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Identity Manager 8.2.1 - Web Designer Reference Guide

The Web Designer editor Web Designer structures and functions The Web Designer object model Working with the Web Designer Web project configuration options Customizing the Web Portal Basics of Web Designer programming Compiling and debugging Monitoring Frequent tasks in the Web Portal

Status bar

The status bar displays different status data. Some status data is shown by way of icons. Which icons are displayed is partially dependent on the program settings selected. The status bar comes in different colors.

Table 3: Meaning of the colors
Color Meaning

none

Development environment database is connected.

Red

Simulation mode is enabled.

Green

Test environment database is connected.

Yellow

Productive environment database is connected.

Table 4: Status bar icons
Icon Meaning
Current user.
Shows information about the project.
The database is connected.
Shows database access.
Quick edit mode is enabled.
The database must be compiled.
The program is in simulation mode.
A warning has been written to the error log.
An error message has been written to the error log.

In the status bar, you can additionally see the connected database under <Server>\<Database (Description)>.

TIP: Double-click the connected database in the status bar, to copy the database path to the clipboard. If you double-click the current user symbol, you can access further information about the current user.

Menu bar

You can use the menus on the menu bar to access submenus and to access and run many functions in the Web Designer quickly. The menus are described in more detail in the following table.

Table 5: Menu items in the menu bar
Menu Menu item Description

Connection

Settings

Opens the Global settings dialog in the Web Designer.

For more information, see Global settings.

 

Exit

Closes the program.

Edit

Refresh preview

Refreshes the Web Designer preview.

 

Publish

Opens a submenu with other options.

For more information, see Sharing the web project.

 

Configure project

Opens a submenu with other options. s

For more information, see Web project configuration options.

 

Copy objects

Opens the Copy objects dialog.

For more information, see Creating object copies with the wizard.

 

Creating new modules

Opens the Create new module dialog.

For more information, see Creating new modules.

 

Create new project

Opens the Create new project dialog.

For more information, see Creating new projects.

 

Find and replace

Opens the Find and replace dialog.

You can also access the search function using the Ctrl + F shortcut. For more information, see Find and replace.

 

Find next

Performs the search with the search parameters specified in the Find and replace dialog.

The search is performed without opening a dialog. Use F3 to continue searching.

 

Captions

Opens the Multilingual captions dialog.

For more information, see Multilingual captions.

 

Import object

Open the Windows, Please select a source file, default dialog.

For more information, see Import object.

 

Related applications

Opens the Related applications dialog.

For more information, see Related applications.

 

Check model integrity

Checks the current web project.

For more information, see Check model integrity.

 

Check accessibility

Checks the web project’s accessibility.

For more information, see Check accessibility.

View

Tabs

Opens the Tabs dialog.

For more information, see Working with tabs.

 

Restore standard layout

Restores the default layout.
 

Restore standard layout (including size)

Adjusts the default layout and the window size.
 

Restore saved layout

Restores the saved layout.
 

Save layout

Saves the Web Designer layout after you have modified it.
 

Start page

The tab is open by default. For more information, see Start page.

Opens the start page.

For more information, see Start page.

 

Solution

Opens the Solution window.

For more information, see Solution.

 

Node editor

Opens the Node editor window.

For more information, see Node editor.

 

Tasks

Opens or enables Tasks.

For more information, see Viewing error messages.

 

Command list

Opens the Command list window.

For more information, see Command list.

 

Bookmarks

Opens the Bookmarks window.

For more information, see Bookmarks.

 

Navigation

Opens the navigation view.

For more information, see Navigation view.

Debug views

Monitor page

Opens the monitor page.

The monitor page is displayed on a page that is separate from the Web Designer page. For more information, see Monitoring.

 

Preview

Opens the preview.

For more information, see Working with the preview.

 

Properties

Opens Properties.

The view is open by default and displayed in the lower pane of the Web Designer. For more information, see Properties.

 

Query

Opens Query.

The view is open by default and displayed in the lower pane of the Web Designer. For more information, see Querying a web application.

 

Call stack

Opens Call stack.

The view is opened in the lower pane of the Web Designer. For more information, see Call stack.

 

Compilation

Opens the Compilation window.

