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About Xataface

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About Xataface

Xataface is a flexible and shapable skin that sits on top of MySQL, making it accessible to every-day users. It automatically generates the appropriate forms, lists, and menus for a user to interact with the database witho

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actions.ini_file

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actions.ini file Reference

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actions.ini file Reference

The actions.ini file stores information about the various action?s that can be performed by your application. An action may be manifested in two ways:

As a web page
As a menu item

And there is no

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advmultiselect

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Page id	183
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afterRegister

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Page name	afterRegister
Page id	14
Page title	afterRegister
Content	afterRegister() Trigger A trigger that can be implemented in the Application Delegate Class or the Table Delegate Class?, to be executed after the registration form is saved. This can be used to perform some custom actions like emailing the
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after_action_new

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after_action_new trigger

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after_action_new trigger

This trigger is called after the new action is successfully completed. This trigger can be defined in the table delegate class and is often used to redirect to a particular page

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beforeRegister

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Page name	beforeRegister
Page id	13
Page title	beforeRegister
Content	beforeRegister() Trigger A trigger that can be implemented in the Application Delegate Class or the Table Delegate Class?, to be executed before the registration form is saved. This can be used to perform some custom actions like emailing t
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blob

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Page name	blob
Page id	55
Page title	blob
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block__blockname

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Page name	block__blockname
Page id	11
Page title	block__blockname
Content	Available Blocks This is a grep to show the blocks that are defined in Xataface templates: Dataface_ActionsMenu.html:actions_menu_head Dataface_ActionsMenu.html:actions_menu_tail Dataface_Add_Existing_Related_Record.html:before_add_exi
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Calendar_Action

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Calendar Action

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Calendar Action

Xataface 1.0 includes a built-in calendar action that is disabled by default. If enabled, it allows you to view the records in any found set as a calendar of events, as follows:

<nowiki> <div style="text-align:center

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checkbox

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Page title	checkbox
Content	The checkbox widget In the fields.ini file you can specify a field to be edited using a checkbox widget by setting widget:type to checkbox. A checkbox widget can function in 2 different ways depending on the parameters that you assign
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Clean_the_html_for_the_export

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Page name	Clean_the_html_for_the_export
Page id	178
Page title	Clean the HTML to export data
Content	Clean HTML tags and entities to export your data Override the display() of the field to strip the tags... but this would affect all parts of the application where the HTML fields are displayed. Create a grafted field, then override its display to
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column:legend

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conf.ini_file

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conf.ini File

The conf.ini file is where most of the application-level configuration information is stored for a Xataface application. It contains information such as:

database connection information
which tables should appear i

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Creating_Printable_Reports

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Creating a Custom Printable Report

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Creating a Printable Report

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Creating a Printable Report

It is often useful to provide your users with a printable report that is generated from your database. Although Xataface doesn't include an explicit reporting module to allow the end users to create their own

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Customizing_the_look_and_feel_of_a_row_or_a_cell

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Page name	Customizing_the_look_and_feel_of_a_row_or_a_cell
Page id	62
Page title	Customizing_the_look_and_feel_of_a_row_or_a_cell
Content	How to customize the look and feel of elements in the list view Create a method in a delegate class In the delegate class, the method css__tableRowClass is implemented, like in this example : <code>class tables_journal_interventions
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DataGrid

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Page id	32
Page title	DataGrid
Content	Xataface DataGrid Module Created by Steve Hannah, Web Lite Solutions Corp. Synopsis The Xataface DataGrid module uses the Ext DataGrid component (http://extjs.com) to add an editable grid component to your Xataface a
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Drag_and_Drop_Reordering_of_Relationships

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Page name	Drag_and_Drop_Reordering_of_Relationships
Page id	39
Page title	Drag_and_Drop_Reordering_of_Relationships
Content	Drag and Drop Reordering of Related Records in Xataface One powerful aspect of Xataface is its abstraction of relationships between tables. Once you define a relationship users can browse related records, add new and existing related records, and
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Dynamic_select_boxes

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Page name	Dynamic_select_boxes
Page id	90
Content	Dynamic select boxes To create two select boxes whose one is dependent (slave) of the other (master), we need to use some javascript with Jason. Create the valuelists.ini: <code> valuelist for the slave [slaves_list] __sql__ = "select sla
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encryption

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Page name	encryption
Page id	29
Page title	encryption
Content	encryption fields.ini file directive The encryption directive is meant to be used on password fields only. It specifies that a certain type of encryption is to be used in the storing of values in this field. For example, many PHP/MySQL
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fieldgroup_template

