WebOffice author (ArcMap extension) > Stack Menu and Wizards

The WebOffice author stack menu Edit Configuration actually does not provide any wizards but it leads directly to the generic edit mode that

•allows you to change/update any configuration property in your WebOffice 10.7 SP1 project configuration

•and provides therefore possibilities for fine tuning the project

When clicking the Edit Configuration button, WebOffice author automatically switches to the EDIT ribbon menu that offers a list of entry points into the WebOffice 10.7 SP1 project configuration. Go through this chapter to see how to work with WebOffice author's generic edit mode in the most efficient way.

WebOffice author stack menu Edit Configuration

Configuration Tree and Configuration Form

Whenever you enter the project configuration at some specific entry point, WebOffice author provides

•the configuration tree on the left side displaying the position of the configuration element in the WebOffice 10.7 SP1 project configuration

•the configuration form on the right side displaying details of the selected configuration element

Note: It is possible to move the parting line between the configuration tree and form by dragging with left mouse button clicked.

Configuration elements can be selected with a left mouse click. By holding the CTRL button it is possible to select multiple elements. Drag and drop elements within the same hierarchical level to quickly change, e.g. the order of result fields, edit fields, etc.

Note: Cut, copy and paste operations also work with multiple objects

Configuration tree on the left, configuration form on the right

The configuration form allows three different ways of input

•text input

•value list
Most frequently used for boolean parameters allowing either "Yes" or "No"

•language specific text input
Language specific parameters can be recognized by the symbol on the right side of the field. WebOffice author will always show the specified Project Language in the configuration form. Access other language values by clicking the symbol.

Note: In order to provide multiple language WebOffice 10.7 SP1 projects, all languages have to be released with the Translations dialog.

Display of language specific parameters in WebOffice author

Configuration Tree Context Menu

Each of the nodes of the configuration tree provides a context menu that gets activated using the right mouse button. Find a detailed description for each of the context menu entries in the table below.

Context menu of the configuration tree

Context menu entry	Description
New	Opens a sub menu where you can choose from all configuration elements you can configure as child element of the currently selected element.
Delete	Deletes the currently selected configuration element including all its sub nodes (children). Note: Deleting a configuration element may cause validation errors if other configuration elements relate to the deleted one.
Reset values	Resets all defined values of the node to the default values. Child nodes are not affected.
Expand	Expands the full configuration sub tree from the selected configuration element onwards. Note: Support for expanding the nodes on the same hierarchical level is given by pressing the CTRL button while clicking on the symbol of a node.
Collapse	Collapses the full configuration sub tree from the selected configuration element onwards. Note: Support for collapsing the nodes on the same hierarchical level is given by pressing the CTRL button while clicking on the symbol of a node.
Cut	Cuts the currently selected configuration element. You can paste this configuration element somewhere else, even in another project. This way you can easily move parts of the project configuration from one project to another. Note: Also use the shortcut CTRL+X.
Copy	Copies the currently selected configuration element. You can paste this configuration element somewhere else, even in another project. This way you can easily move parts of the project configuration from one project to another. Note: Also use the shortcut CTRL+C.
Paste	Pastes the copied or cut configuration element. You can paste this configuration element somewhere else, even in another project. This way you can easily move parts of the project configuration from one project to another. Note: You can only paste copied configuration elements into a node that is able to store the specific type of configuration element, e.g. it is not possible to paste a layer element into the map collection. Note: Also use the shortcut CTRL+V.
Move to top	Moves the currently selected configuration element to the top of the list of elements. Note: Also use the shortcut CTRL+Q.
Up	Moves the currently selected configuration element up one step in the list of elements. Note: Also use the shortcut CTRL+A.
Down	Moves the currently selected configuration element down one step in the list of elements. Note: Also use the shortcut CTRL+S.
Move to bottom	Moves the currently selected configuration element to the bottom of the list of elements. Note: Also use the shortcut CTRL+Y.
Toggle view	Only applicable for elements which contain lists of other elements (sub nodes/children). This view offers the advantage of seeing various property settings of a list of elements at one glance. Editing properties is possible as well. Note: Also use the shortcut CTRL+L. Display result field list after toggle view

WebOffice author context menu

Configuration Documentation

WebOffice author provides detailed documentation for

•the currently selected configuration element

•the edited configuration attribute (parameter)

Note: It is possible to resize the height of the documentation area by moving the mouse button to where the configuration tree control ends and the documentation area starts. The mouse pointer will change and you can resize the height then by using the mouse (drag with left mouse button clicked).

Context documentation; left: configuration element, right: configuration attribute

Support for copying project nodes

The WebOffice author allows to copy nodes of the configuration tree and paste them to other parts of the configuration. It is also possible to copy/paste configuration nodes between differents projects without any validation errors. WebOffice author saves the state of a configuration node (similar to Microsoft Windows Explorer).

By using this function it is possible to prepare some default or template configurations (e.g. often used layer configurations etc.) and copy/paste single nodes to other projects. So the effort for configuring WebOffice 10.7 SP1 projects can be explicitely reduced.

Support for Drag&Drop

WebOffice author supports the Drag & Drop functionality. By using this function it is possible to change very comfortable the order of single configuration nodes using the left mouse button (click and hold).

Support for multi selection

WebOffice author supports selecting multiple configuration nodes, that can be done by using either CTRL + left mouse button or SHIFT + left mouse button. The multi selection can be used in combination with Drag&Drop or multi editing to edit effectively configuration nodes in the generic edit mode of WebOffice author.

Support for multi editing

WebOffice author supports editing multiple configuration nodes at once. By using this functionality it is simply possible to edit several plot templates at once, e.g. if you want to configure the same print scales for all of your templates. This feature reduces the effort of configuration especially for enormous projects.

By selecting several configuration nodes in WebOffice author, the multi editing mode will be enabled automatically. After that the attributes of all selected nodes can be edited at once. If the attributes of the selected nodes have different values, they will be marked as ~~~~ whereas attributes with the same values will show the value itself.

Note: By editing attributes with different values, the original values will get lost and all selected nodes will get the same value for the edited attribute.

Multi editing in generic edit mode (Edit configuration)

Support for filter

WebOffice author supports a comfortable filter line to search for expressions on the main configuration nodes. This filter line is implemented in

•Layer Queries

•Edit Layers

•Tables

•Map View

After having used the filter, only configuration nodes with the filtered search criteria will be shown.

Search criteria 'Points' in filter line for layer queries