Instances in WebDAV Enabled Collection

The Tamino X-Plorer can display the contents of the WebDAV enabled collection ino:dav.

Start of instruction setTo display the content of the ino:dav collection

  1. From the Tools menu, choose Options and uncheck the Hide system collection checkbox under the General tab.

    The ino:dav collection is displayed in the Navigation Tree.

  2. Expand the ino:dav collection and select an instance to view it in the X-Plorer.

Note:
Currently, displaying a folder in the ino:dav collection that has white-space character(s) in its name is not supported. An error message is displayed if such a situation occurs.

Furthermore, the following actions are possible with instances in the ino:dav collection:


Checkout and Checkin of Instances

You can check out instances of the ino:dav collection and subsequently check them back in. Instances that can currently be checked out are marked with the graphics/webdav_checkout.png icon. Instances that can currently be checked in, i.e. instances that previously have been checked out, are marked with the graphics/WebdavCheckedOutResource.gif icon.

Start of instruction setTo check out an instance of the ino:dav collection

  1. Select the instance to be checked out, open the context menu and choose Checkout (graphics/checkout.png) from the context menu to open a File Save dialog box.

  2. Select the path where the checked out instance is to be saved and choose the Save button.

    The selected instance is saved to the specified location, and the corresponding instance icon changes to graphics/checkedout.png.

Start of instruction setTo check in an instance into the ino:dav collection

  1. Make the desired changes to the file that previously has been checked out.

  2. Select the instance, open the context menu and choose Checkin graphics/checkin.png from the context menu.

    The selected instance is checked in, using the file that is located at the previously checked out location. The instance icon changes to graphics/webdav_checkout.png.

Version History

You can view the version history of the instances in the ino:dav collection. Also, you can download a specific version of a selected instance.

Start of instruction setTo view the version history of an instance in the ino:dav collection

  1. Select an instance, open the context menu and choose Version List from the context menu.

    The WebDAV Version History dialog box is displayed:

    graphics/version_history.png

    The dialog box shows the URL of the selected instance. It also displays the versions of the instance that are available, the last date modified of the particular version, as well as any related comment.

Start of instruction setTo download a specific version of an instance in the ino:dav collection

  1. In the WebDAV Version History dialog box, select the row containing the version of the instance that is to be downloaded, and choose the Download button.

    A File Save dialog box is displayed.

  2. Select the path where the specified version of the instance is to be saved and choose the Save button.

Note:
Modifying and updating plain text documents in WebDAV is possible as normal instances.