Re: [Xsltforms-support] Error handling and display

[Robert K. <ro...@er...>]

Additional point:
My test relies on a BaseX http server, as you can see from the xsltforms
url (port 8984).
This should not make a difference, but well a variation with the tests you
made.
Regards,
Robert.

On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 2:58 PM Robert Kirkpatrick <ro...@er...> wrote:

> Very strange.
> I'm using Chrome Version 73.0.3683.103
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 12:58 PM Steven Pemberton <ste...@cw...>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 19:29:39 +0200, Robert Kirkpatrick <ro...@er...>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Steven.
>>
>> Indeed type errors show up clearly. But in my example, the displayed
>> values were not typed in via the form, but defined in the <instance/> as
>> default values: ? for item, 0 for amount.
>> And very weirdly, they are output *concatenated* in *both* form fields !!
>> An X error flag indicates a problem, not surprising, but totally blind..
>> !?
>>
>>
>> I ran your test in 4 different browsers, and didn't get this problem.
>>
>> Steven
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 2:14 PM Steven Pemberton <ste...@cw...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:35:47 +0200, Robert Kirkpatrick <
>>> ro...@er...> wrote:
>>>
>>> (Newcomer first post)
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Here is a basic Xform:
>>> [image: image.png]
>>>
>>> When I hover over the error flags, I only get a little question mark.
>>> What can I do to display the error associated with the event, which I
>>> can't identify?
>>>
>>> As far as I recall, you only get the red X if the value doesn't match
>>> the node's type or constraints.
>>>
>>> I don't understand why you are getting an X for Item, because that's a
>>> string; amount is an integer, and ?0 is not a valid integer value, so
>>> that's why you are getting it there.
>>>
>>> To get a message to show, you need to include an <alert/> element in the
>>> input; for instance
>>>
>>>    <xf:label>Amount:</xf:label><xf:alert>Must be an integer</xf:alert>
>>>
>>>
>>> There must be some binding mistake in the form, here attached, but the
>>> messages associated with xforms-binding-error are not displayed.
>>>
>>> The bindings are fine. If there were a binding error, the control would
>>> not show up.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps somewhat.
>>>
>>> Steven
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help,
>>> Robert.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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