Developing User Interfaces 

Purpose

Flexible UI and Web Dynpro are technologies that enable the creation and adaptation of of the Knowledge Managment UI.

Flexible UI

The flexible UI technology offers capabilites to adapt the existing UI. It allows you to:

·        Change the contents and appearance of the browser iView and Details dialog box by implementing resource, collection and property renderers.

The browser iView allows users to navigate through repositories and perform operations on resources using commands offered in the the Details dialog box. The flexibility to change the appearance of the iView and availability of commands is achieved with the functions of the renderer and layout service packages. They make it possible to adapt the appearance, behavior and complexity to suit different individuals or groups.

For more information, see the tutorial sdn.sap.com/sdn/developersguide.sdn  ®  NDG SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Edition ® IT-Scenario-Driven Enhancements to Applications ®  Enterprise Knowledge Management -® Technical Articles  ® Knowledge Management Articles ®  How to Implement Flexible UI Components.

●      Change the content and appearance of browser iViews using components called Ready Mades.
Readymades simplify development work because they are already predefined and can be integrated in renderers for collections, resources and poperties.

For more information, see the tutorial sdn.sap.com/sdn/developersguide.sdn  ®  NDG SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Edition  ® Developing Applications in line with IT Scenarios ® Enterprise Knowledge Management  ® Technical Articles ®  Knowledge Management Articles ® Using Flexible UI Ready-Mades.

●      Include confirmation screens for actions associated with ICommand or IMassCommand objects.
The adaptatation of the screen flow is restricted to the confirmation screens and is therefore called One-Step-Screenflow.

Note that flexible UI is not designed for the creation and adaptation of screenflow.

For more information, see the tutorial sdn.sap.com/sdn/developersguide.sdn  ®  NDG SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Edition  ® Developing Applications in line with IT Scenarios ® Enterprise Knowledge Management  ® Technical Articles ® Knowledge Management Articles ® Implementing Flexible UI One-Step Screenflow..

Web Dynpro

The creation of a new UI and corresponding screenflow is possible with Web Dynpro technology. You can develop a new Knowledge Managment component as a Web Dynpro application and define the UI and screenflow using the capabilities of Web Dynpro.

For more information, see www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/developersguide  ®  NDG SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Edition ® Developing Applications in line with IT Scenarios ®  Enterprise Knowledge Management  ® Library  ®  Tutorial on Using Knowledge Management Functions in Web Dynpro.