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Creating_Printable_Reports

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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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http://xataface.com/documentation/how-to/site_with_backoffice_How_to_build_a_site_with_a_backoffice_

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Page name	http://xataface.com/documentation/how-to/site_with_backoffice_How_to_build_a_site_with_a_backoffice_
Page id	84
Page title	A site with a backoffice
Content	A site with a backoffice To create a site with a backoffice for the administrator, so that the visitors do not have to log in to read the pages, you add this code in the ApplicationDelegate.php file in the conf directory : <code> function getPerm
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http://xataface.com/documentation/how-to/site_with_backoffice

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Page name	http://xataface.com/documentation/how-to/site_with_backoffice
Page id	85
Page title	How to build a site with an optional login form
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site_with_backoffice

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Page name	site_with_backoffice
Page id	86
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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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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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setSecurityFilters

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Page name	setSecurityFilters
Page id	91
Page title	setSecurityFilter() method
Content	Example In the delegate class for the users table: `<?php class tables_users { function init(&$table){ if ( !isAdmin() ){ $table->setSecurityFilter(array('group_id'=>10)); } } }` Thi
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meta:class

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meta:class

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127

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meta:class relationships.ini file directive

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Return to relationships.ini file

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The meta:class directive allows you to ascribe special meaning to a relationship which Xataface can use in various parts of your application to provide enhanced capabilities.

For example you can sp

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list:type

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list:type

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128

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list:type relationships.ini file directive

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Return to relationships.ini file

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The list:type directive allows you to override the default list that is used to display related records. As of Xataface 1.3 there is only one possible value that will have any effect on this directive: "

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init

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Page name	init
Page id	140
Page title	init() Delegate Class Method
Content	Synopsis This method is called once, just after the table is loaded for the first time. It allows you to specify initialization details, such as security filters. Note that it takes a single parameter: a Dataface_Table o
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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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test_page_34

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Page name	test_page_34
Page id	177
Page title	Hello World
Content	Hello world
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viewable_editable_fields

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Page name	viewable_editable_fields
Page id	180
Page title	How to make a field editable for some users and only viewable for some other users
Content	If we want only some users to edit a field and some other users only to view that field, then we need to define a fieldX__permissions() method for that field which gives desired permissions for specific users. One solution is as below. ==permi
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column:legend

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Page name	column:legend
Page id	182
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advmultiselect

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Page name	advmultiselect
Page id	183
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index_page

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index_page

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Documentation

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Documentation

Introductory

About Xataface
Getting Started Tutorial
How to build a PHP MySQL Application with 4 lines of code
[[Troubleshooting

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testpage2

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Page name	testpage2
Page id	2
Page title	testpage2
Content	Another test page testpage?
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widget:type

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Page name	widget:type
Page id	4
Page title	widget:type
Content	widget:type Directive Reference The widget:type directive in the fields.ini file specifies the type of widget that should be used to edit a particular field in HTML forms. Xataface uses [http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm/ HTML_QuickFo
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actions.ini_file

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actions.ini_file

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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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prefs

__prefs__

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Page name	__prefs__
Page id	9
Page title	__prefs__
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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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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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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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validateRegistrationForm

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Page name	validateRegistrationForm
Page id	15
Page title	validateRegistrationForm
Content	validateRegistrationForm() hook A hook that validates the input into the user registration form to make sure that the input is valid. Signature function validateRegistrationForm( array $values ) : mixed Parameters {\| class
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sendRegistrationActivationEmail

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Page name	sendRegistrationActivationEmail
Page id	16
Page title	sendRegistrationActivationEmail
Content	sendRegistrationActivationEmail() Hook A hook that can be implemented in the Application Delegate Class or the Table Delegate Class? to override the sending of an activation email to the user. Signature function sendRegistrationA
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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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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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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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Writing_Custom_Authentication_Plugins

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Writing_Custom_Authentication_Plugins

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Writing_Custom_Authentication_Plugins

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Writing a Custom Authentication Plugin for Xataface

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Writing a Custom Authentication Plugin for Xataface

Xataface has a pluggable authentication framework that allows you to easily write your own custom authentication modules to tie in with other systems. Several plugins have alre

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templates:tags:use_macro

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Page name	templates:tags:use_macro
Page id	24
Page title	templates:tags:use_macro
Content	use_macro Template Tag Synopsis The use_macro tag includes another template into the current template with the option to override certain sections. Parameters {\| class="listing listing2" \|- ! Name ! Description ! Version \|
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Xataface Wiki | Wiki

Creating_Printable_Reports

Creating a Printable Report

http://xataface.com/documentation/how-to/site_with_backoffice_How_to_build_a_site_with_a_backoffice_

A site with a backoffice

http://xataface.com/documentation/how-to/site_with_backoffice

site_with_backoffice

file

Dynamic select boxes

Dynamic_select_boxes

Dynamic select boxes

setSecurityFilters

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meta:class

list:type

init

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Clean_the_html_for_the_export

Clean HTML tags and entities to export your data

test_page_34

viewable_editable_fields

column:legend

advmultiselect

index_page

Documentation

Introductory

testpage2

widget:type

widget:type Directive Reference

actions.ini_file

actions.ini file Reference

__prefs__

block__blockname

Available Blocks

beforeRegister

beforeRegister() Trigger

afterRegister

afterRegister() Trigger

validateRegistrationForm

validateRegistrationForm() hook

Signature

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sendRegistrationActivationEmail

sendRegistrationActivationEmail() Hook

Signature

getRegistrationActivationEmailInfo

getRegistrationActivationEmailInfo() Hook

getRegistrationActivationEmailSubject

getRegistrationActivationEmailSubject() Hook

getRegistrationActivationEmailMessage

getRegistrationActivationEmailSubject() Hook

Writing_Custom_Authentication_Plugins

Writing a Custom Authentication Plugin for Xataface

templates:tags:use_macro

use_macro Template Tag

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Parameters

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