Hi Thanks for that Nick. I guess I will investigate more on this, actually i did get to lookup Dynamic Forms and then linked to WWB. I will do some homework on this topic and bounce any questions. Thanks for that Niv
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Nick Heudecker <nheudec...@gmail.com>wrote: > It sounds like what you're after is a dynamic form. This has been > discussed > several times on the list and used to be detailed in the wiki. It's pretty > straightforward to implement. Hopefully this gives you an implementation > option. > > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Nivedan Nadaraj <shravann...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hi Daniel > > > > Thank you for getting back so quickly. > > > > I used Hibernate that maps to entities in the table. > > > > > > Fields are defined by an administrator when he creates a new entity like > > Study(Hibernate entity for Study). There is a standard table called Study > > however if the administrator feels this new study he is creating requires > > additional fields he then will do the following > > > > Create Scenario: > > > > 1. Click a button to add new field > > 2. Provides the Field Name (either types it in or selects from a list of > > data dictionary fields) > > 3. Selects a data type from a drop down ( I have created this table with > > required data types so this can be sourced) > > 4. Enters a value for the new field. > > 5. Optionally, he must be able to provide the type of control this field > > will be linkedf to ( guess #4 and 5 are inter-related) or can WWB infer > > this? Not sure about this part. > > 6. On Save - The New field meta data is stored along with the data in > > another table that links to this meta data table. > > > > View/Edit Scenario: > > > > When a user reads or looks up this entity, it should bring back the > general > > fields and the custom fields that were defined. Now, the UI should be > > rendered. > > Will I be able to use WWB in this scenario? > > > > > > I guess if I don't use WWB then, i have to stored field UI meta data > along > > with values in separate tables and infer this when the UI is rendered. > Will > > be quite a task. > > > > Thanks for your time Dan, I was planning on playing with WWB and see if > my > > requirements can be met using WWB. > > > > Reg > > Niv > > > > > > > > >