How to mute requiredfieldvalidator & datevalidator on page load?

vsoman1984

Hi Friends

I have employed datevalidator & requiredfiledvalidator on a page of mine to capture unacceptable user values. The following is one of the fields in my JSP

<tr>
<td><dmf:label nlsid = 'MSG_EXPT_DEL_DATE'/>
<td><dmf:dateinput name ='deliverdate_input' dateselector ='calendar'/></td><td>
<dmf:requiredfieldvalidator name="EXPDEL_VALIDATION" controltovalidate="deliverdate_input" nlsid='MSG_VALID_END_DATE'/>
</td><td>
<dmf:datevalidator name="deliverdate_input_validate" controltovalidate="deliverdate_input" errormessage="Bad date entered."/>
</td>
</tr>

As a result i have the following screen snippet in front of me:

Now this is an acceptable and expected occurance when i have entered illegal values and clicked on a link on this page say page B to proceed. But as soon as i navigate out of this page through a link on this page B and come back on this page B from the previous calling page A by clicking on a link on the page A, i still see the red warnings of the validators even before I have entered any values.

The method responsible for coming onto page B from page A is as follows:

public void createFreewayProject(Control control, ArgumentList args){ setComponentPage("createProject"); }

Could you please help me rectify this so that the page loads without the validation statements.

Thanks & Regards

Vishnu

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DCTM_Guru

On the component jsp page, set validation = false:

<dmf:webform validation="false" />

vsoman1984

Hi Johnny,

Thanks for your suggestion. If i set validations = false in the webform will it still be possible to capture illegal values entered by the users and notify them?

Thanks & Regards

Vishnu

DCTM_Guru

Yes, you just need to include validate() method on the onCommitChanges() method of the component. Basically, setting validation = false disables form validation, and including validate() on onCommitChanges() triggers validation when user tries to submit the form (not on form load, which is what I believe you are trying to avoid).

vsoman1984

Yes Johnny you are correct i want to avoid validations on page load. But since the Java class file governing the elements on the page is a custom class created by me, (named DummyComponent.java) i dont have a onCommitChanges() in my class. The validate () is on the actionevent when the user clicks on a link on the page after filling in the details

public void creationOfProject (Control control, ArgumentList args){ validate();boolean bValid = getIsValid(); if (bValid == false){ return; }else {...}

So do you suggest creating an "onCommitChanges()" method inside my custom class and having the "validate()" called inside it. Is it a case that onCommitChanges respond to only "Ok" or "Cancel" button clicks or can it recognize clicks on links on the page ?

DCTM_Guru

If your custom page extends component class, then you should have access to onCommitChanges. If you are not extending component class, then you will have to implement validate() yourself. Not sure why you wouldnt want to extend component. Component class is "fundamental" class in WDK.

vsoman1984

I am extending Component class inside my custom class. But iam unsure as to when the "onCommitChanges()" method gets called.

The below given image shows my screen. My doubt is will the calling of onCommitChanges() be legal when the user clicks on the red marked link whose code i ve written in the previous post? The OK and Cancel buttons are reduntdant for my application here.Is their any dependencey of onCommitChanges() on these two buttons?

DCTM_Guru

Ok button (as well as cancel button) is part of the Component and are directly tied to onCommitChanges() method. Why dont you rename the OK button to "Create Project"? This will eliminate the "redundancy".

vsoman1984

Hi Johnny,

Ok so now the picture is quite clearer thanks to you . I had ventured out on customizing the Ok and cancel buttons earlier but found it quite difficult to understand compared to the other customizations i carried out (like the ones on the menubar etc.). I had an earlier post of mine a month back https://community.emc.com/message/468291#468291 for a similar manifestation of my current situation.

Having read a few documents, i have gathered that dialogcontainer_component.xml and dialogcontainer.jsp are responsible for the container related features along with DialogContainer.class. But its not clear as to how i can customize the Ok button (rename it and assign it an actionevent) for my specific container requirements.Like in this case how should i proceed to have the OK button look like "Create Project" button only for this create project feature.

Any pointers for the same will be really helpful for me.

Thanks for your guidance.

Regards

Vishnu

DCTM_Guru

You should be able to change the OK button label by changing the nls properties for the component. This is how "internationalization" is supported.

aroran

Like Johnny mentioned, you'd need to create custom dialog container that extends the dialogcontainer_component and modify the NLS bundle value for button label to "Create Project". Within the behavior class of that component, you can customize the onOk() method to do the custom processing, e.g. calling another component.