getting a layout element

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I have a text view in my layout with the ID "TextView1".

I need to change some properties of this element by coding.

How can i get this element in my editor..?

IWDTextView tv = -

---

???????????

tv.bindText("Test Data")

tv.setSemanticColor(WDTextViewSemanticColor.NEGATIVE);

tv.setVisible(WDVisibility.VISIBLE);

How can i get my element in editor. Please help.

Thanks in advance,

Jithin

[Former Member]

Hi,

Only solution is

create attributes say

TextViewData of type String

TextViewSemanticColor of type com.sap.ide.webdynpro.uielementdefinitions.TextViewSemanticColor

TextViewVisibilty of type com.sap.ide.webdynpro.uielementdefinitions.Visibility

Assign all these properties to TextView

During an Action set these properties....

Regards

Akshaya

[Former Member]

Hi,

For your requirement the best approach would be to create a context attribute , which is similar to the one where you need to change the property at runtime.

bind this attribute to the UI element property.

Assign the default value in wdDoinit

As you mentioned when the action is fired change the value accordingly.

Hope its clear.

Regards

Ayyapparaj

[Former Member]

solved

[Former Member]

you have to define a reference to TextView. Do this in "others":

//@@begin others

IWDTextView textView;

//@@end

you have to initialize this reference in wdDoModifyView:

if(firstTime){

textView = (IWDTextView) view.getElement("TextView1");

}

use this reference in actions or methods defined in view controller by calling its methods.

textView.setText("hello war");

[Former Member]

No, don't do that (and especially don't create a static reference).

Either

- bind the properties to context attributes and change the value of the context attribute, or

- set a flag (boolean context attribute) in the action handler, check and reset the flag inside wdDoModifyView() and access the UI element in wdDoModifyView() as described above

Armin

[Former Member]

Dear all,

IWDTextView textview = (IWDTextView)view.getElement(IWDTextView.class , "textview");

This code which u guys have mentioed can only be used in DomodifyView.

i need my code to be written un an action.If i am correct, i need to create an object of my view here.can u please help me with that as i dont know how create an object of the view.

I need an object of my view only then i can write view.getElement(IWDTextView.class , "textview");

IWDView view = -

---

??????

thanks,

Jithin

[Former Member]

Hi Jithin,

FYI..

You are not allowed to do any modifications to the view-layout anywhere other than the wdDoModifyView(). You can find the alias to your view only in the wdDoModifyView() and not anywhere else.

And, you will not be able to create an alias to the view, i.e,

IWDView view =..---???? is not possible!

Regards

Kishan

[Former Member]

hi kishan,

thanks for your reply.

[Former Member]

Hi Jithin,

Why don't you change the properties of your TextView in the wdDoModifyView() dynamically?

I don't understand why you aren't doing what I mentioned. wdDoModifyView() will be called everytime the view is modified. i.e, it would be called even when an action is performed.

Can you elaborate on your requirement?

Regards

Kishan

[Former Member]

Hi

to get text view:

IWDTextView textview = (IWDTextView)view.getElement(IWDTextView.class , "textview");

and say you want to set the visibility then take a boolean type attribute bind it with the visibility property of text view. And manipulate this attribute at runtime.

[Former Member]

try this in view controller:

//@@begin others

IWDTextView textView;

//@@end

in wdDoModifyView type this:

if(firstTime){

textView = (IWDTextView) view.getElement("TextView1");

}

[Former Member]

Hi,

As you said you need to change the properties in action then you need to have IWDview object to access that UI element. I am not sure if that'll work.

You can bind the property to an attribute and manipulate its value in action method.

[Former Member]

hi Aishwarya,

Can u please give a piece of code ..

IWDView view =..---????

Thanks,

Jithin

[Former Member]

Hi,

try this

IWDTransparentContainer rootContainer = (IWDTransparentContainer)view.getElement("RootUIElementContainer");
//create the text view
IWDTextView textview = (IWDTextView)view.createElement(IWDTextView.class , "textview");
textview.bindText("somethingText");
textview.setWrapping(true);
//Add textview to the root container
rootContainer.addChild(textview);

[Former Member]

hi,

i have already created the Text View in my layout.

my requirement is to change the properties of that Text View.

[former_member197348]

Hi Jithin,

Try like this:

IWDTextView tv =  (IWDTextView ) view.getElement("TextView1");

you can set properties dynamically to your textview element like

tv.setXXX(xxx);

Regards,

Siva

[Former Member]

view.getElement("TextView1"); can be done only in domodifyview.

i need to code in an action.

Edited by: jithin james on Feb 9, 2009 12:37 PM

[former_member201361]

Hi jithin,

Create a Action say "Create" bound to the UI Element with an Parameter say "view" of type "com.sap.tc.webdynpro.progmodel.api.IWDView" and do the parameter mapping.right click on UI (in the outline view)Element -- > parameter Mapping..

using this view parameter , u will be able to create elements and get the elements .

Thanks and Regards