Introduction In my previous blog post I introduced a cascading stylesheet that covers two common page layouts in OpenText Content Server. In this next post I continue the discussion and introduce some of the widgets included with RHCore for adding interactive page components (or “widgets”) to a page. Let’s consider a few examples of widgets […]
Introduction Say you’re building a page in Weblingo or WebReports. Like most pages in Content Server, it probably contains a table to layout the data. Now you’re staring at the screen and asking yourself: How do I make this look like a Content Server page? Almost every page in Content Server is rendered with a […]
Introduction OScript scripts behave like other data types. Like an integer, string, or list, a script can be assigned to a variable and passed as a parameter to other functions. For example: // Assign a script to a variable Script s = $MyModule.SomeGlobal.SomeScript // Pass the script to another function $MyModule.Utils.SomeFunction(s) A Script variable even […]
Introduction Many programming languages provide a way to override methods, and from the override call the original method that was overridden. This is a fundamental part of object-oriented programming (OOP), and is often made possible with a keyword like super. It may be hard to believe, but this is sort of supported in OScript. OpenText […]
Introduction OpenText Content Server OScript does not provide native support for enumerated types. In this blog post I’ll discuss why enumerated types are useful, and introduce a simple framework for mimicking the data type with OScript. So what is an enumerated type? The Wikipedia page on Enumerated types sums it up in the introduction: In […]
One of the most tedious and repetitive tasks in OpenText Content Server development is the building of a module configuration page. A configuration page is usually linked from the admin.index page, contains a form, and allows an administrator to set the module preferences to their liking. It’s a process that involves: adding a section in […]
Updated: 12.2017 Categories & Attributes are a powerful feature of OpenText Content Server. Categories allow custom attributes to be defined, which can then be assigned to documents, folders, or any other node type in the system. Other key features include: definitions can be versioned; categories can be applied to each version of a document; attributes […]
List views are an important component of the OpenText Content Server interface. In a nutshell, a list view provides a summary of related information and is often rendered in an HTML table. Consider a few examples of list views in Content Server: folder browsing; audit tab; assignments list; user lists; group membership list; task list; […]
HTML forms are a cornerstone of the OpenText Content Server user interface. They are used throughout the system to capture user input and submit the data back to the server. In part IV of this blog post series I will review how forms are typically managed in Content Server, discuss their limitations, and offer an […]
Introduction In Part I of this blog series I discussed how an object-oriented programming approach can simplify development in Content Server. I introduced RHNode and RHUser, which are classes to simplify the interaction and traversal of Content Server nodes, users, and groups. In Part II I introduced RHModel, which is a base class for defining, […]