Open UX as an alternate editing view for current record

[cpampas]

From a dialog component (UX1) with a repeating section, i am opening a dialog component (UX2) to edit the the current row in UX1
the action javascript "Open UX as an alternate editing view for current record" seems to be the right tool to achieve it, passing the values entred into the parent UX, nevertheless when UX2 opens it does not get populated with the data in UX1

is there a video on using this action JS from UX to US. there are some from a grid to UX, and I know there are some differences between both
Is there something i am missing here ?

[westridge]

Re: Open UX as an alternate editing view for current record

Questions

• Just curious. Why do you need an additional entry screen?
• Typically a repeating section is used for data input in a list, similar to a spreadsheet.
• Why do you need to have single record input screen for a record, when uses are already in edit mode?
• I must assume that you want to a "more detailed" input screen.
• By this I mean are you allowing the user to input additional values, not shown in the repeating section?

Another Approach
In this vein, have you tried displaying the data in a read only list control, and include a detail section to edit the selected record?

[cpampas]

Re: Open UX as an alternate editing view for current record

I considered entering data in the repeating section, but there are to many controls to be displayed in the horizontal layout ( it doesnt look OK), so i would rather have a child UX to edit that one record, and I would also display in the child UX a pdf file in a panel card related to the selected record

i am also trying something else :

- javascript action "open UX component"
- in the event onrenderComplete read each control from the parent UX, and pass them to the child UX

var pObj = {dialog.Object}.getParentObject();
if (pObj){
var row = pObj._selectedRow;
setTimeout(function(){
var tarefa = pObj.getValue('TXTSEGUIMENTO:row');
// other controls to read in here

{dialog.Object}.setValue('TXTSEGUIMENTO', tarefa);
},1000);
}

- after editing the record in the child UX, i want to pass the values back to parent UX, but it does not seem easy to pass the values from the child UX wich is unbound to parent UX wich is bound.


I will consider your list control option
thanks for your help

[Davidk]

Re: Open UX as an alternate editing view for current record

I would use the Open a UX Component. In the child UX... client-side onRenderComplete event...

var pObj = {dialog.Object}.getParentObject();
var currRS = pObj.getRepeatingSectionActiveRow('REPEATINGSECTION_1');

var sysType = pObj.getValue('SystemType:'+currRS);
var acctNbr = pObj.getValue('AccountNo:'+currRS);

{dialog.Object}.setValue('SystemType',sysType);
{dialog.Object}.setValue('AccountNo',acctNbr);

And on a button in the Child UX...

var pObj = {dialog.Object}.getParentObject();
var currRS = pObj.getRepeatingSectionActiveRow('REPEATINGSECTION_1');

var sysType = {dialog.Object}.getValue('SystemType');
var acctNbr = {dialog.Object}.getValue('AccountNo');

pObj.setValue('SystemType:'+currRS,sysType);
pObj.setValue('AccountNo:'+currRS,acctNbr);

{dialog.Object}.closeContainerWindow(this);

You don't need to get the parent Object again... you could do that once and just save it. But... this is simple and straight-forward.

[cpampas]

Re: Open UX as an alternate editing view for current record

David,
I was able to pass the values from parent ux to child UX, and after editing back to parent again
I just runned into 2 problems :

the first time the Child UX opens no values are being passed, only subsequent times
I also had to change the code into the onSynchronizeDialog

//READING THE VALUES FROM PARENT UX
var pObj = {dialog.Object}.getParentObject();
var row = pObj.getRepeatingSectionActiveRow('REPEATINGSECTION_2');

var tarefa = pObj.getValue('TXTSEGUIMENTO:'+row);
var po =pObj.getValue('PESSOAO:'+row);
var pd =pObj.getValue('PESSOAID:'+row);
var dataL =pObj.getValue('DATALIMITE::'+row);
var ck1 =pObj.getValue('CHECKBOX1:'+row);
var ck2 =pObj.getValue('CHECKBOX2:'+row);
var aviso =pObj.getValue('AVISO:'+row);

{dialog.Object}.setValue('TXTSEGUIMENTO', tarefa);
{dialog.Object}.setValue('PESSOAO', po);
{dialog.Object}.setValue('PESSOAID', pd);
{dialog.Object}.setValue('DATALIMITE', dataL);
{dialog.Object}.setValue('CHECKBOX1', ck1);
{dialog.Object}.setValue('CHECKBOX2', ck2);
{dialog.Object}.setValue('AVISO', aviso);

the last line of code in a button in the child UX does not close the UX, and I have to use the top right inbuilt alpha button, but even then not without getting a message saying I should submit the data
the first inline javascript :

var pObj = {dialog.Object}.getParentObject();
var row =pObj.getRepeatingSectionActiveRow('REPEATINGSECTION_2');
setTimeout(function(){
var tarefa = {dialog.object}.getValue('TXTSEGUIMENTO');
var po ={dialog.object}.getValue('PESSOAO');
var pd ={dialog.object}.getValue('PESSOAID');
var dataL ={dialog.object}.getValue('DATALIMITE');
var ck1 ={dialog.object}.getValue('CHECKBOX1');
var ck2 ={dialog.object}.getValue('CHECKBOX2');
var aviso ={dialog.object}.getValue('AVISO');

pObj.setValue('TXTSEGUIMENTO:'+row,tarefa);
pObj.setValue('PESSOAO:'+row,po);
pObj.setValue('PESSOAID:'+row,pd);
pObj.setValue('DATALIMITE:'+row,dataL);
pObj.setValue('CHECKBOX1:'+row,ck1);
pObj.setValue('CHECKBOX2:'+row,ck2);
pObj.setValue('AVISO:'+row,aviso);
},3000);

the second inline javascript :

{dialog.Object}.setDirty();
setTimeout(function(){
{dialog.object}.submit(false);
},3000);

{dialog.Object}.closeContainerWindow(this);

do You have an idea the reason of these 2 issues?

[cpampas]

Re: Open UX as an alternate editing view for current record

if if I use the code to read the values from the parent UX, also on the onRenderComplete, than the values are passed the first time aswell

the first time the Child UX opens no values are being passed, only subsequent times
I also had to change the code into the onSynchronizeDialog

//READING THE VALUES FROM PARENT UX
var pObj = {dialog.Object}.getParentObject();
var row = pObj.getRepeatingSectionActiveRow('REPEATINGSECTION_2

but, I am still struggling with closing the child ux from a button with this code, even with the setTime function , looks like it still is submiting the UX

{dialog.Object}.setDirty();
setTimeout(function(){
{dialog.object}.submit(false);
},2000);

{dialog.Object}.closeContainerWindow(this);

[cpampas]

Re: Open UX as an alternate editing view for current record

Hi,
just in case someone bumps into the same issue of not closing the ux after submitting data.
I came up with this, at risk of not being an efficient way to do it, but it works:


in the button that submits the data :

var privateVariable = "ja";
ja="S"

{dialog.object}.buttonClick('BUTTON_SUBMIT');

in the server side event, afterDialogValidade / saveSubmittedData / afterSave succeeced Javascript

if (ja=="S"){

var ele = {dialog.Object}.getPointer('BUTTON_SUBMIT');
setTimeout(function(){
{dialog.Object}.closeContainerWindow(ele);
},2500);

ja=""

anything that should be changed here ?
thanks