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| <h1 style="text-align: center;">Tools HowTo<br>
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| <div style="text-align: center;"><br>
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| <div style="text-align: left;">You can add your own tools easily.
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| Please follow the following steps to create a custom tool. Tools are
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| displayed in the tools menu in the upper right corner of LAM.<br>
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| <br>
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| <h2>Create tool definition class</h2>
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| All tools contain a definition class and a separate PHP page that displays the content itself.<br>
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| First, you need to create a new tool definition class in <span style="font-weight: bold;">lib/tools</span>. The file name does not need to follow any patterns but there must be a class included that implements the <span style="font-weight: bold;">LAMTool</span> interface.<br>
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| <br>
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| Example:<br>
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| <br>
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| <pre>/**</pre>
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| <pre> * Server information</pre>
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| <pre> * </pre>
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| <pre> * @package tools</pre>
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| <pre> */ </pre>
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| <pre>class toolServerInformation implements LAMTool {</pre>
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| <pre>    </pre>
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| <pre>    /**</pre>
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| <pre>     * Returns the name of the tool.</pre>
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| <pre>     * </pre>
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| <pre>     * @return string name</pre>
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| <pre>     */</pre>
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| <pre>     function getName() {</pre>
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| <pre>         return _("Server information");</pre>
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| <pre>     }</pre>
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| <pre>    </pre>
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| <pre>    /**</pre>
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| <pre>     * returns a description text for the tool.</pre>
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| <pre>     * </pre>
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| <pre>     * @return string description</pre>
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| <pre>     */</pre>
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| <pre>    function getDescription() {</pre>
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| <pre>        return _("Information about the LDAP server.");</pre>
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| <pre>    }</pre>
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| <pre>    </pre>
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| <pre>    /**</pre>
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| <pre>     * Returns a link to the tool page (relative to templates/).</pre>
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| <pre>     * </pre>
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| <pre>     * @return string link</pre>
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| <pre>     */</pre>
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| <pre>    function getLink() {</pre>
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| <pre>        return "serverInfo.php";</pre>
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| <pre>    }</pre>
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| <pre>    </pre>
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| <pre>    /** </pre>
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| <pre>     * Returns if the tool requires write access to LDAP.</pre>
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| <pre>     * </pre>
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| <pre>     * @return boolean true if write access is needed</pre>
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| <pre>     */</pre>
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| <pre>    function getRequiresWriteAccess() {</pre>
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| <pre>        return false;</pre>
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| <pre>    }</pre>
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| <pre>    </pre>
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| <pre>    /**</pre>
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| <pre>     * Returns if the tool requires password change rights.</pre>
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| <pre>     * </pre>
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| <pre>     * @return boolean true if password change rights are needed</pre>
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| <pre>     */</pre>
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| <pre>    function getRequiresPasswordChangeRights() {</pre>
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| <pre>        return true;</pre>
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| <pre>    }</pre>
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| <pre>    </pre>
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| <pre>    /**</pre>
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| <pre>     * Returns the link to the tool image (relative to graphics/)</pre>
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| <pre>     *</pre>
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| <pre>     * @return string image URL</pre>
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| <pre>     */</pre>
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| <pre>    function getImageLink() {</pre>
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| <pre>        return 'tree_info.png';</pre>
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| <pre>    }</pre>
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| <pre>    </pre>
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| <pre>    /**</pre>
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| <pre>     * Returns the prefered position of this tool on the tools page.</pre>
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| <pre>     * The position may be between 0 and 1000. 0 is the top position.</pre>
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| <pre>     *</pre>
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| <pre>     * @return int prefered position</pre>
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| <pre>     */</pre>
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| <pre>    function getPosition() {</pre>
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| <pre>        return 600;</pre>
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| <pre>    }</pre>
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| <pre>    </pre>
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| <pre>    /**</pre>
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| <pre>     * Returns a list of sub tools or an empty array.</pre>
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| <pre>     * </pre>
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| <pre>     * @return array list of subtools (LAMTool)</pre>
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| <pre>     */</pre>
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| <pre>    function getSubTools() {</pre>
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| <pre>        return array();</pre>
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| <pre>    }</pre>
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| <pre>    </pre>
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| <pre>    /**</pre>
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| <pre>     * Returns if the tool is visible in the menu.</pre>
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| <pre>     *</pre>
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| <pre>     * @return boolean visible</pre>
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| <pre>     */</pre>
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| <pre>    function isVisible() {</pre>
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| <pre>        return true;</pre>
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| <pre>    }</pre>
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| <pre>    </pre>
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| <pre>    /**</pre>
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| <pre>     * Returns if a tool may be hidden by configuration in the LAM server profile.</pre>
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| <pre>     * </pre>
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| <pre>     * @return boolean hideable</pre>
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| <pre>     */</pre>
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| <pre>    function isHideable() {</pre>
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| <pre>        return true;</pre>
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| <pre>    }</pre>
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| <pre>    </pre>
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| <pre>}</pre>
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| The functions are quite self-descriptive.<br>
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| LAM Pro provides multiple access levels. The functions <span style="font-weight: bold;">getRequiresWriteAccess()/getRequiresPasswordChangeRights()</span> can restrict the visibility of the tool.<br>
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| You will also need a logo for your tool. This can be any image in the folder <span style="font-weight: bold;">graphics</span>.<br>
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| Sometimes you may want to create a submenu to group multiple tools. This is possible by using the function <span style="font-weight: bold;">getSubTools()</span>. It returns a list of LAMSubTool objects.<br>
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| <h2>Create the tool page</h2>
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| Each tool definition provides the path to its tool page with the function <span style="font-weight: bold;">getLink()</span>. The tool page can be any PHP page inside the directory <span style="font-weight: bold;">templates</span>.<br>
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| This is all that you need to create your own tool for LAM. :)<br>
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