Firstly, I want to start a taskflow automatically when just application runs. Then, i m checking something and assigned result to a variable(i think that its scope must be applicationLevel)
And now, as i tried to describe on title, i want to manipulate application features(actually i mean that just disable/enable) up to that variable, such on this link: http://adf4beginners.blogspot.com/2013/02/adf-mobile-playing-around-with-features.html?showComment=1387060885861#c1358489250811721156
Is it possible? How can i achieve this?
in order to start a task flow when application run, you need to create a feature and go to the content tab under the created feature then create the ADF Task flow from inside the feature.
It will be automatically added to
Application Resources->Descriptors->ADF META-INF->adfmf-application.xml->Feature References
if you could see your feature there then it will start automatically when the app run.
About your second question yes it's possible:
1- create a Java class as managed bean and add it to your feature (or application if it's application scope)
2- create a variable in that class String rendered = "false";
3- right click generate accessors (make sure that notify listener check box is selected)
4- go to your component properties -> Rendered -> click on the arrow beside the textbox
5- Select your variable under the bean created under the scope of the bean.
6- run the application the component should be hidden.
7- if you changed your variable value to "true" the component will be visible again.
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I've searched google and stack but can't seem to find a definitive answer. What I would like to do, is something like this:
Say I have custom control A, within which, is a radio button, when I click it, I want it to grab a custom property that is set on custom control B, lets say compositeData.Name as an example. Can I do this?
If I give custom control B an ID, lets say ccB, can the radio button in custom control A do something like, getComponent("ccB").getValue().compositeData.Name so I can get the value of the property I passed into custom control B using the custom property 'Name'?
If its a straight no, at least I know to stop playing around with the idea! Thanks
Reaching from one control into the inside of another control would break component isolation. You might want to take a different approach:
Option a - client side:
Your control emits a JavaScript event that bubbles up until it reaches a parent element that contains the control you want to change (presumably the parent Dom element). There you set the property of that element.
Option b - server side:
As Urs suggested: bind both to a bean and handle the updates inside the bean
I have created a custom module (actually I have created a handful in recent years, and this same obstacle frustrates me every time) following the Kentico documentation:
https://docs.kentico.com/display/K9/Creating+custom+modules
The problem I end up with every time, is in developing the User Interface for Parent/Child classes. I create a Vertical Tab node, and beneath it I add an edit tab and a Binding tab for the child class. This all works, and I can add and remove bindings at will, but what I can't do is ADD a new child class and bind it.
Using the Standard Edit Binding template, I am able to bind EXISTING Job Titles to the selected Category, but I cannot CREATE a new one from that page:
To solve this, I created a custom Edit Binding template, and added a New Child Class Header Action that points to a New / Edit Object child:
Which gives me a button that I can use to add a new child class (Job Title):
This approach works per se, in that I can click the New Job Title button and create a new item on the subsequent page:
But no binding is created to link the child object (Job Title) to the selected parent object (Category), An even bigger problem is that once I click Save, I am presented with the following:
The new object DOES SAVE, but the post-save navigation is somehow failing. The event log offers little in the way of diagnostics:
So I thought to create a completely custom interface to accomplish my needs here, according to the Kentico documentation:
https://docs.kentico.com/display/K9/Manually+creating+the+interface+for+custom+modules
So I change the Element Content of the New Job Title page to a custom page that I created to post a DataForm for the new object:
Taking care to assign the proper Object Types on the Properties Tab:
The intent was to programmatically create the binding upon save and also handle the correct navigation to avoid the ambiguous parameter error above, but when this page loads, the UIContext.ObjectID and UIContext.ParentObjectID are both 0:
So I cannot create the binding programmatically. I was able however to solve the error that I received by manually assigning the redirect. The experience is still lacking even with this hack, since it returns to the listing page, but the user still has to click "Add Items" to assign the binding after successfully creating it with the custom page I built.
This cannot be the proper way to do this, so any help with getting me on the right track would be greatly appreciated.
