Just
printed out the XForms
working draft specification, it is quite a beast at 169 pages. I was thinking
that when I did the wizard I would do some sub-set of this, but the functionality
it calls for is another open source project in and of itself. It tries to
cover every possible use of forms under the sun and under
the moon. So when I design the wizard task I will be using some subset of
the controls from XHTML 1.0
which is to say HTML
4.01. Not that I wouldn't mind implementing
XForms, since it specifies a standard model of the widget dynamically interacting
with each other. Most complex installers have that to some degree (like
checking the "use proxy" checkbox on one page and then all of the other items
enable themselves). But I would rather have some Compon.ant, Propell.ant,
and Redund.ant parts complete before I would come back to address that (in
about a year or two when the spec is complete anyway).
So then what will be available is check boxes, radio buttons, text boxes,
text areas, password boxes, selects, lists, and labels all syncing their
values to project properties. Items can be enabled or disabled but on the
first pass through that will only be evaluated on next/back transitions. |
