setVisible() on a container in 6.1

tst 6.1 / solaris 8

I'm trying to get my 5.5.2 DCTs to work in tst 6.1 and have encountered a problem. The problem is the setVisible() function isn't controlling the visibility of my containers!!

The following line of code should hide the 'people' container. The code works in 5.5.2, but not in 6.1.

IWDatacapture.getItem("/people").setVisible(false);

I read the manuals and searched DevNet and didn't find any relevant info.

How are you 6.1 guys hiding containers?

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Adam Stoller

Perhaps a silly question - but are you doing an IWDatacapture.redraw() after setting the visibility?

--fish
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LooseCannon

yes

Michael

Hi

I'm not sure if this was the point that fish was getting to but you shouldn't need a IWDatacapture.redraw() on 6.1. It should occur dynamically now.

Have you applied SP1 to your 6.1 install?

There is a bug introduced in 6.0 and still present in 6.1, but fixed in 6.1 SP1 I believe, that causes your code to fail. Check out this post for more details.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Michael

LooseCannon

Forgot to mention that we have SP1 installed.

I found reference to bug #52641: FormAPI getItem() doesn't resolve Replicant Instance Containers in the 6.1 SP1 release doc. Apparently Interwoven resolved the issue by introducing an UNDOCUMENTED event: onFormInit.

Here's the KB Article (for those who don't have support access):

FormAPI getItem
Knowledge Base Article: 52670
Type: Tech Note

Synopsis
This article provides information about a known issue with TeamSite: FormAPI getItem function, Bug #52641.
Details

A bug has filed for FormAPI getItem function, #52641.

This known issue occurs when users try to refer to an item via IWDatacapture.getItem() witha replicant value. In this circumstance, a Null value is returned.

This has been resolved, but the resolution requires the FormAPI script to use the onFormInit event.
This was introduced in TeamSite 6.0 to guarantee that javascript code in FormAPI would execute after all elements are properly initialized.

Adjusting the FormAPI script to use the onFormInit event should resolve the problem.

Hey Interwoven it would be really nice of you to update the FormAPI manual to reflect the needed use of this event.

So much for backwords compatible...

Another wasted morning!

Bjorn

Is redraw() a documented method?

bill_brama

Hi,

I have similar problem with 6.1.0 Service Pack 2.
I have replicant container named "a"
{{{
<container name="a" min="0" max="unbounded" default="0" combination="or">
}}}

and `IWDatacapture.getItem("/a");` returns null.

I've tryed to use the onFormInit event, but it's not working

{{{
IWEventRegistry.addFormHandler("onFormInit", init);

function init() {
alert('init');
alert(IWDatacapture.getItem("/a"));
}
}}}