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<helpdocument version="1.0">
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<meta>
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<topic id="textsharedguidexformsxml" indexer="include" status="FINAL">
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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">XML Form Documents (XForms)</title>
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<filename>text/shared/guide/xforms.xhp</filename>
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</topic>
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<history>
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<created date="2004-08-12T09:58:56">UFI: XForms main guide</created>
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<lastedited date="2004-08-20T13:33:32"/>
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</history>
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</meta>
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<body>
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<section id="xforms">
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5215613"><bookmark_value>web documents;XForms</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>forms;XForms</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>XML Forms;guide</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>XForms;guide</bookmark_value>
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</bookmark>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106E5" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/guide/xforms.xhp">XML Form Documents (XForms)</link></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106F5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">XForms is the name for a specification of web forms, defined by the World Wide Web Consortium: <link href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/">http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/</link>.</paragraph>
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</section>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10746" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Working with XForms</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1074A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In %PRODUCTNAME, an XForms document is basically a text document. When you open an XForms document, you see some additional toolbars and windows. </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1074D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">As a designer of an Xforms document, you add controls, for example push buttons and list boxes, to the XForms document. Once you have created your XForms document, you switch off design mode and save the document. </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10750" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Any user who loads your XForms documents can then fill out the text boxes, click check boxes or radio buttons, and finally click a push button to submit the changes to a server.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10753" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Within the XForms document, a data model resides which holds a data structure and optional data contents, coded as an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) file.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10774" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10706" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To create a new XForms document</paragraph>
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<list type="ordered">
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1070D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - New - XML Form Document</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10714" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You see the XForms toolbars and windows in an empty Writer document.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10718" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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</list>
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<list type="unordered">
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1071E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Insert a control, select the default model in the property browser, and enter a binding statement.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10722" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the data navigator, add an element to the instance.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10726" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Load a new instance from an XML file and add controls to the relevant XML elements or attributes.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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</list>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10729" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To open an XForms document</paragraph>
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<list type="unordered">
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10730" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph> and select the XForms document. XForms documents have the same extension as Writer text documents (*.oot).</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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</list>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10737" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To edit an XForms document</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1073B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the XForms document. You see the following toolbars and windows:</paragraph>
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<list type="unordered">
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10741" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Forms toolbar<comment>UFI: spec contemplates that we need three toolbars: Writer, Data base, XForms</comment></paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10757" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/02/01170000.xhp">Controls toolbar</link><comment>UFI: in final state this is the same as Form Functions toolbar, with only available icons visible</comment></paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1075F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/01/xformsdata.xhp">Data Navigator</link></paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1075B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/02/01170600.xhp">Form Navigator</link></paragraph>
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</listitem>
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</list>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10848" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
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</body>
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</helpdocument>
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