1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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The XForm model is defined in Extensible Markup Language (XML). The model uses separate sections to describe what a form does and what a form looks like. You can view the specification for XForms at: <link href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/">http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/</link>.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </section> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10746" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Working with XForms</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1074A" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In %PRODUCTNAME, an XForms document is a special type of Writer document. The Design Mode for an XForm document has additional toolbars and panes. </paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1074D" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">After you create and save an XForms document, you can open the document, fill out the form, and submit the changes to a server.</paragraph> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10774" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><comment>What's the role of UBL?</comment><comment>We do not officially support exporting to XHTML - but should be possible using XSLT</comment></paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10706" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Create a New XForms Document</paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1070D" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - New - XML Form Document</emph>.</paragraph> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10714" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The XForms design window opens in an empty Writer document.</paragraph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10718" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Design your form.</paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="unordered"> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1071E" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Insert a control, select the default model in the property browser, and enter a binding statement.</paragraph> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10722" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the data navigator, add an element to the instance.</paragraph> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10726" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Load a new instance from an XML file and add controls to the relevant XML elements or attributes.</paragraph> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10729" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Open an XForms Document</paragraph> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="unordered"> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10730" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph> and select the XForms document. An XForm document has the same extension as a Writer text document (*.odt).</paragraph> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10737" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Edit an XForms Document</paragraph> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1073B" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Open the XForms document and use the following toolbars and windows:</paragraph> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="unordered"> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10741" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG"><link href="text/shared/main0226.xhp">Form Design toolbar</link></paragraph> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10757" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/02/01170000.xhp">Form Controls toolbar</link></paragraph> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1075F" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/01/xformsdata.xhp">Data Navigator</link></paragraph> 96*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 97*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 98*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1075B" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/02/01170600.xhp">Form Navigator</link></paragraph> 99*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 100*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 101*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10848" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><comment>UFI: currently only StarOffice can render and evaluate our XForms docs. Mozilla has announced a planned support recently. There may be plugins for other browsers. Should we tell the user?</comment></paragraph> 102*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 103*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 104