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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I'm consolidating a number of questions I posted last week with the hope of learning some answers...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Here's what I am trying to setup and what has spawned all these questions...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The directory structure of the site is 5 levels deep. I have a template with a content area in the middle. This content area is defined by an XML schema. The template is consistent down dir levels but the format of the content area will change. The same content type could be used at each level - the information displayed in the content area will vary depending on the level. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1) From the example posted on the mailing list, XML content uses the template-element property to determine its display page. However, if I have multiple types of content in a single directory, how can I direct one type to display with one page and another to display with a different page? Is the use of template-elements hard coded? Is it possible to configure the template-elements property on-the-fly so that it can be controlled programmatically? For example, I'd like to determine the template-elements value based on the depth of the content file in the directory tree (I realize that the template-element could be set on each directory level, but there are a lot of directories and I'd like to have more control and flexibility if possible).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2) Create a content schema, create several items based on the schema, then add more fields to the schema. New items of that type will have the new fields. Editing older items will not show the new fields. Is there any way to automatically bring older items up-to-date with a modified schema? Is this a bug with content schemas (since the link to the schema is in the controlcode, the form should be able to update automatically on edit)?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3) Can default values be assigned to properties of directories/content when they are created? Is it possible to set this up programmatically? For example, always set the template-element property of a new directory to X or always set the custom property of a type of content to Y.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">4) Is it possible to setup dropdown selections in form-based content?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">5) Is it possible to setup validation on form-based content? For example, values range or formatting.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">thx</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">andy</FONT>
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