Automatically perform button "onclick" event when GRID loads

[parkjammer]

I have a set of actions attached to an "onclick" event within a GRID (technically, attached to an image in a field in the grid).

Interactively the onclick event works fine.

I would like to use a "client-side event" such as "onGridRenderComplete" to perform the equivalent of a "click".

I've tried the suggestions I can find from the forum, such as:

http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...script+onclick

So I have an "onGridRenderComplete" command of:

// === // = My simple javascript function that in turn calls an "onclick" event // === launch_greeting_page();

The actual function looks like:

function launch_greeting_page() { // === // = The command that should // === $('{grid.componentName}.V.R{grid.rowNumber}._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2').onClick();

And the result in FireBug is simply that the object does NOT have an ONCLICK method (or a CLICK method... tried that too).


Any thoughts on how to click a button on page-launch would be appreciated.

[parkjammer]

Re: Automatically perform button "onclick" event when GRID loads

I've also tried a more indirect approach (recommended elsewhere in the forum).

function launch_greeting_page() { // === // = Chincy method for auto-launching a PDF when the page starts // === dummyvar = $('{grid.componentName}.V.R{grid.rowNumber}._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2'); dummyvar.onClick(); }

Tried this with "click" and "onclick" options. No luck.

[GGandhi]

Re: Automatically perform button "onclick" event when GRID loads

hello

one of the bob moore video showed something similar, i will look for it. in the meantime i think use the following
$('{grid.componentName}.V.R1._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2').onClick(); don't include the grid.rowNumber.
try this. i think that is how he did it or D.V.R1_UNBOUND_IMAGE_2

[parkjammer]

Re: Automatically perform button "onclick" event when GRID loads

Thanks Govindan.

I believe I reviewed the video you were referring to. It is referenced in the link I initially included on the thread.

Being a thorough sort I tried multiple variations (direct call, indirect call via function, .Click(), .onClick(), etc).

No luck so far.

function launch_greeting_page() { // === // = Attempt to "click" a button // === // $('{grid.componentName}.V.R{grid.rowNumber}._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2').onClick(); // $('{grid.componentName}.V.R{grid.rowNumber}._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2').Click(); // $('{grid.componentName}.V.R._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2').onClick(); // $('{grid.componentName}.V.R._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2').Click(); // vl_launch_greeting_pdf = $('{grid.componentName}.V.R{grid.rowNumber}._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2'); // vl_launch_greeting_pdf.Click(); // vl_launch_greeting_pdf = $('{grid.componentName}.V.R._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2'); // vl_launch_greeting_pdf.Click(); // vl_launch_greeting_pdf = $('{grid.componentName}._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2'); // vl_launch_greeting_pdf.Click(); vl_launch_greeting_pdf = $('{_UNBOUND_IMAGE_2'); vl_launch_greeting_pdf.Click(); }

Example images:

Portion of screen before button click

20130509_A5v11_issue_-1-_initial_state.jpg

Portion of screen after button click (launches PDF)

20130509_A5v11_issue_-2-_manual_click.jpg

Firebug error when any automatic click action is taken

20130509_A5v11_issue_-3-_auto-click_error.jpg

I'll try some alternative searches later. Right now I'm out of ideas.

Argh.

[christappan]

Re: Automatically perform button "onclick" event when GRID loads

This is from a detail view, but I'm successfully using things like this throughout our app:
($('{Grid.ComponentName}.D.V.R1._UNBOUND_BUTTON_7')).click();

Also, strip it down--make sure that the function is firing at all with something simple before getting more complex:
alert('this fired');

instead of {grid.rowNumber}, try:
//place this Javascript in your code, and then reference the rowNum variable.
var rowNum = {Grid.Object}._selectedRow;

And finally, it's less preferable if you need to change the Action Javascript later, but if you go to the onClick Action Javascript in your image and switch it to text mode, copy the code from the Javascript - Attribute tab and use it rather than trying to click the button. You can cancel out of changes to the image and leave it Action Javascript.

[GGandhi]

Re: Automatically perform button "onclick" event when GRID loads

in your attached example i did not see any
$('{grid.componentName}.V.R1._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2').onClick();

see the number 1 after V.R
since you want to call an image in a row and you are not defining that rownumber i have added the rownumber to be added manually.
if you do not want that approach then take a look at version 10 videos all the way to the end there is one how to calculate row number

[christappan]

Re: Automatically perform button "onclick" event when GRID loads

also, the formation using the rowNum variable, I left out of my earlier post, but it would be:

'{grid.componentName}.V.R'+rowNum+'._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2'

I also just noticed that you're using Click() on some of your attempts; Javascript is case sensitive, so I think you'd need to use click() instead.

[parkjammer]

Re: Automatically perform button "onclick" event when GRID loads

Thanks all... will try to sneak in a test of some of these ideas between other work.

Note: I did use variant Click/click/onClick/onclick in my tests. I didn't leave all options in the sample code however.

[parkjammer]

Re: Automatically perform button "onclick" event when GRID loads

Govindan & Chris,

Thanks for your input. I tried multiple variations using your input.

The call is now simplified and entered directly in the "onGridRenderComplete" object.

It appears the GRID object name is not recognized even after the grid has been fully rendered. This should not be a scope issue insofar as the object should be available to all javascript on the page at this point.

Here is my simple code and a screen shot of the very simple call and the error:

Code	// === // = Simple auto-click attempt. // = Uses a direct call instead of an intermediary function. // === // launch_greeting_page(); // alert('Attempting directly in onGridRenderComplete.'); // The grid component renders to: GRID_OBJLST_02 // Using row "1" of the table (it is only a single row table) {grid.componentName}.V.R1._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2.click();
Screenshot, call & code	20130509_A5v11_issue_-5-_auto-click_call_and_code.jpg
Firebug ERROR	GRID_OBJLST_02 is not defined onGridRenderComplete: function(e) { GRID_OBJLST_02.V.R1._UNBOUND_IMAGE_2.click(); )
Error screenshot	20130509_A5v11_issue_-4-_bad_object_definition.jpg

All good fun. Clearly it works for others... there has to be something about the object name or scope that is the problem.

Thanks for your input so far. It is appreciated.

[parkjammer]

Re: Automatically perform button "onclick" event when GRID loads

Solution determined!

It was a combination of all the input and trials so far... so thanks.

Although the javascript (from Actionscript) shows a "_G_" reference, the other object insertions always show the ".V.R" method, as do the few forum references I could find.

In this case, simply changing to the "_G_" method, which I had presumed was only usable when "in-the-grid", along with the row info... worked.

So this is now in the "onGridRenderComplete" event within "client-side events". And it works just fine... the button clicks and it opens a PDF when the page and grid renders.

// === // = Force a "click" to launch the greeting-page PDF. // = // = This code placed in "onGridRenderComplete" client-side event. // === // This code did NOT work: {grid.componentName}.V.R1._UNBOUND_IMAGE_1.click() // The following code DID work: {grid.componentName}_G__UNBOUND_IMAGE_1_1(1,'1',this);

I'll eventually have to understand from Selwyn and/or the community a bit more about object naming, classes, events, and scope. But for today I'll be happy it works.

Thanks again for your collective contributions. Sometimes just another nudge the right direction (or confirmation you're on the right track)... is all it takes.