List display configuration files

Configuration files maintain display of lists in the application. The configuration files are xml files, and are stored in the conf directory under your Distributed Marketing installation.

Distributed Marketing controls the display of lists through the following XML files:

  • listmanager_tables.xml
  • listmanager_list.xml
  • listmanager_searchScreens.xml

During installation, the XML files are populated with examples that work with the sample data.

Use the following guidelines while editing the configuration files:

  • To add special characters to the listmanager XML files, use Unicode encoding. For example, é must be encoded as U+00E9.
  • To use certain characters in the configuration files, you must use XML entities. For example, by using < as a value breaks the configuration file, as it is part of the XML syntax. You must use the entity for <, which is &lt;.
  • If you update the listmanager XML files (for example if you add new columns or a new list display), you must also update the corresponding properties files (list_language.properties or searchscreen_language.properties).