User Guide

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Returns
An array that contains a concatenated list of all the data sources in the user’s document. Each
element in the array is an object, and each object has the following properties:
■ The title property is the label string that appears to the right of the icon for each parent
node. The
title property is always defined.
■ The imageFile property is the path of a file that contains the icon (a GIF image) that
represents the parent node in Dynamic Data or the Dynamic Text dialog box or in the
Bindings panel. The
imageFile property is always defined.
■ The allowDelete property is optional. If this property is set to a value of false, when
the user clicks on this node in the Bindings panel, the Minus (-) button is disabled. If it is
set to a value of
true, the Minus (-) button is enabled. If the property is not defined, the
Minus (-) button is enabled when the user clicks on the item (as if the property is set to a
value of
true).
■ The dataSource property is the simple name of the file in which the
findDynamicSources() function is defined. For example, the findDynamicSources()
function in the Session.htm file, which is located in the Configuration/DataSources/
ASP_Js folder, sets the
dataSource property to session.htm. This property is always
defined.
■ The name property is the name of the server behavior associated with the data source,
dataSource, if one exists. The name property is always defined but can be an empty string
(
"") if no server behavior is associated with the data source (such as a session variable).
Extension Data Manager functions
The APIs in this section comprise the Extension Data Manager (EDM). You can
programmatically access and manipulate the data that is contained in the group and
participant files by calling these functions. The EDM performs in the following manner:
■ The EDM performs all EDML file input/output for group and participant files.
■ The EDM acts as a server model filter by performing all data requests for the current
server model.
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