Defines a container block grouping blocks together.

The Container extraction rule groups XML elements with same characteristics under a unique container XML element. This container element can be processed by a specific user-defined XSL style sheet.
For example, buttons webized via the Command extraction rule can be grouped as a menu and moved where required, or labels and fields composing a form can be grouped together and displayed in a frame.

Property Type Category Description
Comment String configuration Describes the object comment to include in the documentation report.
This property generally contains an explanation about the object.
Container layout XMLRectangle configuration Defines the screen zone in which the container has to be displayed.
This property allows to move the created container element to a specific area of the screen. The created block will be created with the specified screen zone values as positioning attributes.
The screen area is defined through four coordinates:

• x (area left corner),
• y (area upper corner),
• w (area width),
• h (area height).

All values are given in characters, with the upper left corner being (x=0, y=0). -1 represents an undefined value.
These positioning attributes have to be handled by the XSL template rule that displays the container.
Is active boolean configuration Defines whether the extraction rule is active.
Is final boolean configuration Defines if the extraction is final, i.e. whether pending extraction rules should try to match on the current extraction rule matching blocks.

If set to true, once the rule applies on a matching block, Convertigo doesn’t apply the following rules on this block. This can be used to prevent a block from being modified by other rules.
Mashup event String configuration Defines mashup events dispatched on click.
Mashup events can be of two types:

• Calling directly a transaction or a sequence in Convertigo,
• Launching an event in Mashup Composer.

Mashup event property allows to define a combination of one direct call to a Convertigo transaction or sequence and/or one launch of Mashup Composer event. Filling this property adds a mashup_event attribute to the block, containing the previous combination in a JSON syntax of one of the following formats:

• {"requestable":{"__transaction":"<transaction name>","__connector":"<connector name>"}} for a transaction call only,
• {"requestable":{"__sequence":"<sequence name>"}} for a sequence call only,
• {"event":"<event name>"} for a mashup event only,
• {"requestable":{"__transaction":"<transaction name>","__connector":"<connector name>"},"event":"<event name>"} for a transaction call and a mashup event,
• {"requestable":{"__sequence":"<sequence name>"},"event":"<event name>"} for a sequence call and a mashup event.

This mashup_event attribute and its content have to be handled by the XSL file applying at the end of the transaction to generate a real Convertigo call and/or Mashup Composer event on click on the displayed object.
XML tag String configuration Defines the container element XML tag name (default: container).
In order to be processed by XSL template rule, this element should have a specific tag name. This property allows to configure the XML tag name of the created element.
Attributes int selection Defines the presentation attributes on which the rule applies, i.e. the rule applies on blocks matching these presentation attributes.
This property allows to configure the rule so that it applies only to parts of screens having specific attributes, for example green text on black background.
Presentation attributes to configure are :

• Color: Foreground color, Background color, to choose in a list of predefined colors or “not to take into account”.
• Decoration: bold, reverse, underlined, blink, for each decoration choose between “with the decoration”, “normal” (i.e. without the decoration), or “not to take into account”.
Screen zone XMLRectangle selection Defines the screen zone on which the rule applies, i.e. the rule applies on blocks completely contained in this screen area.
This property allows to configure the rule so that it applies only to areas of screens. All blocks found within the specified perimeter are matching this screen zone and can be processed by the rule.
The screen area is defined through four coordinates:

• x (area left corner),
• y (area upper corner),
• w (area width),
• h (area height).

All values are given in characters, with the upper left corner being (x=0, y=0).
-1 represents an undefined value: (x=-1, y=-1, w=-1, h=-1) is an undefined area representing the whole screen, i.e. all blocks, whatever their coordinates, are matching this screen zone and can be processed by the rule.
Type String selection Defines, using a regular expression, to which block types the rule applies.
For example, if set to:

• static, the rule applies to blocks of static type only.
• static | field, the rule applies to blocks of static or field type only.
• [^field], the rule applies to all but field type blocks.

Notes:

• For more information about regular expression patterns, see the following page: http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html.
• To test regular expressions, you can use the regular expression tester at the following URL: http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascriptexample.html.