XSLTForms

Welcome to the XSLTForms Wikibook! XSLTForms is an open source client-side implementation of XForms which is a World Wide Web Consortium recommendation for creating web forms and web applications. XSLTForms is developed by Alain Couthures agenceXML at Bordeaux, France.

Introduction

1. Introduction - About this book and overview of the technology.
2. Background - A brief history and motivation for the XSLTForms project.
3. Benefits - Why use XSLTForms?
4. Applications - Who use XSLTForms?
5. Installing and Testing - How to install XSLTForms.
6. Naming Conventions - Naming standards used throughout this book.

Beginning Examples

These examples are for people who are just getting started.

1. HelloWorld - A simple test to see if XSLTForms is installed correctly.

Using XSLTForms

Altough XSLTForms can be used without any server processing, you can find here information specific to your Web Server Technology:

1. Generic HTTP Server - Works for any WebServer.
2. ASP.NET - Inserting XForms into Asp.Net WebForms.
3. eXist-db - Using XSLTForms with eXist-db

Solution to Common Problems

1. Instance Loading - Errors messages related to instances appears when loading a Form
2. Form not correctly rendered - Forms not correctly shown in browsers
3. Triggers not working - Form is correctly displayed, but submit and trigger buttons don't work

Status

1. XForms 1.1
2. XForms 1.2
   1. XForms 1.2/"show" attribute
   2. XForms 1.2/"dialog" element
   3. XForms 1.2/XPath 2.0 Functions
3. XSLTForms only Extensions
   1. Configuration:
      1. XSLT-parameters:
         1. baseuri
         2. xsltforms_caller
         3. xsltforms_config
         4. xsltforms_debug
         5. xsltforms_lang
      2. Configurations-template file config_LANG.xsl
      3. Processing-Instructions:
         1. <?xsltforms-options?>
         2. <?css-conversion?>
   2. New Elements
      1. <xf:tree>
   3. New Functions:
      1. is-valid()
      2. transform()
      3. serialize()
   4. User-Defined Functions
   5. Arithmetic expressions
   6. Objects in the javascript: pseudo-URL in xf:load/xf:resource@value
4. CSS - Styling XForms controls using Cascading Style Sheets.
5. Known Restrictions
6. Performances

Documentation for contributors

1. XSLT 1.0 stylesheet - Templates.
2. Javascript - Classes and Functions.