Good morning Florian I eventually got around to this and it works a treat - thanks for the pointer
Also thanks to the team that developed the extension that allows dependent field look up - these days it's high on user expectations that the system thinks for them like this. I saw Jaques name on one of the items but suspect that there must be others. Thanks and kind regards Ernest On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 5:11 PM Florian Motteau <flor...@motteau-martins.net> wrote: > I guess that would be your 2 options if you don't want to modify the core. > > Glad to help :) > > Le 18/01/2024 à 10:33, Ernest Hocking a écrit : > > Good afternoon Florian > > > > Many thanks for the quick response and cl;arification - it's good to > know > > rather than trying things in the hope that it might work . I'll check > out > > the references. > > > > As the comparative cash flow report is part of the core accounting > > application (rather than a plug in) I didn't want to make too many > changes > > > > I guess the two options are > > > > 1. a plugin with freemarker templates, > > 2. just replace the 4 grids in the core accounting application with > > freemarker and migrate the change during upgrades. > > > > > > thanks and kind regards > > > > Ernest > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 4:17 PM Florian Motteau < > flor...@motteau-martins.net> > > wrote: > > > >> Hello Ernest, > >> > >> Happy new year to you ! > >> > >> Currently "title-area-style" attribute on field element cannot be set > >> dynamically in XML through a groovy snippet or a simple expression. You > >> can compare its implementation with the "disabled" attribute in > >> ModelFormFieldBuilder, which involves a FlexibleStringExpander : > >> > >> > >> > https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework/blob/d17d06fd7c654621446320a98b45b3ebb859c648/framework/widget/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/widget/model/ModelFormFieldBuilder.java#L108 > >> > >> vs > >> > >> > >> > https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework/blob/d17d06fd7c654621446320a98b45b3ebb859c648/framework/widget/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/widget/model/ModelFormFieldBuilder.java#L119 > >> > >> IMHO it would be a great improvement to switch widget-style, > >> widget-area-style, tooltip-style, title-style and title-area-style (from > >> a front-end developer perspective at least :), this kind of conditionnal > >> HTML rendering should be a given), but we may have to consider a > >> potential performance impact. > >> > >> "red-when" has a specific behavior : it checks a condition on the > >> thruDate field value (the field would be red if now < entity.thruDate, > >> or the other way around). > >> > >> You can check https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework/pull/548 for an > >> implementation example. > >> > >> Le 18/01/2024 à 09:47, Ernest Hocking a écrit : > >>> Happy New Year everyone > >>> > >>> a question: "is it possible to conditionally colour a field in a form" > >>> > >>> Based on the grid ComparativeCashFlowBalanceTotals in > >>> ReportFinancialSummaryForms.xml > >>> > >>> I tried the following groovy > >>> > >>> <field name="balance1" title="Period1" title-area-style="${groovy: if > >>> (balance < 0 ) red ?: green }" widget-area-style="green" > >>> widget-style="tabletextright"><display type="currency" > >>> currency="${currencyUomId}"/></field> > >>> > >>> but get the error: > >>> > >>> The value of attribute "title-area-style" associated with an element > type > >>> "field" must not contain the '<' > character.org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; > >>> > >>> I tried using alternatives such as > >>> > >>> if (Maths.signum(balance1).equals(-1) ) > >>> > >>> etc but had no success to date. Is there a number equivalent of > >> "red-when" > >>> that is available for date fields. > >>> > >>> Any suggestions on how this could be implemented would be appreciated > >>> > >>> I suspect I've overlooked something very obvious > >>> > >>> thanks and kind regards > >>> > >>> Ernest > >>> >
