Re: Re: optional elements not displaying

Andrzej Jan Taramina wrote:

> > > although i tend to agree with you, can you give an example? i think we 
> > must be carefull not to overlap the meaning of relevant with that of 
> > readonly. at least there is the problem of how to render these two 
> > states differently so that the user can distinguish them. - any idea here?
> Hmmm..readonly might be what I'm looking for.
>
> Part of my problem is that I want to flag a control as readonly (or not 
> revelant) based on the current value of some arbitrary instance node.  I 
> don't want to tag an actual instance/model item with readonly.
> I have some situations where I have multiple select1's that bind to the 
> instance element, and only need to disable one of the select1's based on the 
> value of a different field.
> For example, I have three select1's showing as radio buttons that let the 
> user choose what type of output they want:  fax/email/print.  But if the user 
> has not entered an email addy in a separate email field, I want to disable 
> the radio button for email selection since it doesn't make sense.
> XForms does not seem to have a way to do this, barring structuring your 
> instance XML document in an ugly manner with multiple elements, one for each 
> selection.  I use something like <deliveryMethod>email</deliveryMethod> in my 
> model and each select1 binds to the <deliveryMethod> element.  Works great 
> with Chiba.
just an idea: wouldn't it be possible to use a repeat instead of a 
select1 here and use relevant to select the actual choice of the user?
i agree, that XForms cant handle the readonly/relevant props for single 
items in a select1/select cause they don't have these props by 
themselves but only their parent.
Joern

> Andrzej Jan Taramina
> Chaeron Corporation: Enterprise System Solutions
> http://www.chaeron.com
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