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Templates |
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zeroCode generates a number of HTML
pages for each table that you have included in the schema that you used
for site generation. These pages are called templates, since they include
the HTML that you will see in the browser when you hit your site, the JavaScript
that is automatically generated for validation and nifty things like date
control and, in addition, tags in FreeMarker, an open-source language that
is very effective in separating front-end processing from back-end objects.
Meta-templates are files that zeroCode uses to generate the templates in
the auto-generation sequence. For example, one particular meta-template
- the "List" meta-template - is used to generate all templates for the List
pages for each table. Modifying a meta-template is an easy way to modify
the look and feel of many pages at once. Meta-template modification is not
a very simple task, though, since it includes both run-time template language
and gen-time template language. This can get confusing - make sure you understand
the syntax and that you have a back-up of the meta-template the first few
times you try this!
In most situations, though, you don't need to do this - you can make large-scale
UI changes by editing the templates themselves. Click here
for more help on editing templates and meta-templates. Here are a few details
of templates and meta-templates. |
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Template
control |
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 zeroCode
uses meta-templates to generate templates from UDMs |
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Meta-templates
include control structures and variables |
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Templates
are processed to include data values at run-time via FreeMarker |
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Extensions
like list element access and string and integer operations can be added
easily. |
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Editing
Meta-templates |
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Meta-templates
include |
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Gen-time
FreeMarker |
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Run-time
FreeMarker |
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Gen-time
special variables |
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Pointers
to run-time variables |
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Run-time
HTML and JavaScript. |
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Some Meta-template types:
Add, Browse, Custom, Edit, List, Search, View.
Some template types : Banner, ErrorPage, HomePage, Login, Logout, Menu.
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