That was it Vincent.... it worked !!
Thanks very much ;)
OK -- Ball is in my court now...
I'll try to record the "wink" screen-cast video (draft version) and forward to
you early next week.....
I've never used wink before -- hope it's easy....
Once I have my trial run-through recorded..... I'll ask you a couple more
questions.
Maybe it's just me -- but the data model does not seem very intuitive
? even for someone that has been programming OO for a while....
I still have some questions regarding the:
1) relationship of class/sheet/template and how they relate to
xwikidoc/xwikiobjects tables....
why hasn't xwikiclasses table been removed ? it's never used.... how
are class/object properties stored ?
2) relationship of XWiki.TagClass and the various SpaceX.ClassX entries
in the xwikiobjects table....
3) beyond $doc, $context, $xwiki -- any documentation on what other
velocity context variables are available to me?
BUT...let me get you that video you requested first.....
Talk Soon
Thanks
Cheers
Frank
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Authoring templates and design sheets not working
for custom class
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 23:06:21 +0200
To: [email protected]
Hi Franck,
On Sep 5, 2007, at 4:39 PM, Frank Misa wrote:Hi Vincent,Just got back from
vacation -- sorry for the long delay.....I'd like to pickup where we left
off.As you know -- I've followed your suggestions -- but I'm still getting the
same error.I've placed the PDF file on a public server as you requested. I've
taken screen shots of every step of a simple document type and instance
creation scenario.....Please
see:http://206.130.58.54/xwikiHelp/XWikiHowToHelp.pdfI'd really appreciate some
feedback -- I'm asking very basic questions I think -- hope you can help me get
past go with XWiki.Slide 2: When you click on "Create this class" button, it
creates an new document with the space and name provided and add some
boilerplate content to it. So:* yes it"s just a document* there's no class data
created at this point* a document can have only one class but it can have many
objects* a document belongs to only one spaceSlide 3: Spaces have a main page
called WebHome. If none exist then the space name is shown with a question
mark. See http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/UserGuide/SpacesSlides 4, 5, 6,
7: okSlide 7: yes this is the page to include in topic #includeInTopic()Slide
8: IMPORTANT: You have made a mistake in that page. You must have:
WhatAmIMissingSpace.WhatAmIMissingDocClass. There's no WhatAmIMissingDoc
document!Slides 9, 10: okSlide 11: On the WhatAmIMissingDocClass document
you'll see a warning box saying "The template does not have an object of class
WhatAmIMissingDocClass. Click here to add it.". Simply click on "here" to add
the object. Yes it could be improved in the future.Slide 12: will work fine
when you correct slide 8... :)So what you're missing is that it should be
WhatAmIMissingDocClass and NOT WhatAmIMissingDoc which is a document that
doesn't exist...Thanks-VincentFrom: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sat, 11 Aug 2007
22:05:22 +0200To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [xwiki-users] Authoring templates and
design sheets not working for custom classOn Aug 9, 2007, at 9:43 PM, Frank
Misa wrote:Hi All,[snip]2) I would be very grateful to a link to some decent
tutorial/documentation -- even if I have to pay for it...It would be great to
see something along the lines of the "FAQTutorial" but with more indepth look
at available Velocity objects/macros and discussion of how
Documents/Classes/Objects/Properties are actually related....I can't believe
this stuff isn't better documented :(Yep we need to rewrite that tutorial on
Class/Object/Templates/Classsheets. Would be great if you can help.Here's a
short version:* Classes contain definition of a concept. A definition is made
of properties. A property can be a string, a text area, a combo box, a radio
button choice, etc. A class is created inside a document. There's a class tab
in the edit view of a document.* An Object is the instantiation of a Class in a
document. This means that several documents can all instantiate the same class
but have different values of the class properties. When you edit a document
there's an Object tab that allows you to view all existing objects associated
with a document and modify their properties values or add new objects.* A
classsheet is some generic code to display the content of an object.
Classsheets are meant to be used by being included in a document containing an
instance of the object they're meant to display. The include is done using
#includeInContext("classsheet name").* A classtemplate is simply an "empty"
page that already has the include to the classsheet and an object added. It's
meant to be used in forms and be copied when user ask to create a new document
easily.The 2 important core concepts are classes and objects. The rest (i.e.
classsheet and classtemplates) are just easy ways to display object content and
create new documents.Hope it helps,-VincentDiscover the new Windows Vista Learn
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