topic New User Guide to Extending Web Scripts in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-user-guide-to-extending-web-scripts/m-p/246925#M200055 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm trying to prove to myself that I CAN override the default functionality of a web script (in this case a dashlet), but so far, I am lost.&nbsp; I was hoping that one of you pros could help me out, and possibly other new folks.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I followed the tutorial for creating a "Hello World Dashlet" via the link I found: </SPAN><A href="http://drquyong.com/myblog/?p=25" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://drquyong.com/myblog/?p=25</A><SPAN>, with the exception that the files had to be placed in </SPAN><STRONG>&lt;install&gt;\tomcat\webapps\share\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\site-webscripts</STRONG><SPAN>, rather than alfresco as he had said.&nbsp; Probably just forgot, and it was an easy enough fix.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Great.&nbsp; Refreshed the list of web scripts, and it worked beautifully.&nbsp; Low and behold, there's a "Hello World" dashlet ready to be added.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Now, the real test, I tried to dump those same files in quite a number of places to EXTEND this by merely changing the contents of </SPAN><EM>helloworld.get.properties</EM><SPAN> from:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>hello.world = Hello World<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>to:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>hello.world = OVERRIDDEN Hello World<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>I've tried putting all of these files in </SPAN><STRONG>&lt;install&gt;\tomcat\shared\classes\alfresco\web-extension</STRONG><SPAN>, tried literally creating folders beneath the web-extension directory, i.e. </SPAN><STRONG>&lt;install&gt;\tomcat\shared\classes\alfresco\web-extension\site-webscripts\org\alfresco\components\dashlet</STRONG><SPAN>, as&nbsp; I saw one "help site" suggest.&nbsp; No love.&nbsp; I feel like I'm close, and that this shouldn't be that hard.&nbsp; Any suggestions?&nbsp; I'd really appreciate it.&nbsp; Thanks!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Dave</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:51:45 GMT enginoob 2011-06-17T20:51:45Z New User Guide to Extending Web Scripts https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-user-guide-to-extending-web-scripts/m-p/246925#M200055 Hello all,I'm trying to prove to myself that I CAN override the default functionality of a web script (in this case a dashlet), but so far, I am lost.&nbsp; I was hoping that one of you pros could help me out, and possibly other new folks.I followed the tutorial for creating a "Hello World Dashlet" via t Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:51:45 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-user-guide-to-extending-web-scripts/m-p/246925#M200055 enginoob 2011-06-17T20:51:45Z Re: New User Guide to Extending Web Scripts https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-user-guide-to-extending-web-scripts/m-p/246926#M200056 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>….Nevermind.&nbsp; I (learned that I was supposed) decided to actually use "web-client-config-custom.xml" and everything works now.&nbsp; My bad guys!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:02:18 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/new-user-guide-to-extending-web-scripts/m-p/246926#M200056 enginoob 2011-06-17T21:02:18Z