Jacopo, yes the system could be improved. I think anyway that the one that I propose should be a good starting point. There is the possibility to attach an help page, if needed, to every single screenlet or even smaller container.
-Bruno 2008/4/13, Jacopo Cappellato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Bruno, I'll definitely look at your patch, thanks. > An idea we could also consider is to use the screen name (or form name) to > compose the name of the help page: in this way we could have a link tht > points to an help page even if we don't specify the url in the screen's > container (if the page is not available we could return a default page). > There are pros and cons with this approach but it is definitely something we > could consider. > > Jacopo > > > On Apr 13, 2008, at 10:46 AM, Bruno Busco wrote: > > > OK, > > I have worked a little bit on this and came to a solution that I have > > submitted here: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-1750 > > > > Please review and eventually integrate! > > > > -Bruno > > > > 2008/4/12, Bruno Busco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > Ooops, > > > I have resolved. I was modifying the renderScreenletBegin function > > > instead > > > of the renderContainerBegin function. > > > Now I can continue on my road-map... > > > > > > -Bruno > > > > > > 2008/4/12, Bruno Busco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > > After the discussion we had in > > > > http://www.nabble.com/Loading-Raw-HTML-td16595109.html > > > > I am trying to modify ofbiz to optionally include a little help icon > > > > in > > > > the screenlet title bar. > > > > What I want to obtais is the possibility to specify for every > > > > container > > > > an help page link. > > > > I am not expert of Ofbiz and of Java too but I want use this as an > > > > exercize to grow my experience up. > > > > > > > > My roadmap is: > > > > 1 - add a little help icon image (help_yellow.gif) to ofbiz > > > > > > > > 2 - add a "helpHomeUrl" property in general.properies > > > > > > > > 3 - add a new "helplink" property to the container tag to let the > > > > programmer to link an help page to every single UI element. > > > > When the container is rendered the following HTML should be added in > > > > the > > > > container. > > > > <a class="helpLink" target="_ofbizhelp" href="HELPURL"> > > > > <img width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" title="Get > > > > online > > > > help about Using Ofbiz" src="/images/help_yellow.gif"/> > > > > </a> > > > > Where HELPURL is a string obtained from the helpHomeUrl, the > > > > helplink > > > > property and perhaps the actual locale > > > > > > > > 4- add something in the main.css to make the little help icon > > > > displayed > > > > inline on the right of the container area > > > > > > > > So, after the trivial step 1, skipped step 2 for the moment, I > > > > started > > > > navigating the code to do step 3. > > > > I have seen that the screenlet container is someting that is built > > > > in > > > > two (at least) different ways in .ftl files and in screens.xml > > > > files. > > > > I have done it for a single .ftl file inserting the HTML code by > > > > hand > > > > but now I want to make it for the screens.xml files. I have tried to > > > > modify > > > > the HtmlScreenRenderer.java but I get no effect at all changing this > > > > file > > > > ant-building and the startofbizing. > > > > > > > > Could someone help me? > > > > > > > > -Bruno > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
