Why can't I use two date picker components on a dialog? - jsf

Here is an example xpage:
I am trying to put multiple date pickers on a dialog box from the extension library, i get this error...
Problem submitting area of page when I open the dialog...
Tried to register widget with id==_Container but that id is already registered
I'm not sure why it can't be done, anyone had any luck with it.
Thanks
<xp:button id="button1" value="Show Dialog">
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true"
refreshMode="complete">
<xp:this.action><![CDATA[#{javascript:getComponent("dialog1").show();}]]></xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler></xp:button>
<xp:button id="button2" value="Hide Dialog">
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true"
refreshMode="complete">
<xp:this.action><![CDATA[#{javascript:getComponent("dialog1").hide();}]]></xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler></xp:button>
<xe:dialog id="dialog1">
<xp:inputText value="#{doc1.field1}">
<xp:this.converter>
<xp:convertDateTime type="date"></xp:convertDateTime>
</xp:this.converter>
<xp:dateTimeHelper></xp:dateTimeHelper>
</xp:inputText>
<xp:inputText value="#{doc1.field2}">
<xp:this.converter>
<xp:convertDateTime type="date"></xp:convertDateTime>
</xp:this.converter>
<xp:dateTimeHelper></xp:dateTimeHelper>
</xp:inputText>
</xe:dialog>

Neither of your xp:inputText controls have an id attribute.
If you add this attribute to the controls then both of the date pickers will work fine both inside and outside the dialog control.
If you were to move the two date pickers outside of the dialog box you would also notice that only the first date picker would get the dojo dropdown picker control

I would use this dialog instead, its a little more upfront work but you wont have that issue and it is faster to load
http://xpagesblog.com/XPagesHome.nsf/Entry.xsp?documentId=9BB0002FE3452618852578CB0066AB75

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xpages button - possible to change text or item while events are running?

Is it possible to change the text on an <xp:button> element when the code under the onclick event is running (and the partial refresh is not completed)?
The XPages way is to use the onStart and onComplete properties (there's also onError):
<xp:button value="Search" id="button1">
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true" refreshMode="partial"
onStart="changeText()" onComplete="unchangeText()">
<xp:this.action><![CDATA[#{javascript:serverFunction();}]]></xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:button>
You can pass the id of the button to the functions using "#{id:button1}" and use it to retrieve the button in CSJS.
We have something like that in place for our xp:button elements. We change the text and also add an FontAwesome "spinning wheel" until code is finished. At the start of our funtion we change text and icon, after code is finished - we revert to original xp:button text.
We use jQuery to modify the button element, basically you can to that with plain JavaScript (innerHTML) or dojo as well.
<xp:button value="Save" id="button-save" xp:key="submitSave">
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="false">
<xp:this.script><![CDATA[submitSaveFunction();]]></xp:this.script>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:button>
submitSaveFunction {
$("button[id$=button-save]").attr("disabled", "true").addClass("disabled").html('<i class="fa fa-spinner fa-pulse fa-fw"></i> Saving');
.....your code.....
$("button[id$=button-save]").removeAttr("disabled").removeClass("disabled").html('Save');
}

SSJS code is not executed in XPages onclick

In my code I have the following Event Handler
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true"
refreshMode="partial" disableValidators="true"
refreshId="#{javascript:compositeData.refreshid}">
<xp:this.script><![CDATA[
alert('clicked');
]]></xp:this.script>
<xp:this.action><![CDATA[#{javascript:print("jkafkjsfjk");}]]></xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler>
Unfortunately, I never get jkafkjsfjk printed in the console while CSJS code works fine and there's clicked alert pops up.
I know that the most common reason of not executing it has to do with some required fields equal to null or empty.
However, I've commented everything out but the code isn't executed anyway..
How do I resolve that and what's the reason?
Thanks in advance.
A couple of things...
First, if your CSJS returns false then the SSJS never runs (which is handy when you want the user to confirm...). I guess you should be alright here - but you could return true to be safe....
Second, partial refresh's, refresh ids, and partial executions can do things that may not be what you expect. So for the test I would just do a complete refresh and skip the id.
What kind of object is the eventhandler set on?
I normally use these kind of event handlers for links or buttons like:
<xp:button value="Add zone" id="button2" styleClass="btn-xs btn-primary">
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true" refreshMode="partial" refreshId="fields">
<xp:this.action><![CDATA[#{javascript:AssociationAdmin.createZone()}]]></xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:button>
And this works fine :-)
Here is an example with a confirmation first:
<xp:link escape="true" text="Delete" id="link5" styleClass="action" rendered="#{javascript:!AssociationAdmin.isCatchInfoInUse(row.getKey())}">
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true" refreshMode="complete" id="eventHandler5">
<xp:this.action><![CDATA[#{javascript:AssociationAdmin.removeCatchInfo(row.key);}]]></xp:this.action>
<xp:this.script><![CDATA[return window.confirm("Are you sure you want to delete these fields: #{javascript:row.getName()}?\n\nDeletion cannot be undone!!")]]></xp:this.script>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:link>
Further notes:
You may want to submit without validating. You can do this by adding disableValidators="true" to your eventhandler
Please remember to have an id on the control where you have your eventhandler. Just wasted an evening and morning with the most strange behaviour cased by the button opening dialog did NOT have and id attributee...
Hope these samples will get you going :-)
/John

