Using CAI XML Layout Fragments

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Hi there,
we have multiple pages that have some parts in common.
I would like to factor these “common parts” out in order to have a single source (reducing maintenance and implementation costs)

Are there any possibilities out of the box?
Can we use some XML References?
I tried XInclude, it kind of worked, do you have any suggestions?

best regards,
Matthias

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One solution is to use Frames. We use CIS Subpages to do this.

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Hi Matthias,

“custom controls” may of interest as well. With a custom control you define a composition of controls once - and re-use the control with several screens.

Example: think about an area to display/input an address. Of course you can insert the composition of LABEL/FIELD/etc…


<rowarea>
   <itr>
        <label>
        <field>
   </itr>
   ...
</rowarea>

…into every screen that deals with an address - but it is much smarter to define this composition as custom control!

Martin