Custom login forms in xpages?

Question

How do I do a custom login form in xPages? I found this http://www.openntf.org/internal/home.nsf/project.xsp?action=openDocument&name=Xpages%20Dojo%20Login%20Custom%20Control

in openntf. Perhaps it is just me but it seems that the documentation is not real clear. It seems you still need to use an old notes form? If so it is not real clear to me how his form connects to the xpage.

The documentation does not appear to show what the acl should be set to. For example if the acl is set to No Access for anonymous, how does the user get access to the login xpage? There does not appear to be a Public Access property for xpages like there is on a Notes form.

Are there any better examples out there? Perhaps one with a working example?

Answer 1

Basically, the only way you can get a custom login form is through using domcfg.nsf and a FORM that you point to from domcfg.nsf. This form cannot have any webqueryopen/webwquerysave agents either (well, it can - but they do not get triggered).

However, what the openntf mechanism does, is to use an Ajax call to the server that will be met by the same login - and it has two standard fields (username and password). Therefore, the XPages login-form can "talk" to the real (native) form without you seeing it as a user. Of course, in this way the XPage will have to handle the "exceptions" (wrong user/password, lack of access, etc.)

I hope this gives you a clearer picture ;-)

/John