Adding custom comments support

The ability for users to add their own comments and view the comments of others is a powerful collaboration and information sharing mechanism. Out-of-the-box, enabling comments is easy to configure and use. But, the power and flexibility of the CommentsBlox capabilities allow developers to customize the use of commenting. Below are a couple of examples of potential customizations that can further enhance your applications using CommentsBlox.

Note: For details about the syntax and usage of CommentsBlox, see CommentsBlox Tag Reference.

Sometimes, users may prefer to be able to add comments about a particular topic or a particular analytic view without having to associate those comments with a particular data cell. This can easily be accomplished using the CommentsBlox tags and server-side Java™ API. Under the Commenting on Data section of the Blox Sampler application, the General Comments on a Page example shows an example of allowing general comments, appearing below a grid, to be added and viewed in a separate comments window.

Users may also want to be able to print out all of the comments associated with a particular grid. The Printing Comments in a Grid example, included in the Commenting on Data section of Blox Sampler , includes a button which will open a new browser window and display all of the comments in the grid.