When you create a component in the TOuch UI, you are using JCR nodes to build the dialog for the TOUCH UI component. A dialog that is built for the Touch UI is defined by using nodes of type un:structured. You define the type of control on the Touch UI dialog by setting the node's sling:resourceType...

Here is a 5.5 article: https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/using/configuring-cq-apache-directory-service.html

Here are the AEM docs on this subject: https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-1/develop/security/csrf-protection.html

There is another article that may be helpful to you: https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/using/creating-custom-cq-tree.htmlIt talks about how to populate a control (could be a control in a dialog) using JS that makes a call to Server-side Java code. On the Java side - you can control what dat...

Make use of the JCR - a strength of AEM is its JCR. Component A updates NodeA and the page that uses the value reads NodeA.http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21325733/pass-data-from-one-component-to-another-in-adobe-cq

You would write a custom xtype that uses a CQ.form.PathField. In that JS code, you can dynamically set the values you want for the PathField instance. You cannot do this by setting nodes and properties. It has to be done via code. See the following article that has script named developers.js. This w...

For testing purposes - you can follow this article - create a test workflow step that fires off an email. https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/using/creating-custom-aem-workflow-steps.htmlIn this article - you configure the email service and call it by using a MessgeServiceGate. 

In this example - there is a package. https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/using/jstl.htmlI am going to try and set rootPath of a Pathfield in an event handler (in the JS file) and report back. It should display the value that is set. 

"i want to set the rootpath dynamically"Here is the reference for this data type: https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/cq/5-3/widgets-api/index.html?class=CQ.form.PathFieldSet rootPath using code. 

In the Touch UI, a checkbox is based on this data type: https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-0/develop/ref/granite-ui/api/jcr_root/libs/granite/ui/components/foundation/form/checkbox/index.htmlSee:checked booleanIndicates if the checkbox is checked. Providing checked property (either true or false) ...