ActionService execute doesn't trigger pop up

Hi Experts,

I've got a problem using ActionService.execute function in Java.

So I've got one JSP class and it will call this:

<dmf:link onclick="onClickHere" label="Request">
     <dmf:argument name="objectId" datafield="r_object_id" /></dmf:link>

One function in its java class:

public void onClickHere(Control c, ArgumentList args)
{     ActionService.execute("request_mf", args, getContext(), this, null);}

And one action xml:

<action id="request_mf">     <desc>Request MF</desc>     <params>          <param name="objectId" required="true />     </params>     <execution class="com.documentum.web.formext.action.LaunchComponent">          <component>request_mf_component</component>          <container>cust_container</container>          <navigation>return</navigation>     </execution>     <invocation>          <modalpopup>                    <windowsize>large</windowsize>               <refreshparentwindow>onConfirm</refreshparentwindow>          </modalpopup>     </invocation></action>

Well when we click on the link, it works, but it does fullscreen instead of poping up.

What do I need to make it pop up instead of full screen? I've put invocation in the action xml but it seems to be ignored.

Please advice what to do.

Thanks!

Regards,

Felik

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Jubedus

Hi Felik,

I suppose you're talking about Webtop

The simplest way to achieve the desired result is to use actionlink instead of link in your JSP.

Try the following in your JSP

<dmfx:actionlink action="request_mf" label="Request">
<dmfx:argument name="objectId" datafield="r_object_id" />

</dmf:link>

Make sure the JSP page references dmformext_1_0.tld

Good luck!

gcampos

If the actionlink is not sufficient, you can also use the java method setModal(true); in the onInit() method of your component's java class.

FelikK

Hi guys,

Thanks for your response.

Actually we created another component using datagrid and we've got a link in the right column of it.

So the problem is the user is zooming in like 200% so there was a vertical scroll bar.

We've tried couple solutions regarding this.

1. using dmf:actionlink is not sufficient because when they zoom in and click on the link, it snaps back to the left and the action is not triggered.

2. using dmf:link is not sufficient because it doesn't have pop up and our users again complain about it.

3. using <a> tag and call the action via url. This also doesn't work out well because when we click OK/Cancel on the container, it will give us some kind of message like 'Action request_mf has been executed successfully' and I couldn't get rid of it.

@Gustavo: I've tried using setModal(true); but it also doesnt work. I've checked the WDK javadocs and it's saying that setModal is used for "set modal - forms in other windows will be disabled". Do I need to put it somewhere else to make it work?

Thanks guys.
Cheers

Jubedus

Hi Felik,

Hmm... this is interesting. I have seen quite a few issues caused by the browser zoom. But I'd think that the action should still be invoked. Is there a way for the user to reset the browser zoom to 100% and try again?

FelikK wrote:1. using dmf:actionlink is not sufficient because when they zoom in and click on the link, it snaps back to the left and the action is not triggered.

FelikK

Hi Andrei,

Unfortunately our users are older people who have some kind of eye sight problem.

They couldn't see it if the font size is not big enough for them lol

The action itself is not triggered when we click on the link. So it just snaps back to left hand side.

Actually I have another discussion regarding this, but still couldn't resolve it.

I'm interested on Gustavo's solution. Hope he can reply soon

tejrajs

just a weird option (never tried before), instead of calling behavior class method from <dmf:link> call JS method, from where you can launch new window using window.open method (refer OTB JSP which is normally used to call component). since we need to pass URL to window.open method you can create action URL like: http://server:port/applicationname/action/request_mf?objectId=xxxxxxxxxxx

where you can create first part refering OTB JSPs which uses 'Form.makeUrl' method, objectid can be passed as parameter so only "action/request_mf?objectId=" will be hardcoded in JSP

gcampos

Felik,

Usually you don't have to put setModal, but I had to do that sometimes to reinforce the popup to WDK, and I put it just on the onInit method before calling the super.onInit(), by setting it to true you're saying that your popup window will be modal, which means it will be on the top of any other browser window or tab, and it can't be skipped.

But if that's not working for you, how about to configure the font size in Windows instead of zooming the browser? If the users are sight impaired, they may have been problem with other apps besides the browser.

In windows you can resize the whole screen by 125% or 150% on display options, and also set custom sizes for fonts in DPI scale.

If you have to go through customization, you can also try to open a popup window via javascript and set your component and container there, just look at titlebar.jsp to check how it does it for advanced search.

Regards,

Gustavo

FelikK

Hi Tejraj,

Thanks for your help again

I've tried that option before, but it behaves a bit strange. When I click OK on the container, it will show some message like "Action has been executed successfully" and I couldn't get rid of it.

@Gustavo and All,

Actually this issue is raised by 2 or 3 out of 20 users who tested the application, because they are older people and they were struggling to read it. If we change the font size, it annoys other users, so we decided not to change the size.

However, we reached agreement with them and we told them we can't fix this since we can't keep everyone's happy

Again, thanks all for your replies and helps.

Cheers