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Re: Pop Up windows in WebObjects - can i do it
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Re: Pop Up windows in WebObjects - can i do it


  • Subject: Re: Pop Up windows in WebObjects - can i do it
  • From: David LeBer <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:23:57 -0500

On 29-Mar-06, at 4:47 AM, Paul Fox wrote:

Hi all.

I am new to WebObjects but not to programming.
I am creating a new app in WO, what I want to happen is when a user clicks on a
link they get a pop up window that keeps focus until they click the ok or cancel buttons.
The idea is to have (for example) a list of data and allow the user to search, filter etc
using the pop up window for input.


I have looked at JSModalWindow but of course it dosnt stop the calling window getting
focus back whilst its still open. Has anyone done this sort of thing? is it possible? I have searched the
net, lists, books etc and cant find any information.


Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

Hmm,

I'm not quite sure what it is that you are trying to achieve Paul. But it is important to realize that once you have delivered a page to the browser there is no longer anything 'WebObjects' about it. It is just HTML. If what you want to achieve is possible with HTML, Javascript, AJAX, CSS, or any other client-side web technology, then it is possible in a page delivered by WebObjects.

Might I suggest you search for examples of web apps/sites that do what you want and figure out how they've done it? Once you've identified the technique, you can figure out how to build a WebObjects component to emulate it.

I have a feeling that what you want to do is not very weblike, and you might want to rethink your UI.. but then I've always been conservative and pessimistic about such things :-)

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;david

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David LeBer
Codeferous Software
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blog: http://david.codeferous.com




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