Johann Werner gave a presentation at WOWODC12 on Dynamic Elements titled  
“Dynamic Elements”. July 2, 2012

you may want to view this presentation. I think it is very clear!

On Jan 28, 2015, at 12:01 PM, Robert B. Hanviriyapunt <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Daniele,
> 
> If your components auto synchronize (true, by default), then all you would 
> need to do is add a binding.
> 
> MyList.api
> - add mySelection binding (when bound, this will cause array to be pushed 
> down to the subcomponent as well as pushed up from the subcomponent at 
> various times in request-response cycle)
> 
> if MyList does NOT auto synchronize, then you will need to at the least code 
> push up to parent to have the parent get the value, OR use a shortcut (at 
> least I know this shortcut is available in the WOD file):
> 
> MyList.wod:
> 
> Foo : MyList {
>       mySelection = ^mySelection;
> }
> 
> Then bind a var in the parent component to the subcomponent
> 
> MyPage.wo
> - add binding <wo:MyList mySelection=“$myPageMySelection”/>
> 
> see: 
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/WebObjects/Web_Applications/Development/WO_Component/Binding_Synchronization
> 
> But in general, pages/components don’t have direct access to subcomponents.  
> They push/pull values via bindings or share objects whose attributes can be 
> seen by both component classes.
> 
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> On Jan 28, 2015, at 8:00 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
>> Hi Amedeo,
>> thanks for the answer, but, sorry, I'm not sure to understand it.
>> AFAIK, WODynamicElement
>> is a simple HTML Element, not a component, so I cannot assign a .wo file to
>> it (or am I wrong?).
>> 
>> Anyway, I'm trying to change my example by moving the submit button on the
>> SubComponent and using context().page().takeValueForKey(Object value,
>> String key) in the SubComponent Action to set the value in the Parent
>> Component, last I call performParentAction(String action) to do the login
>> in the parent.
>> 
>> Not sure if this is the best way, but seems to work.
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> __
>> Daniele
>> 
>> 
>> 2015-01-28 14:02 GMT+01:00 Amedeo Mantica <[email protected]>:
>> 
>>> The only way is to use a WODynamicElement as subcomponent instead of a
>>> WOComponent
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On 28/gen/2015, at 12:46, Daniele Corti <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi list,
>>>> I don't know if what I want to do is the best approach:
>>>> 
>>>> I would like to create a Main Component Page that call a reusable
>>> SubComponent
>>>> 
>>>> Example:
>>>> 
>>>> MyPage.wo:
>>>>     <h1>My Page</h1>
>>>> 
>>>>     <wo:form multipleSubmit="$true">
>>>>         <wo:submitButton action="$myAction">Do It!</wo:subimtButton>
>>>>         <wo:MyList></wo:MyList>
>>>>    </wo:form>
>>>> 
>>>> in the Subcomponent there is a List of Checkbox
>>>> 
>>>> MyList.wo:
>>>>    <ul>
>>>>         <wo:loop list="$myList" item="$myItem">
>>>>         <li><wo:checkBox selection="$mySelection"
>>> value="$true"></wo:checkBox></li>
>>>>         </wo:loop>
>>>>    </ul>
>>>> 
>>>> I would like to obtain the checked objects of the subcomponent, but I
>>> don't know how can I get the subcomponent from the Parent MyPage.
>>>> 
>>>> I know I can put the button in the subcomponent and call
>>> performParentAction, but I would like to put all the logic inside the
>>> MyPage component, and simply display values in the MyList component.
>>>> 
>>>> Is this possible (first of all)? And, if so, how can I reach
>>> subcomponents from parent?
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you in advance!
>>>> 
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