Software Support
At the time of this writing, no widely used web browser supports XForms natively. However, various browser plugins, client-side extensions and server/client solutions exist. The following lists some implementations:
- The Firefox XForms extension was part of the Mozilla Project. XForms 1.0 SE support is not complete but covers most of the specification with a notable exception of attribute-based repeating used in HTML tables. The extension was available for both Firefox 2 and Firefox 3, but is not upgraded to support Firefox 4 and higher (Lead developer blog ).
- IBM Lotus Forms supports development and deployment of XForms-based pure XML forms. Trial downloads are available of an Eclipse-based visual design environment and a client-side viewer that can run XForms-based forms both in the web browser and as a standalone desktop application.
- Libre Office versions 2.0 and greater support XForms.
- AgenceXML's XSLTForms and Ubiquity XForms are two implementations which run in most popular desktop browsers, and are largely, though transparently, implemented in JavaScript.
- Orbeon and betterFORM are two server-side implementations in Java, both of which work with popular desktop browsers, and can work with or without Javascript browser support.
- Smartsite XForms is a server-side implementation in .NET, which has pluggable render devices, works with all popular browsers, and has full support for non-scripting environments.
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