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Using a custom template for a field group on the edit form

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Using a custom template for a field group on the edit form

Xataface allows you to partition your fields into groups so that similar fields are grouped together on the edit form. The default layout of the fields remains simply vertic

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fieldname__permissions

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fieldname__permissions() method

The fieldname__permissions() methods will allow you to define custom permissions on a particular field in the delegate class?. For example to specify permissions on a field named foo you would defi

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file

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Page name	file
Page id	89
Content	Dynamic select boxes To create two select boxes whose one is dependent (slave) of the other (master), we need to use some javascript with Jason. Create the valuelists.ini: <code> valuelist for the slave [slaves_list] __sql__ = "select sla
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filter

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Page id	27
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Content	The filter attribute of the fields.ini file The filter attribute with a value of 1 specifies that a field should be used as a filter field in list view. In list view, any filter fields will provide a select list with all of the possible values
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getFeed

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getFeed() Delegate Class Method

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getFeed() Delegate Class Method

Synopsis:

The getFeed() method of a table delegate class or application delegate class returns an associative array of parameters to confi

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getFeedItem

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getFeedItem

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getFeedItem() Delegate Class Method

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getFeedItem() Delegate Class Method

Synopsis:

The getFeedItem() method of a table delegate class returns an associative array of parameters for a record as it should appear as part of an [[Introduction

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getRegistrationActivationEmailInfo

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Page name	getRegistrationActivationEmailInfo
Page id	17
Page title	getRegistrationActivationEmailInfo
Content	getRegistrationActivationEmailInfo() Hook A hook that can be implemented in the Application Delegate Class or the Table Delegate Class? to override the default information that is used to send the registration activation email (the email tha
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getRegistrationActivationEmailMessage

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Page name	getRegistrationActivationEmailMessage
Page id	19
Page title	getRegistrationActivationEmailMessage
Content	getRegistrationActivationEmailSubject() Hook A hook that can be implemented in the Application Delegate Class or the Table Delegate Class? to override the default registration activation email message body (the email that the user receives w
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getRegistrationActivationEmailSubject

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Page name	getRegistrationActivationEmailSubject
Page id	18
Page title	getRegistrationActivationEmailSubject
Content	getRegistrationActivationEmailSubject() Hook A hook that can be implemented in the Application Delegate Class or the Table Delegate Class? to override the default registration activation email subject line (the email that the user receives w
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grid

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Page name	grid
Page id	67
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Content	widget:type = grid Suppose we have two tables, tbl_organisation and tbl_individuals, in the edit view for a record in the organisations table (tbl_organisations) we also want to be able to view and edit the individuals within this organisation we c
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group

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Page name	group
Page id	28
Page title	group
Content	group directive in fields.ini file The group directive allows you to declare that certain fields of your table should be grouped together on the edit form and the view tab (and other logical places). For example, fields like address, city, sta
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about

About Xataface

actions.ini_file

actions.ini file Reference

advmultiselect

afterRegister

afterRegister() Trigger

after_action_new

after_action_new trigger

beforeRegister

beforeRegister() Trigger

blob

block__blockname

Available Blocks

Calendar_Action

Calendar Action

checkbox

The checkbox widget

Clean_the_html_for_the_export

Clean HTML tags and entities to export your data

column:legend

conf.ini_file

conf.ini File

Creating_Printable_Reports

Creating a Printable Report

Customizing_the_look_and_feel_of_a_row_or_a_cell

How to customize the look and feel of elements in the list view

Create a method in a delegate class

DataGrid

Xataface DataGrid Module

Synopsis

Drag_and_Drop_Reordering_of_Relationships

Drag and Drop Reordering of Related Records in Xataface

Dynamic_select_boxes

Dynamic select boxes

encryption

encryption fields.ini file directive

fieldgroup_template

Using a custom template for a field group on the edit form

fieldname__permissions

fieldname__permissions() method

file

Dynamic select boxes

filter

The filter attribute of the fields.ini file

getFeed

getFeed() Delegate Class Method

Synopsis:

getFeedItem

getFeedItem() Delegate Class Method

Synopsis:

getRegistrationActivationEmailInfo

getRegistrationActivationEmailInfo() Hook

getRegistrationActivationEmailMessage

getRegistrationActivationEmailSubject() Hook

getRegistrationActivationEmailSubject

getRegistrationActivationEmailSubject() Hook

grid

widget:type = grid

group

group directive in fields.ini file