Re: [xul-interop] Trying to understand the purpose of XUL

Hi,

You can use the serverpost binding http://serverpost.mozdev.org/ to add 
form capability to XUL.

Or use the Xforms extension 
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=824&application=firefox. 

This is better.

bye

Rashmi . wrote:
> I tried embedding html form tags, but when the form is submitted only the values stored in the html input tags get submitted, the values entered in XUL input does not get submitted. This is a big problem for me.
> 
> I feel that XUL is better than AJAX but, why does XUL not submit form data to the back end just like how HTML does?
> 
> Tei <[email protected]> wrote: 1) AJAX, the good one.
> 2) embed html tags   ,may work
> 
> think in the application level. one abstraction layer up.
> 
> On 2/19/06, Rashmi .  wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I am trying to use XUL for my website's administration module. I was able to
>>implement a simple example where I show a text box and a button.
>>
>>Then I tried to find out information on how to submit what is entered in the
>>text box to the business layer and eventually to the database.
>>
>>I researched for 2 days on the internet regarding this, but it looks like
>>there is no straight forward way to submit a forms data when the web page is
>>built using XUL.
>>
>>Is this true?
>>
>>
>>Clearly I don't completely understand the purpose of XUL. From what I have
>>read so far, it seems like XUL is only suited for rendering content and not
>>for saving user entered data.
>>
>>Please let me know what XUL can and cannot do.
>>
>>I am really looking forward to use XUL to build my website, but I need to
>>know if I can use XUL to submit form data first.
>>
>>-Thank you
>>Rashmi
>>
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Oscar Vives



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