In order for the EditedObject to have a value you have to either decorate the page with the EditedObjectAtribute e.g. like this:
[EditedObject("<custom.objecttype>", "<objectid>", ...)]
or set the object yourself:
int objectId = QueryHelper.GetInteger("objectid", 0);
EditedObject = SomeInfoProvider.GetSomeInfo(objectId);
In your case, I'd recommend exploring what query parameters are available on the page and using them to fetch appropriate object(s). Also, make sure "JobCategoryId" is passed to the "New Job Title" dialog so that you can create the binding.
Btw - kudos for well asked question!
I have a managed action with returns bool when a button is pressed.
Depending on if true / false is returned I want to be able to change the properties of controls on the dialog. Not limited to just the text value.
Is this possible, for example the visibility, etc?
It is possible, however you will have to make sure there is a set-property control event (after your managed code custom action do-event) that touches a property related to anything you want the UI to update. If you change a property value within the managed code, or via the wrapper InstallShield provides, the Windows Installer UI doesn't track the change and update in response.
So, for example, you could wire your return value to the property RETURNVALUE, and then add a control event that sets better named properties like MYCONTROLTEXT or SHOWMYCONTROL; the control or its conditions would be wired to those better named properties.
I am running Xpages in XPiNC.
My usual pattern for an Xpages app is to have a xpHome.xsp page that is set to be the first page that is opened. In this I page I set any scope variables that are at the application level, then head to the "real" first page.
Now I have run into a problem. My current database will send out emails when a status changes, and this will include a doc link to the document, which points to the correct Xpage to open. However, because the user is not going through the home page, then my applicationScope vars are being set.
I thought I could fix this by setting a semaphore in the initApp function - the last thing it would do is to place a "Y" in an applicationScope.semaphore field. So when I open my Xpage the first thing it does is check for that, and if it is null, then I call the initApp function.
For some reason this is not working. But even so I would like to find the equivalent of the old database script "Initialize" event. Something I can call whenever the db is opened for the first time.
How do others handle this problem?
Create a managed Java bean "app" which
works on application scope
sets all application parameters
offers all application parameters
Access the bean with app.xxx in EL or Javascript or call methods directly like app.getXxx() or app.doWhatEverYouWant() in JavaScript.
The bean "app" gets initalized automatically when one of the methods gets called first time.
You can find an example here for start or google for "XPages managed beans" for more Information.
Yes, you have to switch your current code partly to Java but it should be worth it in the long run.
If you want to or have to stay with JavaScript then initialize your application scope variables in a custom control which is included in every XPage like layout.xsp in beforePageLoad event.
Use an additional variable applicationScope.initialized. Check if applicationScope variables aren't initialized yet in JavaScript with
if (!applicationScope.initialized) {
... initialize your applicationScope variables ...
applicationScope.initialized = "yes";
}
I have a fusion web application that contains an af:query panel (I created it query panel with table), and af:table and af:panelFormLayout that are related with each other. When I search an entry in the query panel results are shown both in table and in panelFormLayout. When I press reset button in the query panel, only the query panel is reset. I want to all the page to reset. How can I do that by using the easiness of ADF?
Basically you want to override the reset functionality of the af:query. In that case, you should:
1. Set the QueryListener property of the af:query to a managed bean method. You can refer to this example which describes all the steps required: Programmatically RESET query panel
Inside it, you'll see this call: AdfFacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(t1);
It is responsible for the refresh of the table. Now, if you have all the content inside an af:panelGroupLayout for example (or any other payout type component), you can refresh it instead (so you need to bind it with a field on the bean and use it instead of t1 in this call. Otherwise, if you still wish the full page refresh, follow step 2.
2. Add the needed code to make the page refresh:
FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
String currentView = context.getViewRoot().getViewId();
ViewHandler vh = context.getApplication().getViewHandler();
UIViewRoot x = vh.createView(context, currentView);
x.setViewId(currentView);
context.setViewRoot(x);
Just put it inside the method described on the above link.