But since you did, can I just say that the event handlers aren't really intended for data preparation which should be done in the view handling :-)
Regards Scott HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com On 27/04/2010, at 10:53 AM, Marc Morin wrote: > Not sure you wanted to post this to d...@ofbiz mailing list!!!! > > Marc Morin > Emforium Group Inc. > ALL-IN Software > 519-772-6824 ext 201 > [email protected] > > ----- "Robert Morley" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We ran into a problem where we have now properly modeled all >> parameters to controller requests with the "parameter" element; for >> example here is a properly modeled link ... >> >> <menu-item name="Items" title="${uiLabelMap.Items}"> >> <link target="ViewSalesOrder"> >> <parameter param-name="orderId" from- >> field="parameters.orderId"/> >> </link> >> </menu-item> >> >> What ofbiz does when it attempts to render this link, is determine if >> >> it should render it as an anchor or with a hidden form. The >> determining factor here is if the controller request "ViewSalesOrder" >> >> has an event defined. If it has an event, it must render as a hidden >> >> form for security reasons. In this case, ViewSalesOrder will call an >> >> event to properly create and save the ShoppingCart object into the >> session. As a result, we now render this as a POST instead of a GET >> >> (when the parameters were defined as query string arguments). >> >> After this happens, there may be a number of things that happen to the >> >> page that require us to do a page refresh. This is typically done as >> >> part of a modal box operation. What we had done in the past was use >> >> the document.location.href to refresh the page. Now that these >> navigation links are rendered as POSTs this no longer works, and a >> number of bugs had been created around "missing orderId" and similar >> >> problems as part of that refresh. >> >> Our solution right now was to fix how we do a refresh page. I have >> created a "reloadPage" javascript snippet that gets rendered on all >> Emforium themed pages in the footer. This uses the request to build a >> >> proper request to reload the page with the url, parameters, and >> request method. The modal box inclusion now uses this function >> instead of its own location.href refreshing mechanism. A number of >> parameters that were setting this success function directly have been >> >> removed in favor of this new method. >> >> This was checked in as part of revision 13393 and has resolved a few >> >> tickets such as EMF-3403. >> >> There should be no direct developer impact. After an svn refresh you >> >> may be assigned tickets that were related to this problem and have now >> >> been fixed. Please let me know if you have any questions or >> concerns. >> >> >> Robert Morley >> Senior Software Developer >> Emforium Group Inc. >> ALL-IN Software™ >> 519-772-6824 ext 220 >> [email protected]
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