Learning XPages Part 49 : Building The LocationsEdit XPage
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This is going to be a very short section as we have covered most of this material already in part 22 and 23 of the series. In the last few section we created a special page for the phonebook editor so that they could create, edit and delete location documents from the web interface.
Back in the content_LocationAdmin custom control we had created a view control. For the first column in the view control we specified that the values should be displayed as links.
and in the overall view control properties we had specified that opened documents should use the 'LocationEdit' XPage.
We created the LocationEdit XPage in part 46 but left it pretty much blank, containing the custom controls for the layout and a custom control called content_locationEdit for the main content. In this part we are going to complete this custom control so go ahead and open the content_LocationEdit custom control in your designer client.
The first thing we are going to need is a data source so look at the main properties for the page and go to the data section. Add a new data source for a Notes Document and give it the following values :
Once we have added the data source you can quickly create a table of labels and fields by using the data pane. At the top of the controls pane on the right you should see the two down arrows to switch to the data pane.
You can now select all of the fields available in the data source and drag them into your custom control.
You can if you want revisit some of the validation techniques that we covered in parts 33, 34 and 35 to add some validation to this editbox controls on the form. An example could be that you don't want a location created with nothing in the 'Location' field.
All that's left to do for this XPage is to create the buttons to save new or edited documents. I have again elected to save myself some time and just copy the action bar and buttons that I have created for other parts of the application. I have copied the action bar and buttons from my content_Person custom control and then just left in the 'Save' and 'Cancel' buttons.
Once you save the custom control and preview editing a location in your web browser you should now see your action buttons and the fields.
Bookmark :
This is going to be a very short section as we have covered most of this material already in part 22 and 23 of the series. In the last few section we created a special page for the phonebook editor so that they could create, edit and delete location documents from the web interface.
Back in the content_LocationAdmin custom control we had created a view control. For the first column in the view control we specified that the values should be displayed as links.
and in the overall view control properties we had specified that opened documents should use the 'LocationEdit' XPage.
We created the LocationEdit XPage in part 46 but left it pretty much blank, containing the custom controls for the layout and a custom control called content_locationEdit for the main content. In this part we are going to complete this custom control so go ahead and open the content_LocationEdit custom control in your designer client.
The first thing we are going to need is a data source so look at the main properties for the page and go to the data section. Add a new data source for a Notes Document and give it the following values :
Once we have added the data source you can quickly create a table of labels and fields by using the data pane. At the top of the controls pane on the right you should see the two down arrows to switch to the data pane.
You can now select all of the fields available in the data source and drag them into your custom control.
You can if you want revisit some of the validation techniques that we covered in parts 33, 34 and 35 to add some validation to this editbox controls on the form. An example could be that you don't want a location created with nothing in the 'Location' field.
All that's left to do for this XPage is to create the buttons to save new or edited documents. I have again elected to save myself some time and just copy the action bar and buttons that I have created for other parts of the application. I have copied the action bar and buttons from my content_Person custom control and then just left in the 'Save' and 'Cancel' buttons.
Once you save the custom control and preview editing a location in your web browser you should now see your action buttons and the fields.