POI 4 XPages - document generation works only once

Ok, to be honest: the headline doesn't tell the whole truth. I am using a custom control with several buttons (save, close, edit etc.) and a button that executes a POI action - it's generates a Word file.
I experience a problem here: after hitting the POI-button my other buttons (and the POI one as well) won't work anymore, no click is triggered.
Now the strange one: after waiting a few seconds (depending on which browser I use, Chrome is fastest) I am able to click the buttons (all of them) again so that I can e.g. leave (close) or edit my Xpage.
I don't know if that helps but here is the event code of my POI button:
<xp:button id="button5" styleClass="btn btn-sm printbutton"
style="display:none">
<i class="fa fa-print"></i>
 
<xp:text>
<xp:this.value><![CDATA[#{javascript:"Nach MS Word exportieren"}]]></xp:this.value>
</xp:text>
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true"
refreshMode="complete">
<xp:this.action>
<xp:actionGroup>
<xp_1:generateDocument documentId="wordprint"
loaded="true">
</xp_1:generateDocument>
</xp:actionGroup>
</xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:button>
Any ideas how to avoid this behavior or is it a bug in POI 4 XPages?
BTW: I am not able to execute another action right after getting the Word document, e.g. execute a script or open a page. That would be also an acceptable way to close the xpages after "printing".
Thanks in advance!
Oliver, add the client-side JS call XSP.allowSubmit() to your button in order to allow new submits after pressing the button:
<xp:button id="button5" styleClass="btn btn-sm printbutton" style="display:none">
<i class="fa fa-print"></i>
 
<xp:text>
<xp:this.value><![CDATA[#{javascript:"Nach MS Word exportieren"}]]></xp:this.value>
</xp:text>
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true"
refreshMode="complete">
<xp:this.action>
<xp:actionGroup>
<xp_1:generateDocument documentId="wordprint"
loaded="true">
</xp_1:generateDocument>
</xp:actionGroup>
</xp:this.action>
<xp:this.script><![CDATA[XSP.allowSubmit()]]></xp:this.script>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:button>
I believe the issue is you're generating the word document from the button on the same page.
Do the generation from an XAgent. Have the button call the XPage containing the XAgent and you should be fine.

Is it possible to programmatically set the partial refresh element for an event?

I have a custom control I use for view filtering and I'd like to set the viewPanel that it filters based on a property of the custom control but in order to do this I would need to partially refresh the viewPanel whatever the ID of that viewPanel is. I know I could put a facet in my custom control and put a panel around the facet and then just partially refresh that panel, but I was wondering if there is a way to do this without having to drop the viewPanel into a facet. Here is the button code:
<xp:button value="Filter" id="btnFilter">
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true"
refreshMode="partial" refreshId="viewPanel1">
<xp:this.action><![CDATA[#{javascript:filterView();}]]></xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:button>
Thanks
Oops, just realized I could do this by adding a computed element ID for the partial refresh set to the compositeData value. I missed that little triangle next to "Specify Element ID".
<xp:button value="Filter" id="btnFilter"> <xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true"
refreshMode="partial" refreshId="#{javascript:compositeData.viewPanel}">
<xp:this.action><![CDATA[#{javascript:filterView();}]]></xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:button>
You could use the dynamic viewpanel of the extension library.

How do you you add an onClick event to <xp:panel>

I'd like to make a Panel "clickable" and run SSJS code. Previously when I've done this I've added a table 1-cell 1-row to the panel since that has an onClick event. Is there a way to do it on the Panel itself?
Also - If there is a way to put onClick on a Panel, if that Panel contains a link, I assume that link would be "Above" the panel itself and be independentally clickable.... right?
Just add an onClick event to the panel. Here is some example code that redirects to "anotherpage" when the panel is clicked:
<xp:panel id="test">
Click me
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true" refreshMode="complete">
<xp:this.action><![CDATA[#{javascript:context.redirectToPage("anotherpage.xsp")}]]></xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:panel>
If you add a link to the panel, the link is "above" the panel:
<xp:panel id="test">
Click me!
<xp:link escape="true" text="and me!" id="link1">
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true" refreshMode="complete">
<xp:this.action><![CDATA[#{javascript:context.redirectToPage("page.xsp")}]]></xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:link>
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true" refreshMode="complete">
<xp:this.action><![CDATA[#{javascript:context.redirectToPage("window.xsp")}]]></xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:panel>

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