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    Chunked Responses

    Is there a way to put a chunked response into a Serverside AfterInsertRecord xbasic function?

    I am talking here about the following:
    In the AfterDialogueValidate event, you can setup a Server Side action to save data.

    Inside that action, you can run an xBasic script to save submitted data to tables, and inside that you can create an AfterRecordInsert event.

    I would like to send a chunked response from there, but it doesn't look like it supports that because it is not a standard xbasic call.

    I could rewrite my script a little and setup a regular xbasic call after the save, but I have it working fine the way it is - it's just a bit of a long process and being able to show a chunked response would be nice.

    #2
    It looks like chunked responses are for AJAX callbacks but I’ll have to take a look further tomorrow. Top of my head though - you could do maybe something like this:

    1. Copy the code you have in AfterInsertRecord and put that in a new XBasic function.

    2. Create a JS Function (or even JS Action) that does an AJAX callback with chunked responses enabled on this function.

    3. Have your AfterInsertRecord function return JS code that invokes the JS function/action you created in Step 2.

    I’d have to double check this in morning though!

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      #3
      I sent in an enhancement request and Selwyn suggested basically the same thing. The ajax coding inside the afterinsert record is different from a regular xbasic call (for instance, the e pointer contains different values), but I'll work it out.


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        #4
        That's unfortunate but makes sense. On the plus side, given you can return JavaScript to the AfterInsertRecord function, at least you know it's still possible to do chunked responses for this event. It'd be nice if the chunked responses could be baked into the Server-Side events for times you'd want to use chunked responses in let's say the CanInsertRecord event. You wouldn't be able to return the JS until after the function finishes execution so by then it'd be too late to set CanInsertRecord.Cancel to .t. in the chunked response logic.

        Anyways! If you need more help with getting the AfterInsertRecord event to return the JS that does an AJAX call to the XBasic function that has chunked responses enabled (what a mouthful, haha), please shoot me a DM!

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          #5
          I'm going to take you up on your offer. I don't see how to get it to fire any javascript. That is not what the afterrecordinsert function does so far as I can tell. (See the function prototype below.)

          What am I missing?

          Code:
          function afterRecordInsert as v (e as p)
          'This function is called for the afterRecordInsert event.
          
          'The e object that is passed in contains the following data:
          ' e.tmpl = pointer to the component definition
          ' e.rtc = 'RuntimeCalculationObject' - allows you to pass data from one event handler to the next
          ' e.connection = SQL::Connection object with connection to database.
          ' e.sqlInsert = SQL command that was be executed to insert the record
          ' e.sqlArgs = Arguments for the sql command
          ' e.section = Section number. Top level of dialog is section 1. Each repeating section is a different section.
          ' e.aliasNumber = Alias number. Each section of the Dialog can be bound to multiple tables (connected in one-to-one links)
          ' e.alias = Name of current alias
          ' e.affectedRowCount = affectedRowCount
          ' e.primaryKeyOfInsertedRecord = if the primary key in an auto-increment value, value of the primary key
          ' e.row = if in a Repeating Section, the physical row number of the repeating section row.
          
          
          'Your event handler can set these two properties:
          ' e.rtc.abort = causes the entire update operation to abort. If transactions are turned on, the transaction is rolled back.
          ' e.rtc.AbortReason = reason to display for aborting the action
          
          end function

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            #6
            Hmm, where is that event coming from? The original post mentions the "AfterInsertRecord", which is a Server-side Event found in Grid components. That event allows you to return JavaScript and provides this example:

            Code:
            'To send a Javascript command to the browser, make an entry in this array.
            'Example
            ' dim aa as p
            ' aa = e.rtc.A_AjaxResponses
            ' aa[].text = "alert('Message');"
            ' aa[..].id = 100 'the order in which the Ajax responses are sent to the browser
            Is this an event for a List control or something like that?

            EDIT: Just re-read the Original Post and saw where I was confused. You mentioned this is being called in afterDialogValidate. I'll take a look at this here shortly and see if it's possible! Sorry for the confusion!

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              #7
              I just took a look at the function but you're right, I'm not seeing any way to return JS in that function. I'm not sure if this would work or not for you, but I did a test case and I can say for certain that the AfterRecordInsert event ran before I returned my JS. This is a little hacky so if someone has a better solution, please feel free to hop in haha.

              1. Add a hidden control to your UX. This control is going to hold data you need to return to your JS from the AfterRecordInsert event. In my test case, I made a hidden textbox control of character type called "recordWasInserted".
              2. In your AfterRecordInsert XBasic function, set e.dataSubmitted.<Control Name> with <Control Name> being the control you made in step 1. In my test case, I set e.dataSubmitted.recordWasInserted = "true".
              3. Now, in your afterDialogValidate Server-side function, use e.javascript and use {dialog.object}.getValue() to get the value of the control that was set in the AfterRecordInsert event. In my test case, I just did const wasRan = {dialog.object}.getValue('recordWasInserted'); if(wasRan) alert('JavaScript ran after the event');

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                #8
                Yea, I was figuring I might have to do something like that. Just hate to work around things like that...

                Thank you!

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                  #9
                  FYI for anyone watching this thread.

                  Selwyn has added to the latest build the ability to send javascript code back to the browser after an event is fired from a serverside xbasic function on a UX.

                  e.rtc.javascript = "alert('test');"

                  It is also documented in the help.

                  This will be available on builds after today. (5/17/22)

                  So you still won't be able to do a chunked response during a server side event, but you can trigger a regular xbasic function after the event completes to enable chunked responses.

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