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UploadIt

Available for Purchase in North America via asowsm@opentext.com

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Compatibility

• 7.x
• 9.x
• 10.x

Description

1. Batch image/file upload
2. Compatible with folder authorization packages
3. Easy installation
4. Support sub folders
5. Supports all browsers

Accessibility

• SmartTree, Start -> Administer Project Settings -> Project -> Folders, Action Menu, UploadIt
• SmartEdit, Open page, right click Plugin-ins, UploadIt

ASP to .NET Session Transfer

Generally, there are two ways to transfer ASP sessions to .NET sessions. Also, these methods are not limited to reddot/opentext wsm/cms, but are useful in general day to day coding. Please note that the code illustrations do not take security concerns into consideration, securing session access can be achieved via IIS configuration or addition code checking.

Push Method

session_transfer.asp

<%
Dim sActionPageURL, sContent

sActionPageURL = "http://localhost/cms/plugins/session_store.aspx"
sContent = "?"

For Each Item In Session.Contents
 sContent = sContent & Item & "=" & server.URLencode(Session.Contents(item)) & "&"
Next

'Construct POST Object
set http_obj=server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
http_obj.Open "POST", sActionPageURL , false
http_obj.setRequestHeader "Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
http_obj.send(sContent)

'Display Response
'Response.Write (http_obj.ResponseText)

set http_obj=nothing
%>

session_store.aspx

<%@ Page language="c#" validateRequest="false"%>
<%
    for(int i=0;i<Request.Form.Count;i++)
    {
        Session[Request.Form.GetKey(i)]=Request.Form[i].ToString();
        'Response.Write(Request.Form.GetKey(i));
        'Response.Write("=");
        'Response.Write(Session[Request.Form.GetKey(i)]);
    }
 
    Response.Write(Session.Count);
%>

Rendertag, Project Performance, Product Support

Project performance is closely tied to rendertag usage.  Here are some rendertag usage best practices that should be taken into consideration when implementing a project.

Store:Set( key, val )
This is a rendertag that allows storage of variable, but it is unofficial and unsupported. Should projects experience performance or content output issues while using this rendertag, product support may be denied or delayed due to slow priority since it not a product issue but an implementation issue.

Additionally, upon full site publish or multiple users accessing the same Store value may experience a race condition since everyone is trying to write and read from the same variable.  For example, generated link for Page B links to Page A because the link value was read milliseconds before it was updated.

.Elements.GetElement(), .GetPathArray()
A page object get loaded into memory prior to any page info marshaling/inspection call, wide usage in project cause the server to use up memory much quicker.  Since the memory garbage collector in .NET could not keep up with the clean up, server tend to become unresponsive more often.

Another issue with rendertag and this rendertag in particular is caching.  Content retrieve via rendertag get cached, but the cache do not get update notification upon targeted content change, hence rendertag continues to display old content.  Please note, this issue do not occur if rendertag is used within navigation template.

Foreach and Store
Content retrieved within foreach rendertag will experience caching issue.  Content output within foreach rendertag via Store rendertag will experience race condition upon heavy multiple access.

Find Page By Guid 2

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Compatibility

• 7.x
• 9.x
• 10.x
• 11.x

Description

1. Find page by guid

Accessibility

• In SmartTree, Start -> Administer Project Structure -> Project, Action Menu, Find Page By Guid

Check Multiple Page Connections

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Compatibility

• 7.x
• 9.x
• 10.x
• 11.x

Description

1. Search all page instances of a content classes for pages with multiple page connections
2. Option to fix pages with multiple connections should the connection is not a main link and connected to an anchor

Accessibility

• In SmartTree, Select content class, Action Menu, Check Multi Page Connection

Auto Order Elements 2

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Compatibility

• 7.x
• 9.x
• 10.x
• 11.x

Description

1. Allow user to quickly reorder elements according to element order in page, making edit elements via form more user friendly
2. Allow user to quickly inspect, find, and delete unused elements within content class

Accessibility

• In SmartTree, Select content class, Action Menu, Auto Order Elements