Form controls and HTML/XHTML output
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:50 am
Hello, I'm watching every video I can on oxygenXML editor as well as reading as much as I can.
I'm trying to find out if oxygenXML can be used by end-users to enter form data as an alternative to infopath, libreoffice, microsoft word, and similar applications.
Primarily I need the users to be able to Create (insert or duplicate), Read-only, Edit, and/or Delete parts of the form as they fill it out. This is what my users can do in Libreoffice Writer, which is what we ended up using.
The problem is that the data-entry validation is poor, and also the data entered is not structured, so that form-updates are problematic. The primary problem that warrants financial spending on oxygenXML is the lack of data-security in Libreoffice Writer. Users have complete control over the word processor.
This is why I don't want to use oxygenXML author/editor with my end users - it gives them too much control and too much to look at. I am hoping I can export an oxygenXML form with form controls to an HTML input page. The user would visit this page online or locally and uses the form controls to enter/edit data, uses buttons to add/duplicate/delete sections, then hit "submit". All data would get recorded to an XML file that could be reloaded into the HTML page at a later time, and also transformed into a PDF output for printing. Is this feasible in oxygenXML and how much of it requires specialized development?
I'm trying to find out if oxygenXML can be used by end-users to enter form data as an alternative to infopath, libreoffice, microsoft word, and similar applications.
Primarily I need the users to be able to Create (insert or duplicate), Read-only, Edit, and/or Delete parts of the form as they fill it out. This is what my users can do in Libreoffice Writer, which is what we ended up using.
The problem is that the data-entry validation is poor, and also the data entered is not structured, so that form-updates are problematic. The primary problem that warrants financial spending on oxygenXML is the lack of data-security in Libreoffice Writer. Users have complete control over the word processor.
This is why I don't want to use oxygenXML author/editor with my end users - it gives them too much control and too much to look at. I am hoping I can export an oxygenXML form with form controls to an HTML input page. The user would visit this page online or locally and uses the form controls to enter/edit data, uses buttons to add/duplicate/delete sections, then hit "submit". All data would get recorded to an XML file that could be reloaded into the HTML page at a later time, and also transformed into a PDF output for printing. Is this feasible in oxygenXML and how much of it requires specialized development?