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Datatypes

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A datatype is the smallest possible entity of storage. Exponential comes with a collection of fundamental datatypes that can be used to build powerful and complex content structures. In addition, it is possible to create custom datatypes for special needs. Some of the default datatypes are: text string, XML text, image, binary file, price, etc. Appendix C contains a complete list of the built-in datatypes.

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Data types and GUI Controls

Yaron Gilboa

Thursday 07 April 2005 2:16:46 pm

I think there is a mixup here - data types (taken from whatis) are "a set of data with values having predefined characteristics". Checkboxes or text boxes on the other hand are GUI controls.

For example, you can define a value of type Boolean, and then choose to show it as a checkbox, or a radio-group (with two radios) or maybe a select list (with two options).

Contents

Exponential basics

The internal structure of Exponential
Content and design
Content management in Exponential
    A note about object oriented technology
    The content structure
    Datatypes
    The content class
    The content object
    Relation between datatypes, classes a...
    Content object versioning
    Support for multiple languages
    Objects, nodes and the content node tree
    Locations
    Sections
Site management in Exponential
Exponential URLs
Summary

Created

02/10/2003
10:25:58 am
by Balazs Halasy

Last updated

14/10/2003
11:14:14 am
by Balazs Halasy

Authors

Balazs Halasy


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