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I don't know if is a desktop or web question--desktop web component based apps A5v11

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    I don't know if is a desktop or web question--desktop web component based apps A5v11

    I have been asked to help with partially developed application. The former developer is no longer in the area or available for contact.

    The original design requirements was that it was be a stand alone app (think desktop) but make heavy use of web components in fact almost exclusive use of them. There are no real desktop forms apart from a form used as menu. The requirement is to use the desktop runtime and not the WAS, There are simply grids and page layouts. The primary working screen is a complex web component

    Here is a snippet of the code

    dim formname as c = ""
    if eval_valid("topparent.class()") then
    if topparent.class() = "Form" .or. topparent.class() = "Browse" then
    formname = topparent.name()
    end if
    end if
    dim pg as p

    dim componentType as c
    componentType = "PageLayout"
    if componentType = "Grid" then
    pg = a5_GridComponentOpenInWindow(gridName,style,options,formname)
    else
    pg = a5_WebComponentOpenInWindow(gridName,componentType,style,options,formname)
    end if


    Can someone explain why this works in Runtime without WAS and outside of being embedded in a form (is the code is effectively embedding it in a blank form)? Assuming this development scheme continues, will the customer be able to successfully deploy the app as a download with just the Runtime?
    Regards,

    John W.
    www.CustomReportWriters.net

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    Re: I don't know if is a desktop or web question--desktop web component based apps A5

    I think the grid is running in an xdialog.
    Peter
    AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

    [email protected]
    https://www.alphabasesolutions.com


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      #3
      Re: I don't know if is a desktop or web question--desktop web component based apps A5

      Peter - thanks for the response. After I posted this I have been watching some of the videos on embedded grid. This is new to me since it was not available in 10.5 or earlier versions but is in v11. I am now wondering if this is not the xBasic version of that action script process. I may need to build an test grid and see.

      In 10.5 I tried to use a grid in my app. It worked fine until I went to deploy it and would fail. So I backed off from using it. I had several others look at it and it failed for them as well. Perhaps v11 using the now included v10 feature pack resolved the problem.

      Time to experiment I guess.
      Regards,

      John W.
      www.CustomReportWriters.net

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        #4
        Re: I don't know if is a desktop or web question--desktop web component based apps A5

        John,

        I read a few weeks back that the problem deploying has to do with a hard-coded pathing issue for the web components. Sorry i don't have a link, but it was in the desktop section (v11 or v10, not sure).
        Peter
        AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

        [email protected]
        https://www.alphabasesolutions.com


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          #5
          Re: I don't know if is a desktop or web question--desktop web component based apps A5

          I did a bit of experimenting and the code I see it is the xBasic for the action script to open a grid web component. So that mystery is solved. The grid appears to open in a form and not as an xDialog. For those of us that did not have the v10 feature pack and are new to v11 this is new functionality. Its worth exploring. I just wonder if it resolves the deployment problems I and some other experienced?
          Regards,

          John W.
          www.CustomReportWriters.net

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            #6
            Re: I don't know if is a desktop or web question--desktop web component based apps A5

            Originally posted by jkwrpc View Post
            I did a bit of experimenting and the code I see it is the xBasic for the action script to open a grid web component. So that mystery is solved. The grid appears to open in a form and not as an xDialog.
            I'm not so sure. The key code is this:

            Code:
            dim componentType as c 
            componentType = "Grid"
            if componentType = "Grid" then 
            	pg = a5_GridComponentOpenInWindow(gridName,style,options,formname)
            else
            	pg = a5_WebComponentOpenInWindow(gridName,componentType,style,options,formname)
            end if
            I might be wrong, but if I were to guess, I would say that a5_GridComponentOpenInWindow() may be xdialog?
            Peter
            AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

            [email protected]
            https://www.alphabasesolutions.com


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              Re: I don't know if is a desktop or web question--desktop web component based apps A5

              Peter - its a great question and one I cannot answer. However, when it opens it does not have the appearance of what I typically see as an xDialog window.
              Regards,

              John W.
              www.CustomReportWriters.net

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