xsltforms-support

[Xsltforms-support] eXist-db 2.0 release candidate with XSLTForms Demo

[Jens Ø. P. <oe...@gm...>]

Hi,

This morning a release candidate for the 2.0 version of eXist-db has been made available for download.

XSLTForms is installed by default (rev 559) as a library in /db/apps/, as well as the first draft of an XSLTForms Demo. 

Please assist in making the XSLTForms Demo show more XSLTForms features.

I copy below Wolfgang Meier's announcement of the release.

Cheers,

Jens

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On Nov 23, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Wolfgang Meier <wol...@ex...> wrote:

A release candidate for the 2.0 version is now available for download from Sourceforge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/exist/files/Stable/2.0/

The purpose of this release is to test the setup a last time and give documentation authors a chance to see how the final thing will look like. As you will certainly recognize, a lot has changed on the surface compared to the tech preview: the new launcher integrates with the desktop and installs a system tray icon (on those systems which support it, i.e. Windows, Mac and some Unix flavors). The dashboard is now the central hub of eXist-db and replaces the old home screen, featuring a range of plugins and apps. The entire web content has been modularized and moved into self-contained, installable apps. Creating your own apps should be rather painless using eXide's app wizard.

We'll be happy to hear any issues you find. At this point, we're in particular interested to get feedback on

* does the installer work properly for you? Is it too large and shall we disable some extensions? Right now it has most extension modules enabled, including xslfo and content extraction, which adds a lot to its size. We consider providing a stripped-down alternative with just the bare minimum.
* do the fallbacks we built into the launcher work on those systems which do not support the Java desktop integration?
* is installing/deinstalling packages via the package manager reliable on all systems?

The release candidate has been verified to work properly with Java 6 and 7 (some problems reported with OpenJDK 6).

We are heading for a mid-December release of 2.0 final.

Happy Testing,

Wolfgang

Re: [Xsltforms-support] eXist-db 2.0 release candidate with XSLTForms Demo

[Alain C. <ala...@ag...>]

Hi Jens,

Thank you for creating the XSLTForms Demo.

Could you please confirm that after adding the source file for a new 
example, the examples.xml file is the only one to be updated?

And I wonder why you added an hidden anchor for eXide?

Cheers,

-Alain

Le 23/11/2012 10:32, Jens Østergaard Petersen a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> This morning a release candidate for the 2.0 version of eXist-db has been made available for download.
>
> XSLTForms is installed by default (rev 559) as a library in /db/apps/, as well as the first draft of an XSLTForms Demo.
>
> Please assist in making the XSLTForms Demo show more XSLTForms features.
>
> I copy below Wolfgang Meier's announcement of the release.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jens
>
>

Re: [Xsltforms-support] eXist-db 2.0 release candidate with XSLTForms Demo

[Jens Ø. P. <oe...@gm...>]

Hi Alain,

Dropping the file in the "data" collection, noting its name in "examples.xml" and giving it an @id is all you need to display the form. I remove your pi as well, since it could confuse, but that is not necessary. The only exception is "hello2.xml" where I have changed the location of the external instance.

Obviously, I could simply have scanned the files in the collection and have displayed them as a list, but I wanted to have the possibility to add information and note urls and paths to other files, as well as to group (not really used yet) and sort the examples, and it seemed easier in this (slightly redundant) way.

In "form.xq", I have a function to add elements to the forms. I add some css, mainly to supply a margin, add a description (not really used yet), and I add buttons to open the forms and instances in eXide. In the eXist-db documentation, for instance in the Demo, it is standard to have the ability to open (and alter) queries and data files, and I wished to make this possible with your forms as well.

I would be more than pleased if I could add any suggestions you might have to the app before the final release of eXist-db. I think a more systematic presentation of xforms should be made, something in the manner of the betterform feature explorer, but obviously that takes more time.

Cheers,

Jens

On Nov 24, 2012, at 11:22 PM, Alain Couthures <ala...@ag...> wrote:

> Hi Jens,
> 
> Thank you for creating the XSLTForms Demo.
> 
> Could you please confirm that after adding the source file for a new example, the examples.xml file is the only one to be updated?
> 
> And I wonder why you added an hidden anchor for eXide?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -Alain
> 
> Le 23/11/2012 10:32, Jens Østergaard Petersen a écrit :
>> Hi,
>> 
>> This morning a release candidate for the 2.0 version of eXist-db has been made available for download.
>> 
>> XSLTForms is installed by default (rev 559) as a library in /db/apps/, as well as the first draft of an XSLTForms Demo.
>> 
>> Please assist in making the XSLTForms Demo show more XSLTForms features.
>> 
>> I copy below Wolfgang Meier's announcement of the release.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Jens
>> 
>> 
>