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Last Post 04/03/2009 11:45 PM by Peter Donker. 5 Replies.
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Thierry Lach
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07/08/2008 5:19 PM

I haven't been able to find any documentation on the API.  Does any exist (or am I just missing it)?

Peter Donker
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07/09/2008 12:41 AM
No there isn't. This forum was created to aleviate the pressure. A full API documentation is not viable for DMX (yet).
Peter
Bryan Beswick
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10/03/2008 3:17 AM
What functionality does the API support? For instance, I want to be able to:
1) Allow users to apply a 5-star rating for each document
2) Post many comments about the documents (I want to build a site like Amazon.com but with files rather than books)
3) Modify the contents of the details pane
4) Add a download button to each line in the file grid (so simple users know how to download without having to figure-out that they need to right-click)
5) Add the composite star-rating and number of comments to the line of each file
6) Add a textural description of each file that appears in the listing (not just the name of the file appears on the line, but also the full description (if it was entered))
7) Allow users to "tag" each file indicating what categories / sub-categories they believe the document should belong in

Does the API support this? If not, do you (or someone else) offer custom-developed add-ons for the product that would?
Peter Donker
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10/03/2008 9:36 AM
Hi Bryan,

1. This is not part of the core functionality or API. But you can get a document and add/change the attributes it has. Create your own attribute and you can add this to it.
2. Like the above. Note that I do have a plan to implement this feature and the above feature.
3. Yes, this is quite possible. If you have the partial src you can even change the ascx of the details pane plus the code behind. But through a correct entry in DMX_Extensions you can add another tab to the document as well.
4. Partial will give access to all code behind of UI files. Note that a fully templatable UI is coming out soon which includes download links to documents.
5. See 4. You could add this yourself in the UI.
6. See above. Note you might have to adjust widths etc to make things fit on screen. I think you'll like the new templatable UI though.
7. Core functionality for those with edit rights. If you want to open it up to others then that's another matter.

Sounds like you're working on an exciting project. I'd be happy to help out when needed. Send me an email at peter@bring2mind.net for further details.

Peter
Bryan Beswick
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04/02/2009 8:02 PM

Peter,

I am ready to implement the collaborative features in the previous list.  In particular, I need to implement star ratings for each document and commentary for each.  I would like to also implement a user-contributed tag cloud concept but that may be too complicated for the first go-around.

I would like to pay someone to develop a plug-in to accomplish this but am not certain who to contact.  Do you develop custom plug-ins or can you direct me to someone who can?

Peter Donker
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04/03/2009 11:45 PM
Hi Bryan,

I do, indeed. Contact me by email (peter at bring2mind dot net) and we'll work out a quote.

Peter
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