Apache OFBiz cookbook / Ruth Hoffman.

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Apache Open For Business (OFBiz) is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that provides a common data model and an extensive set of business processes. But without proper guidance on developing performance-critical applications, it is easy to make the wrong design and technology decisions. The power and promise of Apache OFBiz is comprehensively revealed in a collection of self-contained, quick, practical recipes in this Cookbook. This book covers a range of topics from initial system setup to web application and HTML page creation, Java development, and data maintenance tasks. Focusing on a series of the most commonly performed OFBiz tasks, it provides clear, cogent, and easy-to-follow instructions designed to make the most of your OFBiz experience. Let this book be your guide to enhancing your OFBiz productivity by saving you valuable time. Written specifically to give clear and straightforward answers to the most commonly asked OFBiz questions, this compendium of OFBiz recipes will show you everything you need to know to get things done in OFBiz. Whether you are new to OFBiz or an old pro, you are sure to find many useful hints and handy tips here. Topics range from getting started to configuration and system setup, security and database management through the final stages of developing and testing new OFBiz applications. Unlock the power and promise of Apache OFBiz with this comprehensive collection of concise, insightful, and proven recipes, timesaving techniques, and helpful hints.

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:Getting Started; Introduction; Getting the project code; Getting code from the Subversion repository; Fixing IP port collision errors; The JAVA_HOME setting; ""Class Not Found"" errors; Installation verification; SSL verification; Running JUnit tests; Locating a OFBiz Component; Locating an OFBiz Application; Chapter 2:Java Development; Introduction; Java runtime CLASSPATH; Java compile time CLASSPATH; Naming conventions; Writing OFBiz Java Events; Writing OFBiz Java Services

Debugging using the logfileCalling OFBiz Services from a Java program; Getting and validating request parameters (Events); Getting and validating request parameters (Services); Managing error messages; Using Java properties files; Sending e-mail from an OFBiz Event or Service; Handling XML files; Chapter 3:The User Interface; Introduction; Creating HTML web pages; Adding actions to Screen widgets; HTML markup in Screen widgets; CSS styling in Screen widgets; Platform-specific widgets; OFBiz Tree widgets; OFBiz Menu widgets; OFBiz Form widgets; Creating web pages using FreeMarker

Passing Screen widget parameters to FreeMarkerCalling Java methods from FreeMarker; Forcing FreeMarker to render HTML markup; Uploading files in FreeMarker forms; Chapter 4:OFBiz Services; Introduction; Managing existing OFBiz Services; Calling a Service from an HTML form; Calling asynchronous Services from HTML forms; Calling a Service many times from an HTML form; Creating a new Service definition file; Creating a new Service definition; Implementing Services; Defining Service attributes (INPUT/OUTPUT); Service Event Condition Actions; Service groups; Handling Service errors

Writing Groovy ServicesMail Event Condition Actions; Entity Event Condition Actions; Chapter 5:The OFBiz Entity Engine; Introduction; Changing the default database; Connecting to a remote database; Connecting to multiple databases; Creating entity groups; Disabling automatic database checks; Mapping database data types; Creating a new entity model; Modifying an existing entity model; Building a view-entity; Chapter 6:OFBiz Security; Introduction; Securing communications ports; Disabling demonstration user accounts; Protecting OFBiz web pages; Creating user accounts

Protecting applications using security groupsProtecting views (""Tarpitting""); Retrieving forgotten passwords; Changing your password; Adding or changing SSL certificates; OFBiz single sign-on and the external login key; Chapter 7:WebTools; Introduction; Cache maintenance; Changing debug settings; Exporting database data to XML documents; Loading database(s) from XML documents; Managing internationalization labels; Using the SQL processor; Exploring the entity reference tool; Viewing OFBiz usage statistics; Uncovering artifact information; Working with temporal expressions

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