Now that Version 6 is out, I'm sure all you guys (and girls)at Alpha are wondering what to do with your free time. So, here's an idea that would save me a ton of time.
You've made creating web pages a snap, so now the challenge is navigation, so...
Create a grid component that is a horizontal link bar where each of the entries has a drop down list, and each item on that list is a link to another page. The format for building the link bar would be similar to the desktop menu builder genie, and the bar would look like a menu. I could then create this component and plunk it at the top of each page.
For the properties for each link item, you could include:
Enable condition - this would be a condition that must be satisfied before the link would be allowed. It would be a "poor man's" security (each page would still need its own security) but it could control normal access. For example a user might be assigned a level of "owner", "user", "viewer" and only those with a session variable = "owner" could access certain pages through this link. (You could use pretty colors for enabled and not enabled)
Filter expression - There has been a lot of discussion about filters for pages. Perhaps the link could carry filter information with it.
Before Xbasic - Xbasic that would run before the link is made (actually this might take care of the filter information??)
After Xbasic - Xbasic that would run after the link is made, but before the page is displayed, for example to specify variable information that will be shown on the page.
Window type - a new window or reuse the existing window.
Leave condition - Close the existing window or leave it open (for new windows)
I built the component show in the attachment to do some of this, but it is very clunky and doesnt have the cascading feature.
Thanks,
Pat
You've made creating web pages a snap, so now the challenge is navigation, so...
Create a grid component that is a horizontal link bar where each of the entries has a drop down list, and each item on that list is a link to another page. The format for building the link bar would be similar to the desktop menu builder genie, and the bar would look like a menu. I could then create this component and plunk it at the top of each page.
For the properties for each link item, you could include:
Enable condition - this would be a condition that must be satisfied before the link would be allowed. It would be a "poor man's" security (each page would still need its own security) but it could control normal access. For example a user might be assigned a level of "owner", "user", "viewer" and only those with a session variable = "owner" could access certain pages through this link. (You could use pretty colors for enabled and not enabled)
Filter expression - There has been a lot of discussion about filters for pages. Perhaps the link could carry filter information with it.
Before Xbasic - Xbasic that would run before the link is made (actually this might take care of the filter information??)
After Xbasic - Xbasic that would run after the link is made, but before the page is displayed, for example to specify variable information that will be shown on the page.
Window type - a new window or reuse the existing window.
Leave condition - Close the existing window or leave it open (for new windows)
I built the component show in the attachment to do some of this, but it is very clunky and doesnt have the cascading feature.
Thanks,
Pat
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