OMAS WEB EDITOR User Manual
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1. Nom d utilisateur Nom d utilisateur Mo t de pass M moriser ces informations Annuler Figure 1 The login password window requires the name of the user and the associated password If the login is accepted an OMAS selection window appears as shown Fig 2 Figure 2 The OMAS Web Editor Selection window asking for i the agent owning the object to edit ii the class concept of the object iii some data to locate the object and iv the language to be used here English 1 2 Specifying the Object to Edit One must know the name of the agent owning the object to be edited and the name of the class concept to which the object belongs In this example the selection form is filled with the name of the Jean Paul A Barth s OUTC 2014 N296L v1 0 Page 4 UTC GI DI CNRS UMR HEUDIASYC OMAS WEB EDITOR February 2014 agent owning the object to be edited the class of the object and some data allowing to locate the object here the label of the news item Fig 3 stevens news news item Figure 3 The Selection form after it has been filled After the Selection form is filled and the Execute button has been clicked a new form appears filled with the content of the object to be edited Fig 4 N 4 OMAS Release 8 1 3 Barth s Jean Paul OMAS MOSS Version 8 1 3 is being prepared 04 01 2014 Figure 4 The N 4 news item to be edited the red fields are read only2. 1 3 Selecting among Several Objects Sometimes the selection process returns several objects in which case a selection window is displayed for choosing the object to edit Fig 5 This is the case for example when we want to access a note written by a particular author who has written several notes 1 4 The Editing Process The editing process consists of modifying the fields of the edit form then selecting an action with one of the radio buttons then clicking the Execute button The set of possible actions from the edit page are the following Jean Paul A Barth esGUTC 2014 N296L v1 0 Page 5 UTC GI DI CNRS UMR HEUDIASYC OMAS WEB EDITOR February 2014 OMAS Release 8 12 OMAS Release 8 1 3 test Figure 5 Selection form to select the object to edit e g among the notes written by barthes e Abort editing this object the edit page is redisplayed with the original values of the object A message is posted e Create Update If there was no change in the values of the fields of the edit page the edit page is redisplayed with a No change message If the object was modified then a message is posted indicating that the object as modified and the new values are saved as the new base for comparisons e Edit new object the selection form is called with the same owner agent class reference but no data Of course all fields can be overwritten e Again the edit page is redisplayed ready for creating a new object of the
3. Create Update Edit new object Again Delete Return to caller Figure 8 An edit page with a link back to the calling page bottom left EDITEUR news item ID given by the system read only LN 8 Title test 8 Author e g Barth s Jean Paul Ramos Barth s Jean Paul Ramos Milton Category max 1 Travel Indexes Rio Curitiba OK vraiment Text Creation date read only 03 02 2014 Modification date read only 03 02 2014 Published read only Archived read only Abort editing this object Create Update Edit new object Again Delete User defined actions Publish Figure 9 An edit page with a specific application action Publish button Jean Paul A Barth sOUTC 2014 N296L v1 0 Page 8
4. agent ref STEVENS NEWS amp class ref Category amp caller index amp init t The init parameter in that case asks OMAS to wait at the locate page form more information rather than posting an empty form for creating a new object Of course this is usually done by the designer of the application and the user does not have to bother with such details The difference with direct access is that edit pages contain a link back to the calling page here the application page Fig 8 3 Calling the Editor from a Web Dialog The editor can also be called from a dialog provided that the application designer has developed the proper tasks for bringing up the editor 4 Customizing the Editor Some applications require to add specific actions to the edit process It is possible to customize the editor form adding some user actions to the regular editor actions This is shown 9 where one has added a Publish radio button under the row of the standard buttons This must be done by the application designer Jean Paul A Barth esGUTC 2014 N296L v1 0 Page 7 UTC GI DI CNRS UMR HEUDIASYC OMAS WEB EDITOR February 2014 EDITEUR news item ID given by the system read only N 4 Title OMAS Release 8 1 3 Author read only Barth s Jean Paul Category OMAS MOSS Keywords OMAS Version 8 1 3 is being prepared Text Creation date read only 31 12 2013 Modification date read only Archived read only Published read only Quit
5. same class e Delete the owner agent is called to delete the posted object Note that no confirmation is required since we select the Delete radio button AND have to click the Execute button 1 5 Errors when Filling the Selection Form Several errors can occur during the editing process Some errors lead too a warning message on top of the form being filled others bring up an error page as shown Fig 6 Figure 6 Error page in case of a bad class reference 2 Calling the Editor from Another Web Page The editor can be invoked from another web page i e from an application Fig 7 show the index page of the NEWS application from which one can invoke the editor for adding or modifying news items adding categories or indexes Jean Paul A Barth sUTC 2014 N296L v1 0 Page 6 UTC GI DI CNRS UMR HEUDIASYC OMAS WEB EDITOR February 2014 This is done by sending an HTTP message to the OMAS server with the proper arguments e g http lt OMAS web server gt editentry create t amp agent ref STEVENS NEWS amp class ref news 20item amp caller index where editentry is the OMAS Editor entry form for external accesses caller specifies the calling page Figure 7 Example of index form from the International News application If one wants to give more information to locate a particular object e g clicking the locate the item link in Fig 8 then one should label the connections as follows http lt OMAS web server gt editentry
6. UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIEGNE Departement de Genie Informatique UMR CNRS 7523 Heudiasyc OMAS WEB EDITOR User Manual Jean Paul Barthes BP 349 COMPIEGNE Tel 33 3 44 23 44 23 Fax 33 3 44 23 44 77 Email barthesQutc fr N296L v1 0 February 2014 UTC GI DI CNRS UMR HEUDIASYC OMAS WEB EDITOR February 2014 Warning The document is a first version of the OMAS Web Editor User Manual Keywords OMAS Web Editor Jean Paul A Barth s OUTC 2014 N296L v1 0 Page 2 UTC GI DI CNRS UMR HEUDIASYC OMAS WEB EDITOR February 2014 Revisions Version Date Author Remarks 1 0 Feb Barthes Draft Jean Paul A Barth sOUTC 2014 N296L v1 0 Page 3 UTC GI DI CNRS UMR HEUDIASYC OMAS WEB EDITOR February 2014 The OMAS editor can be called directly by requesting the edit page from a browser or from within an application 1 Direct Access from a Browser 1 1 Invoking the OMAS Editor The OMAS editor is invoked by typing the following line into a Web browser http lt omas web server gt edit If this is the first time the editor is called during a browser session then the login password window appears Fig 1 S curit de Windows ff Le serveur localhost l adresse HDSRIserver requiert un nom d utilisateur et un mot de passe Avertissement ce serveur requiert que votre nom d utilisateur et votre mot de passe soient envoy s de fa on non s curis e authentification de base sans connexion s curis e
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