XSLT is not used for the main form itself.

--Michael


> 
> --Alain
> 
> Le 02/07/2016 à 18:42, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen a écrit :
>> On Jun 18, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Alain Couthures wrote:
>> 
>>> Michael,
>>> 
>>> Subforms are loaded with the load action so any event can trigger it. If
>>> not, this would be an issue and I would be happy to have a test case if
>>> this happens.
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> There is also the xf:include/@src control, which is an extension, just
>>> to include an external file at the XSLT step.
>> I have found xf:include very useful, and I find myself wanting to use
>> it frequently.  But I have run into one difficulty.
>> 
>> I have the impression that xf:include works in the main form,
>> and in XML documents included by means of xf:include, but not in
>> subforms.   The example at [1] illustrates what I mean:  when books.xml
>> is loaded as a main form, it includes (via xf:include) a paragraph
>> saying how many books it is displaying; when the same form is
>> loaded as a subform, this information does not appear.
>> 
>> [1] http://blackmesatech.com/2016/06/subformstest/include-test.xhtml
>> 
>> Is this a bug or a design feature?
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
> 

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