JavaScript API

ContentCreator provides a JavaScript API which allows basic control of the client's user interface. For example, it provides functionality to trigger navigation in the preview to a specific page reference or to display a specific report and set its filter parameters.

This API is accessible via the JavaScript object top.WE_API and may be used in scripts provided in the preview's HTML content as well as in JavaScript-providing client plug-ins such as InlineEdit buttons and report items.

The API object provides the following functionality sets:

• Common
  provides basic functionality such as obtaining the current preview element, creating a dialog, showing a simple message box and executing Java code.
• Dialog
  enables configuration, display and control of a ContentCreator dialog with HTML content.
• Preview
  provides functionality to query and control aspects of the ContentCreator preview, such as reloading the entire preview or parts thereof and obtaining parameters set in Multi Perspective Preview.
• Report
  allows display of a report and configuration of its filter parameters with desired settings.