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 [Kathy Burke]
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> My HTML form is created by applying XSLT templates. For
> example, a <measure>
> element becomes an input box with the @Name applied in the XML. All
> templates spring from a simple structure:
>
> <html>
> <head></head>
> <body>
> <xsl:apply-templates />
> </body>
> </html>
>
> Then I was hoping to just add some vb or javascript to the form as
> needed...is it feasible to do it this way?
>
Yes, very, if I am thinking the same thing as you are.
> >I write a JavaScript which captures the user's input and
> constructs an XML
> string (a
> >well-formed, serialized document, if you will)...
>
> Any way you could show me a bit of an example...?
>
Here is a javascript function I have used in the past. It can be called
recursively. I did not need attributes in this particular application,
but it would not be hard to add them. It is simple but it produces
well-formed xml unless you work hard to defeat it.
// This function builds a tagged XML element
//with given tag name and content
function element(tag,content){
var xml
if (!content) xml='<'+tag+'/>'
else xml='<'+tag+'>' + content + '</'+tag+'>'
return xml
}
You could write something like
var xml_string = element('measure',
element(name,'Form Element 1'),
'this is a sample form element')
xml_string = element('root',xml_string)
You have to think about whether you need to escape any of the data from
the form elements (which I do not show here).
You could have your stylesheet insert the scriping code into the html
document.
Cheers,
Tom P
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