Reference
Every tag with its attributes, and the complete API documentation of the framework.
Manuals and examples
The framework manuals as PDF.
Quickstart
Describes the steps necessary to start using Common Controls.
PDFEvents and callback methods
Describes the events generated by the controls and how to implement a callback method in the action class.
PDFLanguage support
Describes how to build applications that support internationalization.
PDFSecurity
Describes how to configure permissions for controls and how to use the principal object.
PDFAJAX support
Describes the AJAX support of the Common Controls.
PDFCustomizing the DefaultPainter
Describes how to adapt the DefaultPainter to an alternative style sheet.
PDFBean access
Describes how a control is stored in the session and referenced from the JSP page – as a bean of its own or as a property of one.
PDFSetting up the development environment
Installing the Sun JDK, Tomcat, Eclipse and the Tomcat plugin, plus importing the sample application.
PDFResourceFactory
Describes how to create resources for the DefaultPainter, such as buttons and style sheets. Version 1.7 is available to customers free of charge in the customer area.
Guided Tours as PDF
The same tours for printing. Interactively they live with the respective control element.
ListControl
Build a table with paging, sorting and action columns.
PDF · 10 stepsTreeControl
Build a tree with nodes loaded on demand and context actions.
PDF · 8 stepsTreeListControl
Combine tree and table in a single control element.
PDF · 6 stepsTabSetControl
Create tabs and nest them across several levels if needed.
PDF · 7 stepsMenuControl
Configure a menu, its submenus and the breadcrumb trail.
PDF · 10 stepsForm Tags
Search, display and edit forms with validation.
Painter resources
Colour values and image keys of the bundled painters – the basis for implementing your own corporate design.
Color palette DefaultPainter
Every colour of the standard design and how it maps to the building blocks.
Color paletteColor palette DefaultPainter2
The same system in the second style variation.
ResourceCardResourceCard DefPainter
Colour and image keys a custom resource map can override.
ResourceCardResourceCard Def2Painter
Colour and image keys of the second style variation.
ResourceCardResourceCard GlobalPainter
The common basis shared by all painters.
ResourceCard
ResourceCard HTMLPainter
Image keys for plain output without a design of its own.
Technologies and standards
Websites covering the technologies and standards Common Controls builds on.