Re: adding a component to a D2W page
Re: adding a component to a D2W page
- Subject: Re: adding a component to a D2W page
- From: Theodore Petrosky <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:29:44 -0700 (PDT)
I must be doing something wrong because it worked so easily.
I created a component "AgendaInstructions" with:
these are the agenda instructions From the AgendaInstructions component!!!
<webobject name=ComponentContent></webobject>
in the html and:
ComponentContent: WOComponentContent {
}
in the wod.
in the method that returns the page:
page.d2wContext().takeValueForKey("AgendaInstructions", "compName");
in my ListRepetition component:
<webobject name = "InstructionComponent"/>
InstructionComponent : WOSwitchComponent {
WOComponentName = d2wContext.compName;
}
Is there anything more I 'should' be doing? It seemed too easy.
Ted
--- On Mon, 9/10/12, David LeBer <email@hidden> wrote:
> From: David LeBer <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: adding a component to a D2W page
> To: "email@hidden Development" <email@hidden>
> Date: Monday, September 10, 2012, 12:48 PM
> WOSwitchComponent is your friend.
>
> Look at the templates, they are used everywhere.
>
> D
>
> --
> David LeBer
> Codeferous Software
>
> On 2012-09-10, at 12:21 PM, Theodore Petrosky <email@hidden>
> wrote:
>
> > ok this is what I figured out so far:
> >
> > 10 : (look = 'ERModernLook' and (task = 'list' or task
> = 'select' or (task = 'edit' and subTask = 'list'))) =>
> repetitionComponentName = "ERMDSimpleListPageRepetition"
> [com.webobjects.directtoweb.Assignment]
> >
> > from that rule, I see that if we are creating a
> ListPage, this rule says to use
> "ERMDSimpleListPageRepetition".
> >
> > So I created my own framework, and created a component
> "TPMDSimpleListPageRepetition" copying the html, wod, java
> where they belonged.
> >
> > then I created a rule:
> >
> > 10 : (look = 'ERModernLook' and (task = 'list' or task
> = 'select' or (task = 'edit' and subTask = 'list'))) =>
> repetitionComponentName = "TPMDSimpleListPageRepetition"
> [com.webobjects.directtoweb.Assignment]
> >
> > and my D2W app is using my ListPageRep.
> >
> > so my next step was to create a WOString at the top of
> my new shiny component: <webobject name =
> "CopyOnTop"/> and in the wod:
> >
> > CopyOnTop : WOString {
> > value = d2wContext.topCopy;
> > }
> >
> > so that in my method that calls in the listPage I
> added:
> >
> > page.d2wContext().takeValueForKey("This is some copy
> Call Reports", "topCopy");
> >
> > and it gives me what I want. I can just wrap it in a
> div and the stylist and go to town.
> >
> > but, can I add a WOComponent instead of the WOString?
> If yes, the bindings are not obvious. I will keep looking
> maybe a solution will jump out and bite me.
> >
> > adding a component would be handier, easier if I had a
> few paragraphs of information to add.
> >
> > Ted
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 9/5/12, Jesse Tayler <email@hidden>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Jesse Tayler <email@hidden>
> >> Subject: Re: adding a component to a D2W page
> >> To: "Theodore Petrosky" <email@hidden>
> >> Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2012, 11:01 AM
> >> I'm pretty sure you are getting
> >> confused but I'm not looking at it either.
> >>
> >> so, the factory is just going to return whatever
> list page a
> >> rule somewhere tells it to, right?
> >>
> >> so, there's not "the" list page, there's some rule
> that's
> >> saying with this entity, and this task, use this
> page.
> >>
> >> so, whatever your tab menu is doing, it's calling a
> rule to
> >> get the list page --
> >>
> >> you might have to write six rules to get the list
> page to
> >> fire when you want, but it doesn't matter how many
> pages you
> >> create - you're the programmer!
> >>
> >> now, if you're lost on this - try writing some
> rules that do
> >> something you can see clearly on screen in the same
> context
> >> -- this will help you see what rules are firing and
> what
> >> level of specificity you need to override whatever
> is
> >> currently firing.
> >>
> >> sometimes you can even find the rule that's firing
> in some
> >> framework and copy it, raise the priority and
> change the
> >> page name to your page.
> >>
> >> see where I'm going on that?
> >>
> >> hope that sheds some light --
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sep 5, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Theodore Petrosky
> <email@hidden>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> this is what I thought however:
> >>>
> >>> lpi =
> >>
> D2W.factory().listPageForEntityNamed(CallReport.ENTITY_NAME,
> >> session());
> >>>
> >>> This is the page I need to target. the list
> page.
> >>>
> >>> when I click a tab in the menu, it fires off a
> method
> >> to return a listPage.
