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    #1

    Reset UX controls

    This shouldn't be this hard! I want to reset some UX controls tied to a list.

    I have a list with 3 UX controls configured for the detail view. I have several buttons across the bottom of the panel. One is for "New Record" and one is for "Cancel Changes". The idea is you click on "New Record" to enter a new record in the detail view which consists of a name, a checkbox and an image field.

    Another button is to "Save" the detail view controls back to the list. However, before you save, I want to be able to cancel any changes made to the detail view. So I have some code on the cancel button which clears the detail view controls (basically does a .setValue with value set as ' '). This doesn't clear the "dirty" status as I have an enable expression on the "save" button set to dialog.listDetailView.PHOTO_LIST.isDirty = true. After I press the "Cancel Changes" button, the UX controls clear, but the "Save" button is still disabled, I guess meaning the list is still dirty.

    I have tried adding the resetform method to the cancel changes button, however this seems to reset every control on all the panels (I have 4 panels with headers and footers with values set in them so it is quite tedious to set everything up again when I do a reset form, as well as re-selecting the selected rows in multiple lists on the panels).

    I have also tried {dialog.object}.isDirty = false for all the detail view controls and also the list. But nothing seems to clear the dirty status of the list. I have also tried the .setClean method, again with no success.

    There must (should?) be an easier way to do this. Any help appreciated.

    Cheers,
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    #2
    Re: Reset UX controls

    You should post the version/build you're using.

    If I understand what you're looking for, it's built into the available Detail View Buttons. Get into your List, and into the Detail View tab. At the bottom click the Detail View - Quick Setup Genie.

    Turn on the "Add buttons to the List...", select Choose buttons to create, then click Select. You'll see one of the buttons is "Undo edits to Detail View (before edits are saved)".

    The code it produces is...

    Code:
    var lObj = {dialog.object}.getControl('LISTCUST');
lObj.resetForm({prompt: true});
    This performs a .resetForm()... but only on the List Control.

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      #3
      Re: Reset UX controls

      I'm using the latest released version : 12.4.5.4.6 build 5445.

      So I used this action in my cancel changes button: List control action->reset detail form.
      When I convert it to text, it produces the code as per your reply.
      This has helped me narrow down the problem. In the detail view I have 3 controls: a text area used for entering the name and description, a checkbox to indicate if this is the overview photo, and an image field which contains the selected photo.

      I can edit the text area and/or checkbox, hit the cancel changes button and they will revert back to the original contents. However, if I change the image, and then hit the cancel changes button, it will revert back to the previous image. But if I try to click on another row in the list I get this message:
      "You must first save or undo the changes you made to the list's detail view".
      Obviously something in the list is not getting reset.

      I am using a action "Image capture for list detail view" to capture the image. (I have set it to phonegap preferred, so when running on the tablet it will use the camera, and on the laptop you can load an image from the file system). I've converted the action to text so I can enable/disable it based on a flag.

      So something in the image field is not being reset but not sure why?

      Greg

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        #4
        Re: Reset UX controls

        The latest official release is 5447. There are some serious issues with 5445. I somewhat doubt the problems you're having is because of 5445, but try 5447 to be sure.

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          #5
          Re: Reset UX controls

          With your additional information I was able to replicate your issue. Updating anything except the image and the List can be reset. Update the image and, although the image is reset, the List is not. Any controls... e.g. Save, Reset... with an Enable expression... stay enabled. Moving off the List row marks that row as changed.

          You should report this as a bug to Alpha. They are not taking care of Image controls. I tested with 5447.

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            #6
            Re: Reset UX controls

            OK, thanks for the confirmation.

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              #7
              Re: Reset UX controls

              If you don't want to wait for Alpha... or don't want to play yet another round of "Release/Pre-Release/Bugs" then you can clean up after an image edit yourself.

              When Alpha deals with Images, they create a 2nd Div named "HIDDENA5FN". This is where the bug is... what Alpha is not looking after.

              In your "Reset" code... add this...

              Code:
              $("{dialog.ComponentName}.V.R1.PHOTO_IMAGE_HIDDENA5FN").src="";
$("{dialog.ComponentName}.V.R1.PHOTO_IMAGE_HIDDENA5FN").setAttribute("a5isdirty",false);
              This code resets the "src" of the hidden image to an empty string.
              And then sets the value of the "a5isdirty" attribute of the div back to false;

              Your full code will be...

              Code:
              $("{dialog.ComponentName}.V.R1.PHOTO_IMAGE_HIDDENA5FN").src="";
$("{dialog.ComponentName}.V.R1.PHOTO_IMAGE_HIDDENA5FN").setAttribute("a5isdirty",false);
var lObj = {dialog.object}.getControl('PHOTO_LIST');
lObj.resetForm({prompt: false});

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                #8
                Re: Reset UX controls

                David, excellent. That did it!

                Greg

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