some basic documentation for the asset manager javascript

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+some basic documentation:
+
+
+*****************Configuring the asset manager.*****************
+
+//to create a new asset manager
+var manager = new AssetManager(assets,columnHeadings,labels,crumbtrail); manager.renderAssets();
+
+//available properties. Properties should be set prior to the render asset call.
+
+*********************************************************
+assetType - defaults to "Asset"
+
+The following example starts the asset manager with a different asset type.
+
+var manager = new AssetManager(assets,columnHeadings,labels,crumbtrail); manager.assetType="MyNewAsset"
+manager.renderAssets();
+
+*********************************************************
+sortEnabled = true - enables or disables sorting of the grid. Defaults to true
+
+The following example starts the asset manager with sorting disabled.
+
+var manager = new AssetManager(assets,columnHeadings,labels,crumbtrail); manager.sortEnabled=false;
+manager.renderAssets();
+
+*********************************************************
+displayCrumbTrail = Enables or disables display of the crumbtrail. Defaults to true
+
+The following example starts the asset manager with the crumb trail disabled
+.
+var manager = new AssetManager(assets,columnHeadings,labels,crumbtrail); manager.displayCrumbTrail=false;
+manager.renderAssets();
+     
+**********************************************************
+To disable display item in the grid, the disableDisplay function can be called on the asset manager. The function takes the index of the item to disable from the columnHeadings array.
+
+The following example disables the rank and title
+
+var manager = new AssetManager(assets,columnHeadings,labels,crumbtrail); manager.disableDisplay(0);
+manager.disableDisplay(1);
+manager.renderAssets();
+
+*********************Configuring Assets**********************
+
+To create a new asset, the Asset object must be extended. The following example creates an asset with the same properties and methods as the Asset object.
+
+function MyNewAsset() {
+   var asset = new Asset();    return asset;
+} To change the new asset object, properties and methods can be added or overriden
+
+The following example overrides the getContextMenu method, adds a new retore method, and sets the dragEnabled property to false
+
+function MyNewAsset) {
+   var asset = new Asset();   
+   asset.dragEnabled = false;
+  
+asset.getContextMenu = function () {
+      var arr = new Array();    arr[arr.length] = new ContextMenuItem(this.labels["cut"],"javascript:" + this.evalReference() + ".cut()");
+   arr[arr.length] = new ContextMenuItem("<img src='/extras/assetManager/breakerLine.gif'>","");
+   arr[arr.length] = new ContextMenuItem(this.labels["purge"],"javascript:" + this.evalReference() + ".purge()");
+   return arr; }   
+asset.restore = function() {
+   location.href = this.parent.getWrappedURL() + "func=postList" + AssetManager_getManager().getSelectedAssetIds(); }
+      
+   return asset;
+  
+} /*************availble asset properties *********************
+
+dragEnabled - Enables or disables making the asset dragable. Defaults to true
+allowMultiSelect - Enables or disables multiselection of the asset. Defaults to true;
+
+
+***************Notes*********************
+
+1. The asset class contains a getWrappedURL() method that return the asset.url property wrapped in "http://hostname" and the paramenter delimiter
+2. asset.parent will return the parent asset (on the crumbtrail)
+3. The AssetManager_getManager().getSelectedAssetsIds() method will return a parameter string containing all the selected asset Id's
+
+
+