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Dialog and Wizard Framework for 1.3

gavinc — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:05:57 GMT

There's a new entry on my blog announcing the new dialog and wizard framework we are adding to 1.3 and the effect it will have.Feel free to leave any feedback you have in this forum.Cheers,

Re: Dialog and Wizard Framework for 1.3

turgayz — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:09:01 GMT

Hi Gavin,
I understand that, if I want to build a new dialog, I will define it in the file "web-client-config-dialogs.xml", is that right?
Or, since that is a file in the Alfresco distribution, is it better that I add the new dialog in "web-client-config-custom.xml" ?

Re: Dialog and Wizard Framework for 1.3

gavinc — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:45:45 GMT

Yes, it is best to put ALL your custom configuration into web-client-config-custom.xml as that file will not be touched when an upgrade is performed.

Re: Dialog and Wizard Framework for 1.3

jmliege — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:20:50 GMT

Personnaly, I would recommand you to override the following bean :
WebClientConfigSource within a new xxx-context.xml file.

For example : extension-context.xml


<bean id="webClientConfigSource" class="org.alfresco.config.source.UrlConfigSource">
      <constructor-arg>
         <list>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-dialogs.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-wizards.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-properties.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-navigation.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-actions.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/web-client-config-forum-actions.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/extension/web-client-config-custom.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/extension/web-client-config-dialogs-custom.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/extension/web-client-config-properties-custom.xml</value>
            <value>classpath:alfresco/extension/web-client-config-actions-custom.xml</value>
         </list>
      </constructor-arg>
   </bean>
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By doing this,you ensure that you can maintain more easily all your customizations instead of mixing everything in one single file.

We are no more old-fashion Cobol developers… :wink:

JM