Etemplate 1.2RC4.1 -getting started

Paul_Smith-30 2005-12-09 15:50:59 UTC #1

I might be going mad but… how do you start creating a dialogue in
the etemplate?

The user interface shown in the wiki tutorial is similar to the one when I
use etemplate in my old egw installs. But I have just downloaded the RC4.1
and now when I go into the etemplate I only see the top two lines of the
etemplate show template dialogues. The last thing on the show template
screen is the “Import XML” button.

I used to see Width, Height, border etc fields followed by a table of
widgets for my form. I used to be able to click a little + sign to add
columns and rows to my dailogue…

Have I missed an install step?
Is the app broken or just changed?
Do I have to use XUL and Import nowadays instead of the form design gui?

Any ideas?

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Paul_Smith-30 2005-12-11 11:43:58 UTC #2

I see someone else is having the same problem: Bugs item #1377340, was
opened at 2005-12-09 14:58

I have found that I can open an existing etemplate, save it with the name of
my new etemplate and then edit it using the popup editor.

For Example:
Create the directory structure for your app. (Might also need to install -
not sure)

write infolog.index in the Name box
click Import XML. (you will see the infolog index page in the editor)
write myapp.index in the Name box
click save
click ExportXML

you will now have a usable template in your app direcories and con start
tailoring it for your application using the gui editor…

I’m not sure if there is a better way. If there is please let me know.
Otherwise I think the app and documentation need a bit of revision…

Now lets see if I can release some of the potential of this great api

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Ralf_Becker_6 2005-12-15 01:58:59 UTC #3

Hi,

the new editor allows to edit the template in a popup.

A new template is a grid with just one cell. If you place the mouse over
that cell (a bit tricky to find), you get a pink mouseover, a doubleclick
on that opens the edit-popup. In the popup you can eg. add further
columns/rows or change the type or params of the widget.

Anyone voluntiering to update the tutorial?

Ralf

systematic paul@systematic-ni.co.uk schrieb:

I might be going mad but… how do you start creating a dialogue
in
the etemplate?

The user interface shown in the wiki tutorial is similar to the one when
I
use etemplate in my old egw installs. But I have just downloaded the
RC4.1
and now when I go into the etemplate I only see the top two lines of the
etemplate show template dialogues. The last thing on the show template
screen is the “Import XML” button.

I used to see Width, Height, border etc fields followed by a table of
widgets for my form. I used to be able to click a little + sign to add
columns and rows to my dailogue…

Have I missed an install step?
Is the app broken or just changed?
Do I have to use XUL and Import nowadays instead of the form design gui?

Any ideas?

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Paul_Smith-30 2005-12-16 16:23:56 UTC #4

I may live to regret this… how does one update the tutorial and other
wiki pages at egroupware.org?

I could put on a few comments about using the new etemplates and using the
registration app…

Keep up the good work.
Cheers.

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nelius 2005-12-18 19:08:33 UTC #5

Hi Paul,

you need an account on the developers installation of egroupware.org.

Anyone, willing to work on the documentation / wiki can get such an account.
If you like, i can create an account for you

cu
cornelius

I may live to regret this… how does one update the tutorial and other
wiki pages at egroupware.org?

I could put on a few comments about using the new etemplates and using the
registration app…

Keep up the good work.
Cheers.

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Ralf_Becker_6 2005-12-19 04:44:51 UTC #6

systematic paul@systematic-ni.co.uk schrieb:

I may live to regret this… how does one update the tutorial and other
wiki pages at egroupware.org?

Ask one of the admin to give you access to the wiki on egroupware.org.
That’s all.

Ralf

I could put on a few comments about using the new etemplates and using the
registration app…

Keep up the good work.
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Jason_Flatt 2005-12-20 17:44:26 UTC #7

Hi,

the new editor allows to edit the template in a popup.

A new template is a grid with just one cell. If you place the mouse over
that cell (a bit tricky to find), you get a pink mouseover, a doubleclick
on that opens the edit-popup. In the popup you can eg. add further
columns/rows or change the type or params of the widget.

Anyone voluntiering to update the tutorial?

Ralf

Holy mackerel! Isn’t there some way the UI on this could be improved so that
it is at least visible w/o using the mouse? It’s not at all intuitive that I
need to move the mouse around the form looking for a very small area to
highlight. I spent quite a bit of time this morning trying to figure out
what I was doing wrong and why I couldn’t find the columns to add the fields,
reading through what ever documentation I could find and searching the mail
lists via SourceForge’s lovely search interface.

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