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<topic id="textsharedguidexformsxml" indexer="include" status="DRAFT">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">XML Form Documents (XForms)</title>
<filename>text/shared/guide/xforms.xhp</filename>
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<history>
<created date="2004-08-12T09:58:56">UFI: XForms main guide</created>
<lastedited date="2004-08-12T10:51:16"/>
</history>
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<body>
<section id="xforms">
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5215613"><bookmark_value>web documents;XForms</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>forms;XForms</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>XML Forms;guide</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>XForms;guide</bookmark_value>
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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>
<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>
</section>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10706" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To create a new XForms document</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1070D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - New - XML Form Document</emph>.</paragraph>
<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>
</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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<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<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>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10722" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the data navigator, add an element to the instance.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<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>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10729" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To open an XForms document</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<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 documents (*.oot).<comment>UFI: rumors are we will provide some sample docs in Templates&amp;Documents dialog</comment></paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10737" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To edit an XForms document</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1073B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the XForms document. You see the following toolbars and windows:</paragraph>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10741" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Forms toolbar<comment>UFI: the spec doc is not in a state that I can continue documentation beyond this point. Have to wait for feature to be visible in a build</comment><comment>UFI: spec contemplates that we need three toolbars: Writer, Data base, XForms</comment></paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10757" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Controls toolbar<comment>UFI: can we use the Form Functions toolbar shared/02/0117 or must we have a total new file?</comment></paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<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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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1075F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Data Navigator<comment>this is new</comment></paragraph>
</listitem>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN107BB" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To use the XForms document on the web</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107BF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Upload the XForms document to a web server.<comment>UFI: who has info?</comment></paragraph>
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