[opencms-dev] Admin-Tools development: Why the property admintoolhandler-arg contain the path

[Michael Moossen]

Hi, Sebastian!

> i'm currently developing a new tool for the administration view and 
> successfully created a list and a simple add / edit dialog
congratulations!

> I think(!) i understand why it is used 
> (to structure the modules and create the breadcrumb)
you are right

> but i haven't yet 
> found the advantage of using this property instead of "real" path's 
> consisting of vfs-folders.
the advantage is simple, you do not need to bother about the vfs folder
structure.
if you want to take the vfs folder structure as base for your tool-paths, just
omit this parameter. 

HTH
-- 
Regards
Michael Moossen

Alkacon Software GmbH - The OpenCms Experts
http://www.alkacon.com


Quoting Sebastian Himberger <sebastian.himberger at gmx.de>:

> Hi Devs,
> 
> i'm currently developing a new tool for the administration view and 
> successfully created a list and a simple add / edit dialog. I'm trying 
> to understand the concept to (eventually) write down a small howto after 
> i'm done. One thing that confuses me is the "path:" entry in the 
> admintoolhandler-args property. I think(!) i understand why it is used 
> (to structure the modules and create the breadcrumb), but i haven't yet 
> found the advantage of using this property instead of "real" path's 
> consisting of vfs-folders. Could you please point me into the right 
> direction? I haven't looked into the source too much because if have 
> just started to work on the project, so maybe i'm missing some 
> fundamental point.
> 
> Any other hint's about tool development are greatly appreciated. So far 
> i've found those links useful (for anybody who has the similar problems):
> 
> * http://www.opencms-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t=887
> * http://mail.opencms.org/pipermail/opencms-dev/2005q3/018774.html
> * http://mail.opencms.org/pipermail/opencms-dev/2005q3/018916.html
> 
> Thanks very much in advance
> 
> best regards
> Sebastian
> 
> 
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