Creating Objects
One of the features of the ECM Developer plug in is creating new Folders, Documents and Custom Objects. There are different ways the object creation wizard can be started:
- With the New command of the context menu when an Object Store or a Folder is selected in the Object Stores view or the Object Store Favorites View.
- With the standard Eclipse New wizard by using the File > New > Other command, and after that selecting the desired item in the Content Engine category.
- If the Content Engine perspective is selected then there is a shortcut to the different items under the File > New menu.
- For documents there is an extra option. A specific file in the Workspace can be added using the Content Engine > Add to Object Store command of the context menu of the file. In this case the name of the file is the default document title.
On the first page of the creation wizard the parent must be selected. If the wizard was started from the context menu of a Object Store or a Folder then this wizard page is already pre-populated with the selection:
It is possible to select an Object Store as parent when a Document or Custom Object is created. In that case the resulting object will be created unfiled. If the wizard is finished at this point the default class will be used for the object to be created.
On the second page of the wizard the class of the new object can be selected:
For Folders and Custom Objects this is the last wizard page. For Documents there are two more pages left. If the wizard is finished at this time a major version Document with no content will be created.
On the next page the content of the document can be set. If the wizard was started from the content menu of a file in the Workspace then the this wizard page is already pre-populated with the selected file:
On the final wizard page some additional details can be specified:
When the creation wizard is finished the properties editor is opened. In this editor the properties of the new object can be edited and the required properties can be given a value. If this editor is saved then the new object will be created.