I am attempting to replicate the generic editor generated for an entity with a attribute that is a composition relationship but with some customization. Similar to the sales sample where the order editor has a groupBox/table for OrderLines.
To put it into the same terms as the Sales sample, I recreated the layout for the Order editor but I added some custom buttons that open some custom editor screens for the OrderLine. The buttons are functioning, the custom editors appear, but when I hit ‘OK’ on the OrderLine editor and the Order editor come back up, the groupBox/table is not updated with the OrderLine I just created. I tried refreshing the Datasource for the table, but that didn’t seem to have any effect. However, if I hit ‘OK’ on the Order editor but then open the same instance of Order for editing, the groupBox/table shows the new OrderLine. What could I be missing on this?
Specifically, it is a dialog box that is being opened for the OrderLine editor. Would this make a difference? If so, then how do I refresh the underlying page with the dialog closes?
Probably you should replicate behavior of CreateAction.internalOpenEditor() method in the part where it invokes datasource.includeItem(editedItem) if parentDs is not null - this is the case of composition.
Also, consider using CreateAction itself and customizing it with windowId for opening a specific editor and/or BeforeActionPerformedHandler, AfterCommitHandler, etc.
The CreateAction/ EditAction option worked well. Another question I have about the same screen. Again, in terms of the sales sample app.
My custom order editor doesn’t use just a basic field group. I added some buttons (‘Add Customer’, ‘Add Date’, etc.). In addition to this, I have some labels at the top of my page that let you know if the customer/date/etc. column of the entity currently being edited has been filled or not. So before I add a customer, the label says “no customer specified”. I click on my ‘Add customer’ which opens a dialog. I enter my customer’s name and press okay. When the dialog disappears, I want the label to say “Customer Specified”.
I so far have the label, my button invokes
, and I know that the value is being recorded somewhere because when I got back to the Order editor screen (by pressing ‘OK’), I see the customer. But I can’t figure out how to update the label on the fly within the Order editor.
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