XMLAccess scripts

Let's start this section by defining XMLAccess. XMLAccess is an extremely useful batch-processing utility, which can be executed from a command line. Through XML Access scripts, you can perform most of the tasks which are normally performed through the portal administration page. XMLAccess enables WEF developers and portal administrators to capture and execute from files the repetitive and tedious steps performed through the portal administration page.

XMLAccess scripts provide a huge help to the deployment process of your project. This benefit is even more noticeable if you need to deploy your project to multiple environments across your organization. The larger the number of environments to which you need to deploy your project, the higher the productivity gains you will experience.

In this sense, you should create the XMLAccess scripts as early as possible in the development cycle of your project.

The following are a few tasks that can be accomplished with XMLAccess...