I have a disclaimer there: "use at your own risk".
This board is for user to converse ideas. You need to talk to your lawyers
on EULA.
=====================
Having said that, this modification does not compromise RedDot's core
functionality at all. It only enhances the client-side UI.
There are many occasions I can recall when RedDot support actually suggested
modification to the .asp or .htm files in the asp directory. Including an
incident when 75.1.85 came out and caused a lot issues amongst
users.(Support suggested to me that I did not have to use the upgrade
installer. Instead, they could tell me what lines of code need to be
modified to achieve the same patch.
Another example is when you need to add a font type to text editor pull-down
selection, you do need to manually add an <option> tag to the editor asp
page under the relevant <select>
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:20 AM, El Pollo Loco
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> Wow...nice work!
>
> I didnt know you were allowed to hack the dialogs like that without
> violating the EULA?
>
> Did you get some sort of permission from RedDot for this?
>
> On Oct 14, 11:22 pm, "Henry Lu, Sun Certified Java Programmer"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sorry folks I wrote it too quickly.
> >
> > this block
> >
> > ============
> >
> > var attributes = new Array("DEFAULT1","DEFAULT2","DEFAULT3");
> > for (var i=0; i<attributes.length; i++){
> > attributes[i]= new Array();
> >
> > }
> >
> > =============
> >
> > Is not needed and can be chopped off.
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Henry Lu, Sun Certified Java Programmer
> <
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Like anything else in RedeDot CMS, data transaction is a bunch of RQL.
> Data
> > > capture is done in simple html forms.
> >
> > > The attribute entry is no exception. All you need to hack is the
> > > RDEditFileAttributes.htm file in "C:\Program
> > > Files\RedDot\CMS\ASP\Mediacatalog" folder.
> >
> > > This simple form pre-populate the attribute values from what is stored
> in
> > > DB. When submit button is clicked, the form in turn captures the
> attribute
> > > entries, new or old and store them back in DB.
> >
> > > The default field type is "text" -- that causes all your grief. You
> want
> > > <select> with a bunch of option list.
> >
> > > Here are the steps to do the conversion:
> >
> > > 1)Use your attribute names in a js script to define the affilaited
> values.
> > > (Of course, this is corny. When you want to get fancy, you can have a
> server
> > > side or javascript read an external xml file that associates the
> attributes
> > > with their respective values.)
> >
> > > Something like this:
> >
> > > <script type="text/javascript">
> > > var attributes = new Array("DEFAULT1","DEFAULT2","DEFAULT3");
> > > for (var i=0; i<attributes.length; i++){
> > > attributes[i]= new Array();
> > > }
> >
> > > var attributes = new Object();
> > > attributes["DEFAULT1"]=new
> > > Array("attr1_value1","attr1_value2","attr1_value3","attr1_value4");
> > > attributes["DEFAULT2"]=new
> > > Array("attr2_value1","attr2_value2","attr2_value3","attr2_value4");
> > > attributes["DEFAULT3"]=new
> > > Array("attr3_value1","attr3_value2","attr3_value3","attr3_value4");
> >
> > > listOptions=function(x){
> > > var optionStr='<option value="" selected>--Select One --</option>';
> > > for (var i=0; i<attributes[x].length; i++){
> > > optionStr+='<option
> > > value="'+attributes[x][i]+'">'+attributes[x][i]+'</option>\n';
> > > }
> > > document.write(optionStr);
> > > }
> > > </script>
> >
> > > 2)Change the form field input type from "text" to "select"
> >
> > > <!--ioStart Write-->
> > > <tr>
> > > <td class="label" width="41%"><img border="0"
> > > src="../Icons/Mediaattribut.gif" align="absmiddle" width="16"
> height="16">
> > > <%AttributeName%>
> > > </td>
> > > <td width="59%">
> > > <select name="<%FormFieldName%>" id="Text2" style="width:150px;">
> > > <script type="text/javascript">
> > > listOptions("<%AttributeName%>");
> > > for(var i=0; i<document.ioForm.<%FormFieldName%>.options.length; i++){
> > > if
> > >
> (document.ioForm.<%FormFieldName%>.options[i].value=="<%AttributeValue%>"){
> > > document.ioForm.<%FormFieldName%>.selectedIndex=i;
> > > break;
> > > }
> > > }
> > > </script>
> > > </select>
> > > <!--<input type="text" name="<%FormFieldName%>" size="50"
> id="Text2">-->
> > > <SCRIPT
> > >
> language="JAVASCRIPT">document.ioForm.<%FormFieldName%>.options[document.ioForm.<%FormFieldName%>.selectedIndex].value=unescape("<%AttributeValue%>");</SCRIPT>
> > > </td>
> > > </tr>
> > > <!--ioEnd Write-->
> >
> > > Then load the file to its original location and you are in business.
> >
> > > I've attached the modified htm file and the screenshot of the
> pull-downs
> > > are like when run.
> >
> > > ============
> >
> > > Like any hack to RedDot, back up the normal file first before hacking.
> This
> > > hack is a "shallow" one. It does not have much risk but -- I've got to
> put
> > > the disclaimer here: use at your own risk.
> >
> > > If you want to use it but are not sure how to go about it, feel free to
> > > contact me.
> >
> > > Henry Lu
> >
> > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Gavin Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > >> Sorry, it's not possible to enter anything other than text for the
> > >> mandatory attributes on asset managers. Maybe put in a feature request
> > >> to RedDot for this.
> >
> > >> Cheers,
> >
> > >> Gavin
> >
> > >> On 10/15/08, RedDotDan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >> > I'm still learning RedDot so this may be a dumb question or the
> answer
> > >> > may be over my head, but I'm hoping it's neither. When a user
> uploads
> > >> > a file into asset manager, we sometimes force them to fill in file
> > >> > attributes. But when we do, the user is presented with a text box to
> > >> > fill in whatever they want. Is there a way to make those drop-down
> > >> > lists so that we get common attribute descriptions throughout the
> > >> > asset library?
> >
> > >> > We have a library search function now where users can search by
> > >> > attributes, but the results returned are rarely accurate since users
> > >> > are not always required to fill in atributes and since atribute
> > >> > descriptions are not consistent across all the files. I think adding
> > >> > ddl during file upload would improve our search results going
> forward.
> >
> > >> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >> > Thanks,
> > >> > Dan
> >
> > >> --
> > >> Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com
> >
>
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