Documentation about Presentation Configurations

Question

Hello, 
 I was wondering if there are any available documentation about : 
 
 Presentation Configurations 
 Command Bar Section 
 Command Bar Item 
 The structure the methods need to have 
 
 Thank you ! 
 AlBer

Christopher Gillis · Answer

Hi AlBer, 
 Outside of the blogs that Aras Labs has written, there's no publicly available documentation outlining the CUI data model. 
 As a general overview of the ItemTypes: 
 
 Presentation Configuration
 
 The top-level CUI Item. Defines how the entire UI looks and can be thought of as having two types 
 Global Presentation Configuration
 
 Defines the default UI 
 Accessible through the TOC under Administration > Configuration > Client Presentation 
 Change this if you want your new UI element to appear everywhere

ItemType Presentation Configuration
 
 Defines UI for a particular ItemType 
 Accessible through the Client Style relationship tab of an ItemType 
 Change this if you want your new UI element to only appear when viewing a specific ItemType

Command Bar Section
 
 Defines a particular section of the UI
 
 e.g. search toolbar, relationship grid shortcuts, TOC context menu, etc.

In general, you will only ever modify existing sections
 
 Look at the Location of the section to see which one you need to modify

Command Bar Item
 
 Defines an individual element of the UI
 
 e.g. buttons, menus, separators, shortcuts, etc.

This is a large topic to cover. I'd recommend looking at the blogs and projects that are tagged with CUI for some additional information and examples. Let me know if you have any specific questions that aren't answered by the existing resources. :) 
 
 Chris 
 Christopher Gillis 
 Aras Las Software Engineer

Christopher Gillis · Answer

Hi AlBer,

Because Aras Innovator is a web application, the methods attached as client events need to be JavaScript. However, it would be possible to contain most or all of your logic inside of a C# method and then call that method from your client method with JavaScript code like below.

aras.applyMethod("Your Method Name", "<your_property>Prop Value</your_property><your_other_property>Prop Value</your_other_property>");

Chris