5.1Managing documents
In cmsWorks content is stored in documents of several types. A document type defines the purpose of documents of this type and also the number and types of input fields that are needed. A user with administration privileges can change them while the system is running.
A document type has a view name, a database name and an ID. Each field of the document type has a view name, a database field name and a field type.
The administration of document types is integrated in the cmsWorks editors desktop.
Main menu -> Administration
All details of handling document types and properties are described in the users guides section Document types.
Property types
The property types depend on the configuration of the database. The following property types are currently in use:
| Property type | Description |
| INTEGER | A number (integer) ranging between -2147483648 and 2147483647 |
| DATE | Date stores the date and time with an accuracy down to the second |
| STRING | Up to 254 characters as a string, stored in format UTF-8 |
| TEXT | Floating text property that is treated in the desktop using the richtext editor or displayed as grid |
| BLOB | Storing an uploadable binary large object (blob) such as images, PDFs, etc. |
| LINK | Representing a list of one or more references to other documents, useful for related resources etc. |