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Creating Objects in Contenta

Contenta objects have different properties (characteristics) depending on their class type. You should consider the object’s properties in relation to how you will use the objects when creating your hierarchy. For instance:

About this task

  • Module objects do not maintain line endings—this means if you check-out a Module object and edit it in Notepad, line endings are not maintained when the object is checked in.
  • Fixed Format objects do maintain spacing and line endings. This means if you want to maintain line endings, you should create Fixed Format objects, not Module objects.
  • Group objects cannot be posted—this means that if a Group object is placed in a ContentRoutingProject or Project and its contents (children) are reordered, the reordering does not post back to the Configuration. Note that the order of the children in a container object are maintained in the container (parent) object’s metadata. So if the container does not get posted, the information it maintains is not posted.
  • Document objects are posted. This means that if you want information that is maintained in the parent object to be posted (such as the order of its children) then you should create a Document container object to be placed in the ContentRoutingProject or Project.

Procedure

  1. In Contenta Explorer, open the container object in the hierarchy display area (left pane) of the window. This is the object under which you want the new object to be located.
  2. Click File > New Object.

    From the drop-down list, click on the type of object you want to create. The list contains only those objects which comply with the containment rules for the database. The Property Sheet for the selected object appears.

  3. In the required Name field, type the object’s name and specify an Access Level if different from the default.
    The Name field has a 49-character limit. The first character must be an alpha character. The following are other valid characters for the Name field.
    A-Z a-z Alpha characters
    0-9 Numeric characters.
    _ Underscore
    - Hyphen
    + Plus sign
    % Percent
    : Colon
    . Period
    , Comma
    ^ Caret
    = Equal sign
    Space
    See the Contenta Support for Encoding Standards in this documentation for complete information about encoding and valid characters for the Name field, and the Contenta Administration User topics for information about security or access levels.
  4. After completing the Property Sheet, click OK to create the new object and exit the property sheet.