AbstractEditor.setCaption has no effect

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#1

Hi

I would like to change the Editor screen caption depending on the item properties (see code below), but this has no effect.

@Override
protected void initNewItem(Customer item) {
    setCaption(item.getInternalCode());
    rules.initNewItem(item);
}

EDIT : it works if called from init() method see below, but why caption can not be changed afterwards ?

@Override
public void init(final Map<String, Object> params) {
    Customer item = WindowParams.ITEM.get(params);
    setCaption(item.getInternalCode());

}

Mike

#2

Hey!

See sources AbstractWindow (AbstractEditor extends AbstractWindow)
* Set the screen caption. If called in {@link #init(java.util.Map)}, overrides the value from XML.

Use postInit() method

@Override
protected void postInit(){
Customer item= getItem();
String caption = messages.formatMessage(getClass(), “customerEditor.caption”, (item.getInternalCode()!= null) ? " ‘" + item.getInternalCode() + "’" : “”);
getFrame().setCaption(caption);
}

and add new entry to screen messages:
customerEditor.caption=Customer%s

#3

Thanks for the tip, it works. Calling setCaption in init() was also working but it is limited by a minimal item.

Looking to AbstractEditor.setItem() implementation I’m stil not clear why it does not work in initNewItem(), but, hey, job done, and this is cleaner.

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#4

Hey, @michael.renaud

Mark post as solution, please :slight_smile: