AWAREIM Suggestion/Request for future versions

RentProperty

Hi AwareIM,

I constantly find myself having to really write allot of extra code to implement custom html buttons where I want them due to the problem of context not being available.

I think it would be a REALLY handy feature if you were able to give context to a specific panel via a query or by pointing to another Panel. I.e. if you have one panel that displays a form of a specific panel, you can have another panel that can have pure HTML/CSS but in order to get context to that panel for operations you can tell that panel which other panel to derive context from. Then you would be able to use the AwareApp.StartProcess in your HTML with that object being in context.

I think that would be really handy way to really improve the GUI options in AwareIM. What does everyone else think?

Thnx!

aware_support

Please describe in detail the current problem you are having, not the proposed solution. I don't understand what the problem actually is - Aware IM does everything it can to supply the proper context everywhere.

RentProperty

Hi Support.

Ok, to clarify. Say for instance you have a Layout using the main of a Visual perspective.

Now in this layout you Display Various components of a Ticket Object of some sorts. I.e.
A- The Ticket Details itself. (using a process to view the ticket using a sopecific form, when this layout is opened)

B- SMS Messages linked to this ticket (Query: View SMSmessgages WHERE SMS Messages IN Ticket.SMSMessages)

C- Email Messages Linked to this ticket. (Similar query as SMS's)

E- Another Query displaying another object linked to this ticket.

NOW... in the D Panel of this layout I want to Import an HMTL File with HTML/CSS dropdown buttons to execute certain operations. BUT some of these buttons need this specific ticket as context and since this Panel is not a Query, or and Object form... There is currently no way of telling it which ticket you are referring to? Unless I'm missing something obvious.

On a Query you have Context of the object being referred to and on a form you can use the AwareApp.startProcess2(‘MyProcess’,’MyObject’,256,’main’), but in a panel it won't be able to find 'This'.

Any comments will be appreciated.

PS - a Workaround That I've used in the past is to Insert the Ticket into a special 1 to 1 relationship on LoggedInSystemUser when selected. Then you can use that relationship to give context. However this approach won't work if you allow tabs at the top of your application because then the user can open multiple instances and then the wrong context could potentially be used.

Kindest Regards

hpl123

Hein (and support),
I see the problem and I have come across this several times as well. Better options for context would be great. I don´t know how it could be achieved but some kind of "target" system i.e more advanced ways of targeting a special form e.g. from a query in 1 content panel to another contentpanel which holds a form etc..

On a related note and I don´t know if this is possible etc. but the idea came to me. How about if we can work with the context via business rules e.g. "NEW CONTEXT", "DELETE CONTEXT", "INSERT TO CONTEXT", "REMOVE FROM CONTEXT" and then other rules which would enable us to work with a special custom context "entity". This could possible be a separate context than the standard context so the default context options still work as they do today. Related to this also, having a way of visualizing the context (both contexts if the idea gets implemented) i.e. to see what is in the context, how it could be accessed (e.g. markers for This, That, Other options etc.).

tford

Is there a reason the HTML buttons you show in panel D could not be placed in HTML cells of Panel A?

ACDC

If you are using the Display Layout action, you should have context of the Ticket. - Why don't you place a one cell form of the ticket in the D panel with your html buttons

tford

Excellent idea ACDC!

The flexibility of AwareIM never ceases to amaze me. Maybe it should be renamed AmazedIM.

hpl123

Good discussion / tips Tom and ACDC but there are still scenarios where better context options would be better. I extensively use 1 LAYOUT (via DISPLAY LAYOUT) as a layout for 1 feature and that means I have a couple of queries, forms etc. in 1 layout. Here the problem is targeting the different elements in that 1 layout. I currently use the LoggedInSystemUser BO to work with the context problem so when a layout is opened, a reference to for example a form in the layout is "marked" as the currently opened e.g. form. This works BUT the problem is when the layout is opened 2 times and when we can´t check open tabs or restrict 1 layout to be opened only 1 LIVE times, the context solution above doesn´t work.

If anyone has a clue on how to work around this, I am all ears. I have thought about using 1 form only on 1 layout i.e. having reference queries etc. in that 1 form on that 1 layout. This could potentially solve the context problem explained above with multiple tabs BUT that would restrict the elements I could place in the layout (elements in a form is not the same as elements in a full layout).