JavaScript functions v1.0

 

Code placement

The following places can contain JS code

• Entity header
• Entity status
• JavaScript field

Additionally HTML with inline script can be placed in

• Wrapper
• Template

Finally expressions can be evaluated using

• Entity field dependency

 

Builtin functions

The following functions are only available for single item views (edit or show).

Get and set values

Display values are handled using standard getter and setters

• getValue(fieldName)
• setValue(fieldName,value)

Example

var a = getValue("NUMBER1");
var b = getValue("NUMBER2");
setValue( "RESULT", (a-b) );

For explicitly getting a value (or ID) use

• getDecimal(fieldName)

Example

var recordId = getDecimal("SELECTRECORD");

Toggling fields (version 5478+)

Note: Hide functions are NOT intended for denying access to data -it will only be hidden in the frontend, but is still accessible to savvy users.

Fields can be shown or hidden calling the fieldname

• hideField(fieldName)
• showField(fieldName)

Examples

hideField("USER");
hideField("StatusID");

Dependent toggling

Hiding and showing fields can be made dependent on classes in the TempusServaPage

• hideFieldForPageClass(fieldName,className)
• showFieldForPageClass(fieldName,className)

Hiding and showing fields can be made dependent on items current status.

• hideFieldForStatusId(fieldName,statusId)
• showFieldForStatusId(fieldName,statusId)

Hiding and showing fields can be made dependent on classes in the TempusServaPage AND items current status.

• hideFieldForPageClassAndStatusId(fieldName,className,statusId)
• showFieldForPageClassAndStatusId(fieldName,className,statusId)

In case of advanced setup consider "hide for all first and show for some later". In this example NAME should only be displayed for a few status

hideField("NAME");   
showFieldForStatusId("NAME",1234);
showFieldForStatusId("NAME",1235);

Disclaimer

The functions are the equivilant of JQuery

$("#VB_DATA_"+fieldName).parent().parent().hide();
$("#VB_DATA_"+fieldName).parent().parent().hide();

This means that fields are expected to be wrapped in TWO layers of html tags for the functions to work

 

Value triggers

• setValueOnChange(sourceName,targetName,targetValue)
• setValueOnSetValue(sourceName,sourceValue,targetName,targetValue)

Sets the value if another field is changed. Optionally only if a ceratain value is selected (sourceValue)

• warningOnChange(sourceName,message)
• warningOnSetValue(sourceName,sourceValue,message)

Display a warning to a user if another field is changed. Optionally only if a ceratain value is selected (sourceValue)

 

Control variables

TS uses a number of special variables to control the behavior of the frontend. These variables can be changed anywhere.

Opening new windows

Window default sizes are controlled by the following variables

• tsOpenWindowHeight = 680;
• tsOpenWindowWidth = 820;

Dependency hiding fields

hideTableRowsForElements is by default true.

Set to false if template structure is only in a single level.

• true: Hide two parent nodes when hiding fields
• false: Hide single parent node when hiding fields

Example of 2 level template (default)

<tr>
  <td>
    <input ..

Example of 1 level template (special cases)

<div>
  <input ..

 

Other sources

• Readonly radiobuttons, copy text in field, build selectbox from service ...
• Handling dependent lookup values (showing all elements etc.)