How to Use this Chapter

This chapter describes each of WebObject's dynamic elements and gives working examples of their use. To learn how to use a particular element, click its name in the table of contents to display the declaration page. For example, WOHyperlink's declaration page looks like this:

WOHyperlink

Synopsis
WOHyperlink{action=aMethod | href=aURL | pageName=aString; [string=aString;] [disabled=YES|NO;] ...};

Description
WOHyperlink generates a hypertext link in an HTML document.

action
An action invocation to WebObjects.

href
Specifies a hypertext URL that's external to WebObjects.

string
Specifies the text displayed for the anchor -- the text between <A> and </A>. Optional Field.

disabled
If evaluates to YES, the content string is displayed, but the hyperlink is not active.

pageName
Specifies the WebObjects page name to return when the anchor is clicked on.

Examples

The major sections of the declarations page contain this information:

Synopsis lists the element's various attributes. (Square brackets surrounding an attribute indicate that it is optional. Attributes separated by the "|" are mutually exclusive.)
Description starts with a functional description of the element as a whole, and then details each of its attributes.
Examples provides one or more links to sample programs that use this element. Each example lets you examine the three source files associated with dynamic elements: the HTML template, the declarations file, and the script file.