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XForm created XML content and custom content types?

chrisb — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:12:25 GMT

Hi,I have been getting to grips with Alfresco over the last few weeks, and in particular the differences / features offered by the "vanilla" Alfresco system and the WCM component.I need to create custom XML content to model a particular business application. Initially I thought the best way to do th

Re: XForm created XML content and custom content types?

dnind — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:29:39 GMT

XForms is currently only available in Web Content Management.

See (around the middle of the page):
http://forums.alfresco.com/viewtopic.php?t=5452

Re: XForm created XML content and custom content types?

fgruyer — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:33:43 GMT

I think the response is NO to your 2 questions.

Regards.

Re: XForm created XML content and custom content types?

chrisb — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:44:28 GMT

Thanks for the responses. I understand that XForms is only available as part of the WCM component - perhaps I didn't phrase my original post clearly enough…

If I create custom content types within a custom model using the Data Dictionary approach described in the Wiki, what I need to know is can I then use the custom content types from within the WCM Space?

For example can users create and manage instances of my custom content types using the tools in the WCM? Would I be able to setup XSL transformations within the WCM space to render my custom content types to HTML pages or PDF for example?

Thanks.

Re: XForm created XML content and custom content types?

chrisb — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:43:19 GMT

Just as a follow up to this.

It seems I can do what I need just using the XForms in WCM. It is possible to associate the xml content generated by one XForm with instances of content generated by other XForms. It is also possible to specify the cardinality of the association.

An example of this is the press release XForm in the WCM tutorial. It uses a callout to a JSP to allow users to associate one or more instances of another XForm generated content type (company footer) with the press release.