> >>>
> >>> and it seems that I would have to create 6
> different
> >> listPages as the markup to add is different for
> each tab.
> >>>
> >>> Ted
> >>>
> >>> --- On Wed, 9/5/12, Jesse Tayler <email@hidden>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> From: Jesse Tayler <email@hidden>
> >>>> Subject: Re: adding a component to a D2W
> page
> >>>> To: "Theodore Petrosky" <email@hidden>
> >>>> Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2012, 10:16
> AM
> >>>> hmm -- I doubt it --
> >>>>
> >>>> I think I'm saying make a list page called
>
> >>>>
> >>>> TedsCoolListPage.wo
> >>>>
> >>>> Inherit from whatever list page you are
> using now.
> >>>>
> >>>> copy all WOD and HTML from the page you are
> using
> >> now.
> >>>>
> >>>> add whatever you need.
> >>>>
> >>>> write rule to make TedsCoolListPage the
> component
> >> you use on
> >>>> that list, instead of whatever you are
> using.
> >>>>
> >>>> make sense?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sep 5, 2012, at 6:15 AM, Theodore
> Petrosky
> >> <email@hidden>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I have six tabs. I want to subclass the
> List*
> >> page so
> >>>> that I can fly in some markup before the
> table.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It seems to me that this method
> requires 6
> >> 'subclasses'
> >>>> of the List* page.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Is this what you are thinking?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ted
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --- On Tue, 9/4/12, Jesse Tayler <email@hidden>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> From: Jesse Tayler <email@hidden>
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: adding a component to
> a D2W
> >> page
> >>>>>> To: "Theodore Petrosky" <email@hidden>
> >>>>>> Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012,
> 11:43 PM
> >>>>>> oh, I'd just take the html and wod
> >>>>>> bindings from the page you are
> subclassing,
> >> you can
> >>>> subclass
> >>>>>> or not in java, but write a rule to
> use
> >> that
> >>>> component.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> edit html and add at will….
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> might be more simple than you are
> realizing
> >> --
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Sep 4, 2012, at 11:01 PM,
> Theodore
> >> Petrosky
> >>>> <email@hidden>
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Jesse,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> would you be interested in
> showing me
> >> how to
> >>>> use the
> >>>>>> subclassing technique? I really
> don't know
> >> where to
> >>>> begin
> >>>>>> and it is time I learned something
> new.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I would be happy to
> document/record a
> >> session
> >>>> and make
> >>>>>> it available. There may be others
> in the
> >> same
> >>>> boat.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Ted
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --- On Tue, 9/4/12, Jesse
> Tayler <email@hidden>
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> From: Jesse Tayler <email@hidden>
> >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: adding a
> component to
> >> a D2W
> >>>> page
> >>>>>>>> To: "Theodore Petrosky"
> <email@hidden>
> >>>>>>>> Cc: "WebObjects
> Development" <email@hidden>
> >>>>>>>> Date: Tuesday, September 4,
> 2012,
> >> 12:54 PM
> >>>>>>>> hi ted -
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> is this something you can
> add to
> >> your page
> >>>>>> wrapper?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> if maybe that's not a
> great
> >> solution,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> in the past, when I have
> designed
> >> complex
> >>>> D2W apps,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I end up subclassing pages
> and
> >> often make
> >>>> container
> >>>>>> elements
> >>>>>>>> like a 'panel' to handle
> >> arrangement of
> >>>> property
> >>>>>> level
> >>>>>>>> components and also to
> report
> >> things or
> >>>> add
> >>>>>> standard UI
> >>>>>>>> elements at that level.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> modern look has so many
> goodies
> >> today, but
> >>>>>> subclassing and
> >>>>>>>> using your own page (or
> panel)
> >> level
> >>>> components is
> >>>>>> a common
> >>>>>>>> way to add something like a
> special
> >> error
> >>>> message
> >>>>>> or
> >>>>>>>> standard UI element that is
> not
> >> part of
> >>>> the
> >>>>>> underlying
> >>>>>>>> system.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> maybe that helps --
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Sep 4, 2012, at 12:43
> PM,
> >> Theodore
> >>>> Petrosky
> >>>>>> <email@hidden>
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I have a D2w app. they
> want to
> >> add
> >>>> some
> >>>>>> instructional
> >>>>>>>> text to the top of the page
> (under
> >> the
> >>>> Menubar).
> >>>>>> Obviously,
> >>>>>>>> the text will change for
> each tab
> >> that is
> >>>>>> selected.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> How do I add this
> markup in? or
> >> How do
> >>>> I create
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>> hook so a component can fly
> in here
> >> as
> >>>> needed?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Ted
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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