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Old 01-05-2008, 09:47 AM
ashwken ashwken is offline
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Originally posted by ashwken
The type of Template that you create should be based on what you want displayed in the Detail Pane for the Item.
Armstrong,

This is what you need to understand.

If you want the Detail Pane for an Item to display a data file (image, pdf, html...) then that Item must be based on the Document Template (or a user created Template that is based on the Document Template).

If you want the Detail Pane for an Item to display Text (either Rich Text or Plain Text, something that is editable) then that Item must be based on the Text Template (or a user created Template that is based on the Text Template).

Yes, you can place the URL Attribute on a Form, and you can assign that Form to a Text-based Template (Book), and you can even paste a URL value into the URL field on the Form, but that is NOT going to effect what is displayed in the Detail Pane "viewer area" for the Item - this is controlled by the type of Template that was used to create the Item.

In your particular case, you want to display a pdf file in the "viewer area" of the Detail Pane, for this to happen you need to create a Template based on the Document Template. It sounds like you have already created a Form called Book, assign this Form to the new Document Template you just created - then see the discussion upthread about Child Default Template assignment.

It might also help to examine the Primary Attribute value for the default UR Templates, this might shed some light on this issue.

Yes, you can re-assign a Template to an already existing Item, this is examplified in the screen shots provided, but the point of the screen shots was to show that the Templates available for re-assignment are all of the same type as the Item that has focus.

I'll try and answer your other questions later.

Last edited by ashwken; 01-05-2008 at 09:50 AM.
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