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Sep 24, 2013, 12:15 PM
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New to XPages, need directions : allow user to create custom template documents

  • Category: Dojo and Client Side JavaScript
  • Platform: All
  • Release: 8.5.3
  • Role: Developer
  • Tags: drag and drop,template
  • Replies: 2

Hello everyone, 

I've been developping Domino 6 & 7 bases for some time, but I'm just beginning XPages. I'm not yet familiar with the environment nor the capabilities of XPages. To be honest, at the moment, Xpages and Xpages resources are a bit like a jungle for me. So before I enter this jungle, I take the liberty to ask the friendly locals for directions. 

Context : My first xpage developpment is my company's  "logbook" database. It's a kind of Forum/messenging application where people can leave different types of messages (questions, infos, incident reports, phone calls, wake-up requests, ...) . This should be easy, except for one thing : the message types are not hard coded. Different "logbooks" must be installed in different locations, and each has different needs when it comes to messages. So in each location, a "Type Manager" creates message templates fitting their needs. 

E.g. : In a location, they sometime have to wake up people at a precise date and time. The Type Manager will create a template "Wake Up" with  a date picker, a time picker, a drop down list with the persons, a text field for comments, etc. 

Request : I need to provide an user-friendly template editor. Ideally, something wysiwyg where the Type Manager drags and drop elements in a grid, labels the Elements and then saves the template. Is there a plug-in, a tutorial to achieve this result ?

Thanks for reading ! 

François

 

 

 

Sep 25, 2013, 10:26 PM
453 Posts
I can't really answer your question but

If ou are just getting started here are some suggestion:

1. get the book Mastering XPages from IBM Press as well as the companion on XPages Extension Library

2. I would strongly recommend that you take the XPages Introduction course from TLCC (it is free) and consider the other XPages courses - I don't receive any consideration from TLCC for this commercial :-)

3. Check out the various videos on NotesIn9

4. Start by developing a fairly simple application, then tackle the one everyone wants done.

5. You will need to plan your application much more in XPages than in traditional N/D.

As you said the move to XPages from traditional N/D can be a pretty daunting task. There are lots of resources out there but getting a specific answer can sometimes be difficult. Some parts of my development I have started over several times because I found I painted myself into a corner or found a much better way to accomplish the job. This is much easier to do with a simple application. Plus I have found ways to do some things in XPages that I have wished I could have done in N/D, also some things that are a snap in N/D are not that easy in XPages.

Be prepared for a fair level of frustration, but then one day you will say -  hey this is pretty neat!


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