Re: XForms and WinLIKE windows

Tobias Soppa wrote:
> Aaron Reed wrote:
> 
>> Micheal wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> will the XForms work with WinLIKE (www.winlike.com)?
>>> This is a window manager for web applications. And forms
>>> are very important. Here is a sample of the Developer Framework:
>>> http://www.ceiton-usa.com/tryonline/43_develop_submit_other.html
>>> WinLIKE is using Javascript to post data from one window to
>>> another.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Michael.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I honestly have no idea.  We have not been approached by them for any 
>> evaluations or anything.
>>
>> Here is my opinion given the 15 minutes I spent looking at their site:
>> If all they are doing is wrappering the window and styling it, then 
>> they should have no problem displaying XForms.  However, XForms has 
>> introduced its own submission process so that may not tie in well with 
>> WinLIKE as it stands today.  And I would think that there are some 
>> events that XForms generates which WinLIKE might want to listen for. 
>> XForms also is XHTML based and carries all of the namespacing, etc, 
>> which WinLIKE isn't set up for currently, I wouldn't think.
>>
>> So I don't think that there is anything from preventing WinLIKE to 
>> work with XForms eventually, but as it stands now I don't think that 
>> it would behave well.
>>
>> --Aaron
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Aaron,
> 
> my name is Tobias and I'm working at CEITON. We've developed
> WinLIKE. I was reading this thread with a large interest and
> I'm asking whether I could write you an eMail.
> 
> Thank you, Tobias.

Sure.  Please email me at [email protected].  I'm trying to keep 
all of my xforms email in one place :=)

Thanks,
--Aaron