ATK Howtos

Below is a list of Howto's on different subjects.

Nodes Using the atkMetaNode Custom (record) actions Using modifiers Including modifiers when extending nodes add functions (pre/post/...) to an existing node Using custom action handlers User-interface Themes Custom Templates for Forms Ajax Javascript Record locking Using descriptors Ordering attributes within a node Statusmessages using atkFeedback Creating a record archive Hide an empty module Adding a global search box Prototype window Adding a printable view Add custom icon images to left menu Creating custom menus Controlling the contents of a column Displaying content on left, right and top section of node view/edit Wikifing help links Create a revision archive for field values Add javascript to recordActions Default or Calculated Dependee Attributes Adding a favicon Grouping Grouping attributes Grouping attributes into tabs Grouping attributes with addFieldSet Grouping attributes into two columns (ATK 6.2 - 6.3) Grouping attributes into two columns (ATK 6.4) I18N (Internationalization and localization) Controlling On Screen Text and Help Localization (incomplete) Renaming 'add' and 'select' links in relations Making applications with UTF-8 support Security Roles-Based Security Attribute Level Security Record Level Security Use atkGetUser() outside nodes/modules Bypass Login and Set Guest Privileges Using LDAP to authenticate users Adding a custom authentication module Open user registration Create security listener Testing Writing tests Using a test database Using atkMockDb Using atkMockSecurityManager Front-end Using the atkFrontController Search Using atkSmartSearch

Attributes Conditional Validates Custom Validation Logic Ordering attributes within a node Attribute Level Security Creating custom attributes Various Attribute Flags for various users (different privileges) Using a preAdd trigger on a hidden attribute Adding custom buttons to atkFckAttribute Using the UBB code editor plugin with the atkFckAttribute Usage without DB I/O + Polymorphism atkDateTimeNewAttribute Attribute dependency callbacks Relations Filter the items in an atkManyToOneRelation Creating a polymorphic 1:1 relation Refreshing the parent node when a child changes Using multiple columns to display values from an atkManyToOneRelation Database Database Access Using multiple databases Primary Keys and ATK Prepared Statements Reports Basic HTML Reports Workflow Use a workflow on a node Performance Increase performance on nodes with millions of records ATK and Caching Console Using atkConsoleController for console/shell coding in ATK Documents Assigning custom variables to a document template Miscellaneous Polymorphism Turning on debugging at runtime Using atkActionListener to capture action events Image processing with the atkFileAttribute Traversing files and directories Using multiple applications from single atk directory Editing files with the atkFileEditor Creating fields on the fly with Scriptaculous and Prototype Creating a custom confirmation message Validating an email address Overload Classes Building wizards using atkWizard Adding and using configuration settings Error handling

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