[forge-dev] [Need Help to do some updates on my forge folder to get scaffold customized]

[Richard Kennard]

Ahmed,

Yes - much of what you want to accomplish can be done by writing a custom WidgetBuilder (see 
http://metawidget.org/doc/reference/en/html/ch02s04.html#section-architecture-widgetbuilders-implementing-your-own) and then modifying 
metawidget-entity.xml to hook it in. You may also modify the /resources/scaffold/faces templates (create.xhtml, search.xhtml etc).

The hard part is how to actually *get at* these files to modify them. This has been an outstanding issue for some time. Lincoln can we make a New Years 
resolution to get some movement on this? https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGEPLUGINS-68

For now you probably need to repackage your own plugin.

Regards,

Richard.

On 3/01/2013 8:05 AM, Lincoln Baxter, III wrote:
> Hello Ahmed,
>
> Welcome to the list.
>
> At first glance, it seems that you should be able to do this relatively simply by modifying the metawidget XML configuration, and perhaps providing your 
> own generation class, but I will need to defer you to Richard Kennard, the author of Metawidget, since he will know the answer (and hopefully be able to 
> tell you how to proceed without too much trouble on his part.)
>
> I am not too knowledgeable about this part of Forge. I've also copied a few people who might be able to give advice with their experience writing custom 
> scaffolds.
>
> ~Lincoln
>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 6:19 AM, Ahmed ELJABIRI <a.eljabiri at gmail.com <mailto:a.eljabiri at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Ahmed
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Lincoln Baxter, III
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> "Simpler is better."