Re: svg/xforms calculator sample (and some smaller test cases)

Hi Andrew,

Andrew Douglas wrote:
> this is the same functionality as the xforms calc program but uses svg 
> elements to fire the xforms events. There are a couple of little issues 
> (like I want to implement the "." and SquareRoot button and I want to get a 
> nice rollover/mousedown effect, etc. I'd like to add xforms validation and 
> keyboard support as well, but that'll come in time).
> 
> The biggest "hack" in there right now is outputting the xforms instance data 
> inside the SVG interface. Namely, xforms binding isn't supported for svg 
> elements and I couldn't use xforms binding inside an svg foreignObject 
> element.. even though "hardcoding" the <xf:output> works.. it won't bind. 
> See sample02 and sample04 for how I wish it would have worked. Suggestions 
> for how to do this in script are welcome as well, but for now there's not 
> javascript anywhere.
> 
> I'm open to suggestions for how you would have implemented the display of 
> the "Result" and "Memory" fields.. or any other suggestions too. Note: I'm 
> not an artist/designer.. so I apologize if the svg isn't "all it could be."
> 
> If I get really ambitious it'd be interesting to see if I could break out 
> the xform actions and the UI so that you could plug in either an SVG or 
> XHTML output (possibly dependent on if svg is available?)
> 
> http://artforms.progressivex.com/mozilla/svgcalc.xml
> 
> http://artforms.progressivex.com/mozilla/sample02.xml
> http://artforms.progressivex.com/mozilla/sample04.xml
> 
> http://artforms.progressivex.com/mozilla/sample01.xml  -- I posted this 
> early as a proof of concept of having xforms output inside an svg element 
> (using svg's foreignObject)
> 
> http://artforms.progressivex.com/mozilla/sample03.xml -- silly test of 
> xf:extension to output svg. It works, but I don't know how useful this is.
> 
> you need xforms and svg support enabled in your browser to view these 
> properly. I can post a screenshot of it if you wanna see but don't have it 
> and don't want to get one. Just let me know.
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> 

Very nice use of both SVG and XForms.  Can't wait to see the final product.

Regards,
Steve