xpages on click event from view panel column - pop up dialog forms from views

Question

There are 2 datasources: Cdoc ( the doc. content ) and the Pdoc ( inside a dialog ).

These 2 datasources are linked together based on the Cdoc'UNID.

My main view panel is like this:

     [_A_common_field] from Cdoc1 and all Pdocs from Cdoc1 ( this column is categorized )   
        Cdoc1
        Pdoc 1 from Cdoc1
        Pdoc 2 from Cdoc1
     [_A_common_field] from Cdoc2 and all Pdocs from Cdoc2 ( this column is categorized )
        Cdoc2
        Pdoc 1 from Cdoc2

How can I compute the target property from my viewPanel1 considering the fact that I want Pdoc to be opened in the dialog ( as it was created ) and Cdoc to be opened in the 'clasical' mode as it was when the target property wasn't added ?

Well, I don't know how to refer to the datasources name . The 'pseudocode' wish I want to implement is something like this: if datasource is Cdoc then _target = ??? else _target = showing the dialog . Thanks a lot for your help — Florin M.
Real code rocks! You might want to use "use XPages associated with the form" or use a inline form which is more compatible with mobile device — stwissel
My approach: make a CSJS function "open" to redirect to URL (for Cdoc) or popup/dialog (for Pdoc) according to param. The view will then contain call like: open("{#row.id}", "{#rov.form}") — Frantisek Kossuth

Greg Greg · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-26T10:27:26

This answer assumes you are trying to open up the selected document from the view panel in the dialog. (In essence, open a dialog with the values from document listed in an embedded view)

forward
More than likely I would just open the document in another window and be done with it. But if you want to open this in a dialog, fine. If you define the data source in the dialog itself, be warned that I personally have had issues with such approaches in the past and I think that the datasources should be defined in the xpage view level.

answer
1. Do not allow any links in the view.
2. Have a checkbox available in the view.
3. Add a button where you will get the NoteID of the selected document, also making sure that a document was selected.

var vwpnl = getComponent("homeViewPanel");
        var docIDArray = vwpnl.getSelectedIds();
        if(docIDArray.length != 1){
            view.postScript("alert('"+MessageController.getMessageForCurrentUser("msg_SelectOneDocument") +"')");
            return;
        }
        var firstID = docIDArray.length > 0 ? docIDArray[0] : "";
        return firstID;

(you can ignore the MessageController as that is one of my helper classes for language specific user messages.)

4 use that noteID (whether in viewScope or not) in the calculation of the data source in the dialog making certain that dialog has the correct settings, like refreshing etc.

EDIT

The good part about keeping this approach (performance aside) in your toolbox is that once you get a handle on the document itself, you can compute anything. using the noteID just to set a dialog property is just one example. You could create a document object and use the values to do anything you want, including opening another page, other actions, basically whatever you want. It might not be the best option for your current use case (you did not really specify your use case), but for future readers it will hopefully be a help.

xpages on click event from view panel column - pop up dialog forms from views

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