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How to find out the action performed when clicking an space

fstnboy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:39:09 GMT

Hi all,I want to find out where is defined which action/event is executed when a specific space is clicked. The enterprise gave me a semi-developed Alfresco version. There is a space that when it is clicked a browser is launched to show a .jsp page. What I want to do is leave the space as a space co

Re: How to find out the action performed when clicking an space

zaizi — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:35:01 GMT

You might find the wiki info on how to implement custom actions http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Custom_Action_UI useful.

A more detailed tutorial http://www.ecmarchitect.com/images/articles/alfresco-actions/actions-article.pdf

Re: How to find out the action performed when clicking an space

fstnboy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:57:13 GMT

Hi zaizi

I had already found the wiki, had read the pdf article, but nothing at all…. The aspect is defined, but i can´t find the action related to it in web-client-config-custom.xml… it may be that i haven´t got the last code version. I don´t know….

What i have discovered is that the .jsp page displayed use a .ftl template, does it help somehow???

Thanks for the answer

Re: How to find out the action performed when clicking an space

zaizi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:56:42 GMT

Can you provide more details or may be screen shot?

Re: How to find out the action performed when clicking an space

fstnboy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:14:11 GMT

The supposed aspect related to the space is this:


<type name="ajd:espaciodiccionario">
         <title>Espacio para el diccionario legal</title>
         <parent>ajd:procedimientos</parent>
                    En este espacio NO se podrán crear expedientes por eso se comenta el aspecto–>
               <!–
               <mandatory-aspects>
           <aspect>ajd:contenedorajd</aspect>
         </mandatory-aspects>
               –>
            </type>
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I can´t find any reference to the aspect in the web-client-config-custom.xml, where, i guess, the actions are related to the aspects, i can´t neither find a reference to the .jsp page displayed when the space is clicked. This page, as shown below, uses a .ftl template (i don´t know if this can help):


<f:view>
      <form name="categoriasAJD">
         <r:template template="alfresco/templates/legislacion.ftl"/>
      </form>
</f:view>
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Templates code is the following:


<#list classification.getAllCategoryNodes("cm:generalclassifiable") as category>
<#if (category.name)= "Enlaces">
   <#assign cont=0>
   <#assign contDicc=0>
   <#assign contLey=0>
   <#list category.immediateSubCategories as enlaces>
      <#if (enlaces.name)="Legislacion">
         <#list enlaces.immediateSubCategories as leyes>
            <#if contLey=0>
            <!–<tr><td colspan="2"><b>Legislación</b></td></tr>–>
            </#if>
            <input type="hidden" id="leg_ajdurl_${cont}" name="leg_ajdurl_${cont}" value="${leyes.properties.description}-_*_-${leyes.name}"/>
            <#assign cont = cont+1>
            <#assign contLey = contLey+1>
         </#list>
      </#if>
      <#if (enlaces.name)="Diccionario">
         <#list enlaces.immediateSubCategories as diccionarios>
            <#if contDicc=0>
            <!–<tr><td colspan="2"><b>Diccionarios</b></td></tr>–>
            </#if>
            <input type="hidden" id="dicc_ajdurl_${cont}" name="dicc_ajdurl_${cont}" value="${diccionarios.properties.description}-_*_-${diccionarios.name}"/>                  
            <#assign contDicc = contDicc+1>
            <#assign cont = cont+1>
         </#list>
      </#if>
   </#list>
</#if>
</#list>

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I can´t have a screen shot because i haven´t (can´t) deployed yet the alfresco version of the code i´ve been given. I´m working from a remote workstation not having connection to the database, i have tried to deploy it from a empty "alfresco" called database but it does not work, it tells me that the stored content can not be found.

Which other files can I check???

Re: How to find out the action performed when clicking an space

fstnboy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:55:45 GMT

Any idea??

Re: How to find out the action performed when clicking an space

fstnboy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:08:38 GMT

I have realised I hadn´t post the model registering xml file. Here it is:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'>

<!– Core and miscellaneous bean definitions –>
<beans>    
    <bean id="extension.dictionaryBootstrap" parent="dictionaryModelBootstrap" depends-on="dictionaryBootstrap">
        <property name="models">
            <list>
                <value>alfresco/extension/libertyModel.xml</value>
                <value>alfresco/extension/libertyAJDmodel.xml</value>
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>
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As you can see there is no reference to the class that implements the action. Is there any other way to implement custom actions? Or is this the only one?

Re: How to find out the action performed when clicking an space

fstnboy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:10:32 GMT

I have found it….

It is in 'alfresco\WebContent\jsp\browse\browse.jsp'.


<a:stringEqualsEvaluator value="#{NavigationBean.currentNode.type.localName}" condition="espaciodiccionario" id="str_dicc">
   <a:stringEqualsEvaluator value="#{NavigationBean.currentNode.type.namespaceURI}" condition="http://www.libertyseguros.es/model/content/ajd/1.0">
      <a:outputText value="<script>window.open('/alfresco/faces/jsp/libertyajdext/legislacion.jsp');</script>" id="items-txt1"/>
   </a:stringEqualsEvaluator>
</a:stringEqualsEvaluator>
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I´m quite new to .jsp and Alfresco and still don´t understand how it opens a new window when the specified space is clicked. May it be because whenever a space is clicked 'browse.jsp' is launched?? Just to know it…

Re: How to find out the action performed when clicking an space

zaizi — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:11:50 GMT

Alfresco uses JSF for the web client. Specifically MyFaces (http://myfaces.apache.org/). JSF uses JSP for display, normally.

In your case,

<a:outputText value="<script>window.open('/alfresco/faces/jsp/libertyajdext/legislacion.jsp');</script>" id="items-txt1"/>‍

adds java script to the link if the content/space being rendered is of type "http://www.libertyseguros.es/model/content/ajd/1.0". This java script function opens the jsp in a new window.

This is quite useful and will you an insight into how JSF works: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jsf2/

Re: How to find out the action performed when clicking an space

fstnboy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:24:04 GMT

Thanks Zaizi!!! You have always shown interest in helping!