Re: [Xsltforms-support] Error handling and display

[Steven P. <ste...@cw...>]

If I were you I would comment parts out, and try to locate what is causing  
the problem.

Steven


On Wed, 01 May 2019 17:40:49 +0200, Robert Kirkpatrick <ro...@er...>  
wrote:

> 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:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.