XTIVIA BLOG
Migrating Liferay SDK to Maven – Dependencies
The liferay-plugin-package.properties file is used to list dependencies from the portal's jars. At deployment time, Liferay will copy the listed jars from the portal's WEB-INF/lib directory to the artifact's WEB-INF/lib directory. Defining dependency jars this way reduces...
Rapid UI Development using AngularJS
AngularJS has been around for some time and has proven itself to be a framework that is here to stay. While there is a lot of promise (pun intended!) and speculation around the AngularJS 2.0 release, the 1.x releases have stabilized quite a bit. Checkout this blog from a...
Liferay, SAML and multiple virtual hosts
Once upon a time... Sometimes a new project becomes a challenge. That’s the interesting part of software development; otherwise, this job would not be as special as it is! And the reason could not only be the technology you have to use, or the specific requirements you have,...
Okta – Liferay integration using SAML 2.0
For those of you that do not know what Okta is, an okta is a unit of measurement used to describe the amount of cloud cover at any given location such as a weather station. Isn't that cool? I didn't know that there was a unit of measurement for that! Anyway, that it not the...
Liferay 6.2 Theme Development Tips: Speeding Up the Work
The basic process of Liferay 6.2 Theme development involves creating a new theme, make changes to it, and deploy. It’s really a simple process; however. the only drawback to this process is that every time you make any changes to a theme, you will need to deploy it to see the...
InforCRM / SalesLogix Client-side Validation
In most case I try to do the validation for InforCRM form input on the server side. This is generally easier to implement (sometimes a lot easier), more reliable, and the performance is usually close (sometimes even better, if there are a lot of queries involved, as each one...
Customizing the Activity Form on InforCRM / SalesLogix
In InforCRM 8 the activity editor has been completely reworked to be entirely Javascript based. Although this brought a little bit of pain as none of the previous customizations carried over, and there wasn't a whole lot of documentation available, it's a big improvement over...
AngularJS i18n Example
Sometimes we need a mobile app to be internationalized when we use AngularJS. AngularJS supports i18n/l10n for date, number and currency filters. If we want to change something as simple as a literal, we will have to do something else. To do this there are several possible...
New Group Options Available in InforCRM/SalesLogix v8.1 CU03
Version 8.1 CU03b of Infor CRM / SalesLogix introduced some really handy group options. Columns setting Hide extended group list on record selection Stay In Detail View on Lookup Display Extended Group list on Lookup These options can be accessed when you are on the...
Introduction to Using the PowerShell Command Line for DB2 on Windows
A lot of DB2 LUW DBAs spend significantly more time working with DB2 on Linux and UNIX than they do working with DB2 on Microsoft Windows. This can lead to frustration when administering DB2 on Windows. Using a PowerShell command line for DB2 instead of a DB2 Command Window can...