topic Scripts Tag in FTL File in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/scripts-tag-in-ftl-file/m-p/252817#M205947 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Dear Folks,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am working on Alfresco Share since last short time.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I observed that in each and every component's FTl file there is Javascript is added (except very few) which is some thing like this :: </SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&lt;script&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;var mratings = new Metaversant.Ratings('${fieldHtmlId}').setOptions({<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;targetUrl: "${url.context}/proxy/alfresco/api/node/workspace/SpacesStore/{id}/mratings",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;metadataRefresh: true<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;});<BR />&lt;/script&gt;<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;//&lt;![CDATA[<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; new Alfresco.Search("${el}").setOptions(<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; siteId: "${siteId}",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; siteTitle: "${siteTitle?js_string}",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; initialSearchTerm: "${searchTerm?js_string}",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; initialSearchTag: "${searchTag?js_string}",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; initialSearchAllSites: ${searchAllSites?string},<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; initialSearchRepository: ${searchRepo?string},<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; initialSort: "${searchSort?js_string}",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; searchQuery: "${searchQuery?js_string}",<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; minSearchTermLength: ${args.minSearchTermLength!searchconfig.getChildValue('min-search-term-length')},<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; maxSearchResults: ${args.maxSearchResults!searchconfig.getChildValue('max-search-results')}<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; }).setMessages(<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ${messages}<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; );<BR />//]]&gt;&lt;/script&gt;<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>What is the significant of this script ?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In some of the wiki link I found &lt;![CDATA[ ] ..&gt; why it is there ? But still not clear to me.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What is this setOption() function significant ?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is it some thing like calling,it is&nbsp; webscript ? (In some of the cases I felt </SPAN><STRONG>{don't know how much true}</STRONG><SPAN> it is calling webscript to pass or fill values)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Please teach me.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>-Nirvan</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:29:26 GMT nirvanvjain 2011-10-17T11:29:26Z Scripts Tag in FTL File https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/scripts-tag-in-ftl-file/m-p/252817#M205947 Dear Folks,I am working on Alfresco Share since last short time.I observed that in each and every component's FTl file there is Javascript is added (except very few) which is some thing like this :: &lt;script&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;var mratings = new Metaversant.Ratings('${fieldHtmlId}').setOptions({&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;targetUrl Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:29:26 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/scripts-tag-in-ftl-file/m-p/252817#M205947 nirvanvjain 2011-10-17T11:29:26Z Re: Scripts Tag in FTL File https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/scripts-tag-in-ftl-file/m-p/252818#M205948 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If I'm not wrong, CDATA is used to pass XHTML validation. This article may help you: </SPAN><A href="http://javascript.about.com/library/blxhtml.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Javascript and XHTML</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>As far as I know, the setOptions() function is used to set configuration values. This article may help you: </SPAN><A href="http://www.bluefishgroup.com/library/2010/making-alfresco-share-dashlets-configurable/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Making Alfresco Share Dashlets Configurable</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cheers,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Jordi.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:21:10 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/scripts-tag-in-ftl-file/m-p/252818#M205948 jordiv 2011-10-18T07:21:10Z