Files required to create an identifier screen

This topic lists the files needed to create an identifier screen.

Every screen has the following files:

HTML files: These files are present in the templates folder. It contains a hierarchical representation of the widgets on the UI.
<screen_name>.js files: Define the behavior logic for the screen.
Init and BehaviorController js files: Contain information about the init and behavior mashups.
<screen_name>BehaviourController.XML and <screen_name>InitController.xml files.

In addition to the files required for a normal screen, an identifier screen requires an ExtnIdentifier XML file.

The HTML files for the variants of an identifier screen are placed in separate folders, each corresponding to an unique identifier, inside the Identifiers folder.

The HTML files required for an identifier screen can be categorized into two types:

Base or widget repository HTML file
- This file contains widgets that are common to all identifiers or UI variants of an identifier screen.
- This file contains a flat list of all the form widgets that are used in an identifier screen and the ContentPane container widget defined with repeating binding.
- The Array or Object properties like widget binding must be defined in this file for a widget as they cannot be defined in the identifier HTMLs. An identifier screen refers to the widgets defined in this HTML and consequently their properties.
Identifier or layout HTML files
- These HTML files contain the final UI that is displayed on the browser. In this file, the widgets are arranged in the required hierarchical manner.
- Form widgets can not be directly created here. They must be referred from the widget repository HTML file. However, new layout widgets such as ContentPane and TitlePanes can be added to group the form widgets.
- In this HTML, widgets use an unique identifier to refer to the widgets defined in the widget repository. When an identifier screen loads in the browser, the UI that corresponds to the unique identifier is resolved and displayed.
- All properties of widget repository are applicable to an identifier screen by default. Additionally, simple properties (number, boolean, string) such as hide and label can be overridden at the identifier level. The properties directly defined for an identifier take precedence over properties referred from the widget repository.