Hi java programmer, Yes, I read the tutorial, and I also look at the api reference and the code itself. I have experiences with Flex and Pivot way is very similar, it's very easy to learn.
apptaro On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:30 PM, java programmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Apptaro, > > Did you go through pivot tutorial one by one? > > Best Regards, > Prithvi > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Taro App <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Greg, >> >> Yes, it was very easy and straight forward to build Pivot 1.5. I have >> played with Label.TextBindMapping and am very happy about it. >> I also consulted this page and understand how it is easy to create a >> custom mapping and reuse it in wtkx: >> http://ixnay.biz/stock-tracker.data-binding.html >> Very nice. >> >> apptaro >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I would definitely recommend using Pivot 1.5. You'll have to build it >> > from source for now, but that isn't terribly difficult. Let us know if you >> > have any questions. >> > >> > Thanks for the info on JSF converters. Sounds like Pivot's converters >> > are similar, though we currently don't provide any stock implementations. >> > It >> > would probably make sense to add some. Thanks! >> > >> > >> > On May 24, 2010, at 3:08 AM, Taro App wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Greg, >> >> >> >> Thank you for your answers. I was using Pivot 1.4, so I could not find >> >> those features you mentioned. If Pivot 1.5 is to be released soon, I >> >> will use it to create my prototype. >> >> >> >> FYI, JSF formatting feature is called converters. Converters convert >> >> bound data to string representation on a page, and the other way >> >> around. Standard converters are provied out of the box, such as >> >> converters to format number or date. For example: >> >> >> >> <h:inputText value="#{bean.dateData}"><f:convertDateTime >> >> pattern="yyyy-MM-dd"/></h:inputText> >> >> <h:inputText value="#{bean.numberData}"><f:convertNumber >> >> type="currency" currencySymbol="$" >> >> groupingUsed="true" maxFractionDigits="2"/></h:inputText> >> >> >> >> You can also create custom converters. In my JSF application, I use >> >> several custom converters. For example, >> >> - Converter which does trim() or toUpperCase() on input string value >> >> - Converter which converts Boolean data to string Y/N >> >> - Converter which convert 16-digit credit card number to hyphenized >> >> format >> >> >> >> apptaro >> > >> > > >
