GOSS iCM 10.0.0.0 - Forms

Gary Ratcliffe

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Agenda

• Webinar Programme• Form Groups• Publish Multiple• Visual Script Editor• Scripted Actions• Form Examples

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Webinar Programme

• User

– 1st October – What’s New in iCM V10

– 2nd October – Article Editing, Media Upload, etc

– 3rd October – Preferences, Help Text, Shortcuts

• Technical

– 9th October – iCM V10 Overview

– 16th October – Forms

– 6th November – API Server

• Workshops

– We are considering running a forms workshop, probably in London

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Form Groups

• Blueprint, Snippets and Public and Private groups created during upgrade

• Group can containing any type of form including Blueprints and Snippets

• Forms can be moved between groups

• Form Name restrictions– All form names must be unique– Except:

• A public and private form where one uses an external type• Eg. USERPROFILE where there are public and private version

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Forms Designer - Groups

DEMO

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V10 Publish Multiple

• Publishes all forms in a group

• Requires an additional privilege

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V10 Publish Multiple

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Visual Script Editor

• Quick way of ‘building’ script functions

• Based on idea of plugging blocks together– Lego– Jigsaws

• Actually generates JavaScript– Almost always easier to start with than writing JavaScript

• Can switch to the full JavaScript editor– This is one way

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Visual Script Editor - Accessing

Visual Script Editor

JavaScript Editor

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Visual Script Editor - Interface

Available Blocks

Drag here to delete blocks

Preview JavaScript

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Visual Script Editor

Function Block

Block connector

Connector for a value

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Visual Script Editor – Selecting Block

Drag block

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Visual Script Editor – Adding Block

Connect it here

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Visual Script Editor – Selecting Field

Click to select field to hide

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Visual Script Editor – IF block

Condition plugs in here

Action plugs in here

Click ‘+’ to add else

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Visual Script Editor – Extending IF Block

Drag else and elseif here to add

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Visual Script Editor – Extending IF Block

Click ‘+’ again to close

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Visual Script Editor – Complete IF Block

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Visual Script Editor - Hints

• Right mouse button on a block

– Duplicate

– Add comment

– Inline/External Inputs

• Changes block display only

– Collapse

– Disable

– Delete

• Alternative to dragging

– Help

• Tooltips

• You can drag blocks ‘outside’ a function to temporarily disable

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Visual Script Editor

DEMO

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Java Script Editor

• Syntax Highlighting

• Syntax Checking

• Find

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Java Script Editor

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Java Script Editor

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Java Script Editor

This comment is the last Visual Script Editor state. Delete if you are sure you never want to go back to edtting this code visually.

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• Allows actions to be implemented in JavaScript

– Executed server-side

– Requires JavaScript skills

• Wide range of functions available

– Send EMail

– HTTP requests

– File access

– API Server

• API Server is most useful

– Access iCM API

– Low level database access coming in 1st update

• Use of API Server covered in webinar on 6th November

Scripted Actions

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Scripted Actions

DEMO

Questions?