Here you can view the compilation log. The view is opened in the lower pane of the Web Designer.

 

Compiled objects

Opens Compiled objects.

All compiled objects are listed here with more details. The view is opened in the lower pane of the Web Designer.

Help

Info

Opens a dialog.

The dialog displays several tabs providing information about the Web Designer, such as version number, third party contributions, installed modules, and so on.

Toolbar

The Web Designer has a toolbar. This toolbar cannot be configured.

Table 6: Toolbar functions
Icon Description
Change Label:

Selects change labels.

You can select a change label in this option box. Changes in the One Identity Manager database are stored under the change labels selected here.

Managing change labels

You can insert, modify, or delete change labels in Change labels. For more information about working with change labels, see the One Identity Manager Operational Guide.

Uses the current change label as default and selects it automatically later

This function sets the currently selected change label as a default label that will be selected automatically when the Web Designer is restarted. The selection is client-specific and has no impact on other One Identity Manager database users.

Applies a change label to the entire web project.

You can assign a special change label to all referenced objects in a web project in Change Labels for Web Projects. Some web projects can be moved completely and independently of previously selected assignments.

Configures a web project.

For more information, see Web project configuration options.

Opens the Multilingual captions dialog.

For more information, see Multilingual captions.

Opens Hyper View wizard.

For more information, see Creating new Hyper Views.

Suppress background actions

Use this button to suspend and start actions running in the background. These actions are defined through nodes of type Timer. This results in the web application running these actions are regular intervals. The behavior may be disturbing when debugging.

Save

This button is enabled if you have modified a database object. Use this button to save changes to the current database object. If you want to save changes to other database objects, you must select the corresponding tab in the definition tree view and click the button again.

Save all

Use this button to save all database objects that have been modified.


One node back/forward

Use this button to navigate back or forwards in the history of the selected object. This displays the selected object in the definition tree view.

If an object or node was deleted, the next existing object is shown. If an object is selected in the history that' no longer exists, the previous object is shown.

The number of objects displayed in the history can be specified in the settings in the menu bar under Connection > Global settings. You can delete the history using Delete history.

Navigation view

NOTE: The navigation view is hidden by default if you are not currently using it. This feature is designed to provide ease of use.

In the default view, you can find the navigation view on the left of the screen.

To show and hide the navigation view

  1. Proceed as follows.
    1. Click or mouse over the Navigation control, which is positioned vertically on the left-hand side of the start page.
    2. In the View menu, select Navigation.

    NOTE: Use Auto Hide in the navigation view toolbar to set the navigation view.

    NOTE: If the Navigation control is not visible where it should be, you can select Restore default layout or Restore saved layout instead of Navigation.

    The navigation view is displayed.

  2. Click or mouse over outside the navigation view to close the navigation view again.

    Now, only the Navigation control is visible in the program's sidebar.

In the navigation view, select the database object that you wish to edit in the Web Designer. Database objects are grouped into different categories. The different categories have different functions which you see depending on what you select. The following categories are available:

  • Modules
  • Components
  • Web projects
  • Project files
  • Form Types
  • Layout definitions

The structure of displayed database objects varies within each category. The following table describes the different category display structures individually. Categories with similar display structures are described together.

Table 7: Display structure of database objects in the different categories
Category Description
Display structure in the "Modules" category

Database objects are displayed in a tree structure.

Database objects are found in Custom and Default.

Objects grouped under the Default node cannot be edited in a custom installation of One Identity Manager and are part of a default installation of the Web Designer. You can copy these objects or extensions.

All custom objects in Modules are grouped in Custom. Modules, that are added to a custom installation are automatically groups under these root nodes.

Custom root nodes are displayed above the Default root nodes in the tree structure.

Display structure in "Component" and "Layout definitions"

Database objects form individual groups of objects.

Database objects from these categories are not grouped within the Custom and Default root nodes but form individual groups of objects.

Each group of objects can contain custom as well as default objects that have been available since initial installation.

To make database objects easier to find, they are displayed in Search results and Recent files groups. For more information, see Navigation menu functions.

Extensions are displayed as subnodes for the module or component for which they were created. You also see these subnodes under groups, search results, and recent files. For more information, see Extensions.

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