Thanks Henrique and David, I'm doing this as a super basic admin app to fill out some data in our model, so the easiest solution was the best :) I ended up just putting it in the ERXNavigationMenu. Thanks again! I really appreciate your quick replies!
Joe Kramer On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:21 AM, David Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joe, > > On 2010-11-17, at 9:15 AM, Joe Kramer wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm trying my first D2W app... This should be easy to find, and I'm almost > embarrassed to ask, but I need to get this working ASAP. > > > Never be embarrassed to ask anything related to D2W :-) It is a complex > topic that will take you awhile to get your head around. What follows > assumes you are using ModernLook and Wonder. > > I'm wondering how to make it so that you can create new entities from the > list page. > > > This may not be quite as easy as you might think. Where do you imagine the > button going? In the list itself or above or below the table? > > What rule should I add to make that happen? > > > From fastest to hardest: > > 1. The fastest way to handle it (and it is the one of the ways > ERModernMoviesDemo and BugTracker demonstrate), is to make the action a link > in your ERXNavigationMenu with the code for entity creation in the > Navigation Controller class. > > public WOComponent createMovieAction() { > return newObjectForEntityName(MOVIE); > } > > public WOComponent newObjectForEntityName(String entityName) { > WOComponent nextPage = null; > try { > EditPageInterface epi = > D2W.factory().editPageForNewObjectWithEntityNamed(entityName, session()); > epi.setNextPage(session().context().page()); > nextPage = (WOComponent) epi; > } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { > ErrorPageInterface epf = D2W.factory().errorPage(session()); > epf.setMessage(e.toString()); > epf.setNextPage(session().context().page()); > nextPage = (WOComponent) epf; > } > return nextPage; > } > > 2. You could create a custom component that would be repeated in the list > that has similar code to that in the Navigation Controller class. You name a > placeholder propertyKey such as "createLink", set it to display a custom > component, then name the custom component. If you choose this route and need > help, please let the list know. > > 3. You can use ERDActionBar and a delegate for your entity that has a > createAction. This component is supported in the ModernLook list page > template. This took me a couple of days to wrap my head around. To get an > idea of what is involved see this page: > > ERDBranchDelegate & ERDControllerButton > > http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WO/D2W+Flow+Control > > 4. You could place your custom component from item 2 above or below your > list, but then you'd need to muck with the list page template to support > your custom component. > > I have been using the first option in my D2W apps. > > David > > > Thanks, > > Joe Kramer > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/programmingosx%40mac.com > > This email sent to [email protected] > > >
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