BFMG wrote:
> I have seen some samples with ColdFusion converting the
data "on the fly" to
> XML... if that the case... what about the definition of
your files on design
> time... I mean, you don't have the XML definition to
start using the Spry
> Insert Table....
To generate an XML file from a database, you'd use the server
language to create the XML from your data. Here is a page that
lists out how to do this for ColdFusion, PHP, and ASP VBScript:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/utils/query2xml.html
What you do is create an XML file, and then create a Spry
dataset from that XML file. In CS4 you can use the Spry dataset
wizard. The wizard also offers several layout options, but you're
not limited to what it generates, but it does make for a decent
starting point. In the end, the designing is done in the page that
pulls in the XML file.
You can also create a dataset yourself. If you download the
Spry package there is a DataSet Explorer that you can use to test
and play around with your locally generated XML files (either .xml
or .asp files that output XML). Within the ZIP, it's at
samples/data_region/DataSetExplorer.html
Here's the online version:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/data_region/DataSetExplorer.html
Note: You cannot use the online version to access local
files, and your local copy can only access XML files on the same
server. So if you're working from localhost, then any remote XML
files cannot be accessed by the DataSet Explorer. This is a
limitation of Ajax, not in Spry (although Spry inherits this
limitation)
Also, posting Spry questions in the Spry forum will probably
get you better end results:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid=72&catid=602
--
Danilo Celic
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