[OT][JXPlorer] Anyone know how to get custom html views to show multivalued attribute?

[Alex Karasulu <ao...@bellsouth.net>]

Hi all,

I guess this is really a question for Chris Betts more than anyone 
else.  Since it is probably going to incubate I figure this is a good 
place to ask about it ;). 

I'm trying to create custom views with JXPlorer using the html form 
mechanism.  Everything is great however I'm a little stumped by the 
multivalued attribute problem.  Meaning how do I use an html form to 
allow for user interaction with multivalued attributes?  I'm begining to 
think there might not be a way to do this and that I may have to resort 
to using a custom view for JXPlorer.  Is this the case Chris?

Alex

P.S. This is really not that far off topic.

Re: Anyone know how to get custom html views to show multivalued attribute?

[Alex Karasulu <ao...@bellsouth.net>]

Alex Karasulu wrote:

> Chris,
>
> I have yet another question.
> When I use the jxplorer.bat file which I have to.  I cannot relocate 
> or rename the Launch Anywhere exe on win32 without breaking it so I 
> need that bat file. 
> For some reason when I run JXP with the bat file the icons I installed 
> and the HTML forms are not being used.  Incidentally I have installed 
> JXPlorer and copied it elsewhere to add my own icons without messing 
> up the original copy.  Could the installation be making the bat file 
> look at the initial installed directory which does not have my icons 
> and forms?


Looks like the bat file is pretty simple.  So it cannot be using an 
installed env variable which I had thought it did.  Regardless JXPlorer 
is totally not picking up my html files which work on unix and mac.  Do 
I need to add the templates directory to the classpath or something?

Thanks,
Alex

Re: Anyone know how to get custom html views to show multivalued attribute?

[Alex Karasulu <ao...@bellsouth.net>]

Chris,

I have yet another question. 

When I use the jxplorer.bat file which I have to.  I cannot relocate or 
rename the Launch Anywhere exe on win32 without breaking it so I need 
that bat file.  

For some reason when I run JXP with the bat file the icons I installed 
and the HTML forms are not being used.  Incidentally I have installed 
JXPlorer and copied it elsewhere to add my own icons without messing up 
the original copy.  Could the installation be making the bat file look 
at the initial installed directory which does not have my icons and forms?

Thanks,
Alex

Re: Anyone know how to get custom html views to show multivalued attribute?

[Alex Karasulu <ao...@bellsouth.net>]

chris@pegacat.com wrote:

> Hi Alex
>
>> I guess this is really a question for Chris Betts more than anyone 
>> else.  Since it is probably going to incubate I figure this is a good 
>> place to ask about it ;). 
>
>
> I keep hassling 'em about the transfer - the wheels grind exceeding 
> slow, but they are grinding... :-)

Good because I can't wait.  I really love JXPlorer and how easy it is to 
extend it.  You did a great job here.

>> I'm trying to create custom views with JXPlorer using the html form 
>> mechanism.  Everything is great however I'm a little stumped by the 
>> multivalued attribute problem.  Meaning how do I use an html form to 
>> allow for user interaction with multivalued attributes?  I'm begining 
>> to think there might not be a way to do this and that I may have to 
>> resort to using a custom view for JXPlorer.  Is this the case Chris?
>
>
> *cough*.  The html multi-attribute problem is an old one.  It's more 
> Trudi's area than mine, but from memory we decided that while we would 
> allow the *display* of multiple attributes in an html form, allowing 
> the user to *add* new attributes was just too much like hard work, and 
> we would insist on them using the table display (or custom plugins) 
> for that sort of stuff.

Ok I figured that much.  The display of multiple attributes is working 
really well with the HTML forms.  It's just as you say to add an 
additional multivalued attribute value you have to use another means 
like the table editor.

> I think Trudi put in some special code to allow it in some very 
> specific circumstances, but I don't recall the details?  (Trudi?)
> The html display is actually aimed at unsophisticated users who would 
> like to use forms to interact with a directory - it's not really a 
> general purpose tool to do everything.  If you're trying to do really 
> clever things you should use a plugin...

Yeah that was my next step.  The HTML thingy was just a show em what can 
be.  Then the next real move will be to use plugins.

>
> Of course, a not insignificant part of the html code was written last 
> millenium back in the java 1.1 days, so if anyone is keen to do a 
> top-to-bottom rewrite...? *looks hopeful*...

Thanks Chris that helped understand where I must now go with this little 
pet company project I'm doing.

Alex

Re: Anyone know how to get custom html views to show multivalued attribute?

[ch...@pegacat.com]

Hi Alex 

> I guess this is really a question for Chris Betts more than anyone else.  
> Since it is probably going to incubate I figure this is a good place to 
> ask about it ;). 

I keep hassling 'em about the transfer - the wheels grind exceeding slow, 
but they are grinding... :-) 

> I'm trying to create custom views with JXPlorer using the html form 
> mechanism.  Everything is great however I'm a little stumped by the 
> multivalued attribute problem.  Meaning how do I use an html form to allow 
> for user interaction with multivalued attributes?  I'm begining to think 
> there might not be a way to do this and that I may have to resort to using 
> a custom view for JXPlorer.  Is this the case Chris?

*cough*.  The html multi-attribute problem is an old one.  It's more Trudi's 
area than mine, but from memory we decided that while we would allow the 
*display* of multiple attributes in an html form, allowing the user to *add* 
new attributes was just too much like hard work, and we would insist on them 
using the table display (or custom plugins) for that sort of stuff.  I think 
Trudi put in some special code to allow it in some very specific 
circumstances, but I don't recall the details?  (Trudi?) 

The html display is actually aimed at unsophisticated users who would like 
to use forms to interact with a directory - it's not really a general 
purpose tool to do everything.  If you're trying to do really clever things 
you should use a plugin... 

Of course, a not insignificant part of the html code was written last 
millenium back in the java 1.1 days, so if anyone is keen to do a 
top-to-bottom rewrite...? *looks hopeful*... 

  - Chris 

> Alex 
> 
> P.S. This is really not that far off topic.
 


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