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 GettingStarted:using_first_app 75 Using Your First Application ==Using Your First Application== A Web Lite application, at its core, provides 4 standard operations: Add new records, edit existing records, delete records, and find records. This section gives a brief overview of how to use your first Dataface applic "find form","edit form","delete record","user interface",ui,template,look and feel en 
 GettingStarted:first_application 74 Creating your First Application ==Creating Your First Application== Build a simple Xataface application. For our first Xataface application we will try to build a web site for Faculty of Widgetry (From the example in the "Why Use Xataface" page). The web site needs to store inform htaccess first application installation en 
 GettingStarted:Installation 73 Installation ==Installation== Download and installation instructions for the Web Lite framework. Xataface is a 100% PHP Framework that comes with all dependencies as part of the installation. The framework itself lives inside a single directory that should be plac installation troubleshooting downloading  en 
 GettingStarted:Why_Use_Xataface 72 Why Use Xataface ==Why Use Xataface?== Some simple examples similar to those that are frequently encountered by web developers, and how dataface can be used to acheive a solution. As a web services developer in the Faculty of Applied Sciences at Simon Fraser Universit introduction motivation why en 
 GettingStarted:Introduction 71 Introduction Web Lite is a simple framework for building data-driven web applications in PHP and MySQL. This section introduces some of the concepts and applications of Dataface. To fully understand what Xataface is, we must first define a few key terms: '''Fram introduction requirements getting started en 
 documentation_guide 70 Documentation Guide Xataface uses a wiki to manage its online documentation which can be edited by anyone. All you have to do is [http://xataface.com/wiki/index.php?-action=login login with your forum username and password] ([http://xataface.com/forum/profile.php?mode=regis documentation wiki en 
 checkbox 69 checkbox ==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   en 0
 relationship 68 The relationship fields.ini directive [[fields.ini file|Return to fields.ini file directives]] [[toc]] ===Synopsis=== Certain types of widgets (e.g. grid (v1.0) and checkbox (v1.2)) support the relationship directive which allows them to effectively add/remove records from a specifie grid widget, relationship, checkbox en 0
 grid 67 grid ==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  en 0
 table 66 table When using widget:type table, it will store the data as XML. So the field type must be TEXT (or varchar... but text is better). You can decide which columns you want in the table by creating sub-fields in your fields.ini file as follows: Suppose you  en 0
 LDAP_or_Active_Directory 65 How to authenticate users with LDAP or Active Directory [[toc]] It is often easier to use the existing LDAP or Active Directory to authenticate users in Xataface than to create a new password for every user in the table users. ===In the conf.ini=== In the conf.ini file, in the [auth] part, you need to LDAP,Active Directory,Authentication en 0
 How_to_authenticate_users_with_LDAP_or_Active_Directory 64 How_to_authenticate_users_with_LDAP_or_Active_Directory ==How to authenticate users with LDAP or Active Directory==   en 0
 How_to_granulate_permissions_on_each_field 63 How_to_granulate_permissions_on_each_field ==How to granulate permissions on each field== To reach this aim, there is the method fieldname__permissions to place into the delegate class of the table. ===Getting the role=== First it is necessary to know the user's role. For this, the metho  en 0
 Customizing_the_look_and_feel_of_a_row_or_a_cell 62 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=== In the delegate class, the method ''css__tableRowClass'' is implemented, like in this example : class tables_journal_interventions  en 0
 lookup 61 The Lookup Widget Return to [[widget:type]] page to see list of all widget types. Back to [[fields.ini file]] to see other fields.ini directives. [[toc]] ===Synopsis=== The lookup widget allows users to look a record from another table to insert into the field.  lookup widget, widget:filters, widget:-filters:limit, widget:table en 0
 widget:type_textarea 60 widget:type_textarea   en 0
 no_access_text 59 no_access_text Whenever the NO_ACCESS permission is given for a field, normally the text NO ACCESS appears. But we might want to display another text. Here is an example of the text subscribe is used instead of NO ACCESS whenever the NO_ACCESS permissions is given.   en 0
 Selected_Records_Actions 58 Selected_Records_Actions ==Creating a Custom ''Selected Records'' Action== [[toc]] If you view the ''list'' tab in any of your Xataface applications, you'll notice that there is a checkbox next to each row of the list, and there are a number of actions listed at the bottom   en 0
 Creating_a_Dashboard 57 Creating_a_Dashboard ==Creating a Dashboard for your Users== [[toc]] Xataface allows you to build powerful data-driven applications quickly, but these applications may be daunting to your users if they don't know what they can do with the application. Most applications dashboard en 0
 struct 56 struct   en 0
 blob 55 blob   en 0
 Email 54 Email ==Xataface Email Module== [[toc]] The Xataface Email module allows you to convert your database into a mailing list so that you can easily send email to any found set of records, as long as the records contain an email address to send to. ==Featu Email,Email module,Sending Email,Maillist en 0
 fieldname__permissions 53 fieldname__permissions ==fieldname__permissions() method== [[toc]] 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  en 0
 How_to_Add_Custom_Sections_to_View_Tab 52 How_to_Add_Custom_Sections_to_View_Tab ==How to Add Custom Sections to the View tab== [[toc]] The ''View'' tab is intended to give the user a detailed view of the contents of a record. By default it shows the values of each non-empty field grouped into their appropriate field groups. I  en 0
 fieldgroup_template 51 fieldgroup_template ==Using a custom template for a field group on the edit form== [[toc]] 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  en 0
 __field__permissions 50 __field__permissions This method can be used to set the default permissions for all fields in a designated table, when specified in that table's delegate class. It comes in handy in situations when you want to deny access to all fields except for those designated, rather then  en 0
 Troubleshooting 49 Troubleshooting ==Xataface Troubleshooting== This document is intended to help Xataface developers through some of the most common issues. [[toc]] ==All I get is a blank white screen!== The most common issue mentioned in the forums is that an application come  en 0
 tab 48 tab ==tab directive of the fields.ini file== [[toc]] The ''tab'' directive of the [[fields.ini file]] specifies which tab of the record edit form a field should be displayed on. Xataface supports multiple tabs on the edit form by way of this ''tab'' di  en 0
 visibility:fieldName 47 visibility:fieldName ==Example== visibility:ConferenceID = hidden This will make the ConferenceID in the relationship list view disappear.  en 0
 widget:atts 46 widget:atts ==widget:atts Directive Reference== The widget:atts directive in the fields.ini file allows any arbitrary HTML attributes to be added to any of the fields. It may also be used to specify javascript event handler functions that the widget should call u  en 0
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