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Adding Values to AppData

Procedure

  1. In Contenta Explorer, select Tools > Options > Tool Preferences.
  2. The left pane of the Tools Preferences window contains the names of all desktops in the database.
    DesktopDescription
    Global

    Select when adding AppData that is to be used/configured for all users; the values are shared and only need to be defined once for all users.

    The values for Document Types are stored under the Global desktop.

    Global is the top level parent/desktop for all Contenta desktops including sysadmin; it is not displayed in Contenta Explorer or Contenta Web

    sysadminSelect when adding AppData that is to be used/configured separately for the sysadmin user.
    projman and user desktops by user nameSelect when adding AppData that is to be used/configured separately for the named user.
  3. Click on the appropriate desktop.

    Example:

    When adding the ROOT_ATTRS, select the Global desktop. When adding the SCHEMA_LOCATION for a specific user, select the user’s desktop.

  4. If the Document Types key already exists under the desktop, skip this step.

    After clicking on the desktop, click Insert Key to add the key for Document Types. An Enter Keyname dialog box appears.

    Enter the keyname Document Types, then click OK.

  5. Click on the Document Types key. If you can see that the Document Type already exists under the Document Types key, skip the next two steps.
  6. Click Insert Key.
  7. Insert the Document Type key.

    Example:

    This example shows the key and value for ROOT_ATTRS that is to be added under the Global desktop for the Document Type, Play.
    UserKey PathName
    (Global)/Document Types/PLAYROOT_ATTRS
    Value
    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="M:\Schemas\play.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://

    www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

  8. Select the Document Type key (for example, PLAY), and then click Insert Value.
    An Edit Value window appears.
  9. Enter the Value Name in the Name column—for example, VALIDATION or ROOT_ATTRS (as shown in the example above).
  10. Enter the Value Data (see example below).
    This example below shows the Value Name and Value Data as described in Step 7.
  11. Click OK when done defining the Value Name and Value Data.
    The value is added to AppData.