Logged in as

[Davidk]

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Zip and post the a5w page and 2 components you used in your video. I'll run them here under 4491.

[carlbsmith]

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Thanks. Here is what I used in the video:

UX_persistent_login.zip

[GGandhi]

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i think there is timing issue when you embed a component and the logged in user does not populate properly.
to solve this
on the onRenderComplete event of the parent dialog ( in your case the persistent login ux ) add the code

var j1 = localStorage.getItem("name");
if (j1) {
setTimeout(function() {
document.getElementById("user2").innerHTML = j1;
},2000);
}

where the user2 is the id used in

Logged in as: <span id="user2"></span>

i gave 2 seconds, you might succeed with 1 second delay

take a look
https://www.screencast.com/t/CfpYmAyJ

[Davidk]

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Carl... when I added your components and ran them under 4491 I was getting Javacsript errors. I opened the 2 UX components and from the Controls, Menu, selected "Recalculate all controls." Then I saved and published. I'm publishing to Local Webroot and testing there.

No more Javascript errors and the components work as expected.

[carlbsmith]

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Thanks all for the responses, it is finally working! I am running with Davidk's solution because that was built in v12, and doesn't seem to having the timing delay issues. Govindan, thanks for putting together those screencasts with your ideas. Both of these solutions have taught me some things. I do not have a programming/xbasic/javascript background, so I appreciate you all putting up with my questions. Hopefully I will continue to get a better understanding of this stuff so I don't have to bug you all so much!

[Davidk]

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So why is it working now?

There couldn't be any timing issues in this case, using the components as built, because nothing is waiting for anything.

[carlbsmith]

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Are you referring to the UX you helped me build? Or what Govindan put together?

[Davidk]

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The Alpha Version 12 UX Components. Why are they working now? Gandhi thinks it's a timing issue... but having Version 12 and an understand of how this process works shows that it can't be... since there is no reliance on timing.

[carlbsmith]

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Gandhi's alpha 11 component was the one having the timing issue. The one you helped me with in alpha 12 has no issues. Doing the recalculate all like you suggested is what ultimately fixed the issue. That and I didn't have the component alias defined properly for the embedded UX in the parent. Thanks again for all the help.

[carlbsmith]

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Just re-read your comment, perhaps I am misunderstanding. I am using the solution you helped with, so not 100% sure what is or isn't the issue with what Gandhi provided. He suggested a timing issue, but maybe it is something else?

[Davidk]

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Right... that's why you were getting the cObj error... because of the alias. No idea on the stuff Gandhi provided... I didn't look at it since it couldn't apply here.

[carlbsmith]

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what if I wanted to tweak this to show a friendly name instead of email address, would that be hard?

I've got a table right now called "usersregistered" which has a corresponding first name that goes with the email address. I figure somehow I could pull the name from that table.

tbl = table.open("[PathAlias.ADB_Path]\usersregistered")
query.filter = "username="+quote(var->session.UserID)
session.First_name = alltrim(tbl.FIRST_NAME)
tbl.close()

Not sure exactly how to write this, or how to tie it into the code above from davidk that I am currently using. Thanks!

[Davidk]

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You're using xbLogin... so I'd add any additional code to get other data (a friendly name) in there. Set a state var... and then process that var back in the client.

You're working with a PhoneGap Build app... and unless you're working with a 100% guaranteed connection I wouldn't use session variables. Even if you could guarantee the connection... I wouldn't use session vars.

Are you working with DBF tables??

[carlbsmith]

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So maybe adding something like this to xbasic:

dim friendlyName as c
friendlyName = ???


e._state.friendlyName = friendlyName


And then some javascript:

var friendlyName = {dialog.object).stateInfo['friendlyName'];

var cObj = {dialog.Object}.getChildObject('SNAP_MOBILE');
var cEle = cObj.getPointer('logged_in_as');
cEle.innerHTML = friendlyName;


I'm a little fuzzy on the specifics of the syntax. Oh, and I am mostly using SQL tables. This usersregistered table is one of the last holdouts that I have not converted over yet.

[Davidk]

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Looks good.