Custom Control Hints

Is there any way to have my own Control Hint?
For example:
- resource bundle of entity control hints contains
{"DayType_ENUMERATEVALUES", "P,S,N"},
{"DayType_ENUMERATELABELS", "work,saturday,sunday"}
And then I can use:
aDef.getUIHelper().getHintValues(localeContext, "ENUMERATEVALUES");
aDef.getUIHelper().getHintValues(localeContext, "ENUMERATELABELS");
I tried this, but it doesn't work.
Some other way to do it...?
(The best solution can be using standard message bundles of entity object....)
Thank you very much for any comment

I'm unable to reproduce this behavior in Jdev 903
Here's what I tried:
- I create a custom hint say "Label" from the wizard on a Name attribute in an entity object.
- I save the resource bundle file (actually all the files)
- Then I edit the resource bundle file for the entity and add my custom messages following the pattern in the file.
- Then I edit the entity/entity attribute, add more labels etc.
My custom messages were preserved. Their position in the messages array was moved to the top of the 'array'.
The other question - why attribute wizard is for root resource bundle only?
I do not understand this question? Could you elaborate/restate?

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Problem of Customizing Control Hints

I am now working with BC4J+Uixml to demonstrate a Web .And I want to use Control hints in Object Entities for the Object Veiws which depend on them.But I dont think i can work after trying it sometimes . But i got that this problem is fixed but the fix ist not for 903,Just want to know how long we should wait until this problem is soluted or Maybe I can have another way ,thanks .

Hi Trevi, I have tried it again . And it seems not better.Here is my code --a table and a Choice based on the same Countries EO. the table can be displayed properly but Nothing is post to the Choice.
<bc4j:viewObjectScope name="Countries">
<contents>
<bc4j:table name="CountryTable">
<contents>
<bc4j:column attrName="CountryId" >
<columnHeader>
<bc4j:sortableHeader/>
</columnHeader>
<contents>
<bc4j:textInput readOnly="true"/>
</contents>
</bc4j:column>
<bc4j:column attrName="CountryName">
<columnHeader>
<bc4j:sortableHeader/>
</columnHeader>
<contents>
<bc4j:dateField readOnly="true"/>
</contents>
</bc4j:column>
</contents>
</bc4j:table>
<bc4j:messageChoice nodeID="CountryName" attrName="CountryName" >
</bc4j:messageChoice>
</contents>
</bc4j:viewObjectScope>
Where ist the problem now?
Thanks
Yong

Cannot customizing control hints

I downloaded the ToyStore sample code and tried changing the control hints but none of my changes take effect. For example, to try to change the field labels on the "Register New User" screen, I tried changing the control hints in the Account entity object and the nothing changes ... then I change the control hints in the Accounts view object and still none of my changes take effect. I re-compiled the Toystore model project AND restarted the embedded OC4J server but to no avail -- the original field labels values are still displayed. Furthermore, the values that are in the Account's message resource bundle class are different than what you see in the control hints GUI dialog --- as a matter of fact, the control hints GUI dialog for the Account EO and Accounts VO show nothing yet the message resource bundle class shows values. Am I looking at this incorrectly?

Yup -- I do see my changes in the BC4J tester locally. I'm assuming you mean through testing it through the "Test" feature of the Application Module object.
Please try changing a View Object's control hints in the Toy Store sample app and see if the changes stick in the JSP. I have to be doing something wrong if I'm not seeing the changes stick.

Where to put my customized formatting that Control Hints does not provide?

To whom that know or have experience with it:
The control hints does not provide solutions for all possible formatting needs. For example, I need to display only last four digits of social security numbers (i.e., for "123-45-6789", display "***-**-6789"). Another data table column stores school semesters as YYYYMM, e.g., 200902, where 2009 is the year and 02 is the month that represents Spring (MM can also be 06 and 09 that represent Summer and Fall). I need to display the semester in a more user-friendly way (i.e., for "200902", display "Spring 2009"). Of course, I can not change data format in the table; I only seek to format the display of the data.
I would think that it takes only a few lines of java code to do these formatting by splitting the string into sub-strings, replace some of them with appropriate new values, then re-assemble them. But where to put such code? Does any documentation cover this topic?
Newman

Shay,
I read the document, tried it, and it worked out nicely.
There is not the getAttributeName() method in the ViewObjectImpl class in version 10.1.3.4, which is the version I am using. But the EO class has it and it works out all the same.
I don't know how long it would otherwise take me to read and fumble to find out where to put the custom formatting code. Your experience and familiarity with the technology really saved me a huge amount of time. Thank you so much for your help!
Newman

Problem with control hints and date formatting

Hi,
I have a Date attribute with a control hint 'dd.MM.yyyy' in my EO. When the user browse through the data all date values have 4 digits. But when a lazy user changes a date value to e.g. 12.12.04, the new value is stored as 12.12.0004. This is correct Java behavior.
When I change my control hint to 'dd.MM.yy', the lazy user can enter 12.12.04, which is stored as 12.12.2004. Great, but the user want to see a 4-digit year.
My problem is that the customer wants to enter only 2 digits for the year but the application must render the date with 4 digits.
How can I configure ADF to solve my problem?
Does Domains help? Is there a general switch in Java or ADF witch converts 12.12.04 to 12.12.2004?
Any hints are welcome.
Thanks,
Markus

For your 2nd problem, you can create a field of type string (create a data type which has domain STRING), which has unlimited lenght. However, you can only have 3 of these fields in your table.
I think this will solve the # problem too.
Regards,
Valter Oliveira.

LabVIEW and custom controls

Hi all,
I'm an italian PhD student working with Polytechnic of Bari.
I'd like to submit to this forum a question about LabVIEW and custom controls in form of ActiveX components.
Some introductory word about my problem will be helpful: in the past few months here at Polytechnic of Bari my colleagues and I developed some useful ActiveX controls with custom functionalities to use in LabVIEW.
For example we developed a "contraves", an
"endless knob" and a useful counter with a scale very similar to that of standard gazometers or energy counters.
However we are experimenting some difficulties with the integration of these controls in LabVIEW; the controls are correctly imported in our VIs with using the ActiveX Container but...
in the block diagram they appear as ActiveX references and we must use property nodes to access even their most useful property (value).
Please, do someone of you know if (and eventually how) is it possible to integrate more deeply the controls in the LabVIEW environment?
Do someone of you know if it exist an hypothetical "Custom Controls SDK" for LabVIEW more advanced of that integrated in LabVIEW 6.0?
Any hint would be appreciated.

> Please can you specify in more detail how I can obtain the ActiveX
> refnum input automatically wired to a constant (I have observed this
> behaviour with the 3D-Graph control as you suggested). I haven't found
> any reference in the LabVIEW on-line help about the topic "merge-VI".
>
The first step is to build a VI that contains the panel and diagram
elements that you want to drop all at once. In your case, drop the
ActiveX control at a good size, and on the diagram, you can wire it to
helper VIs, property nodes, etc. The VI's icon and name are important
as that is what will show up in the palette menu representing your
control. The connector pane isn't used.
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Tools menu, Advanced, there is an item about half way down for
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new subMenu in the Controls palette and place it in a new .mnu file. In
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changing the filter from .ctl to all, you can insert VIs into the
controls palette.
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that when dragged to a panel, the panel elements will be merged into the
destination panel, and the diagram elements will be merged into the
destination diagram.
For others that want to have these on the Functions palette rather than
the Controls, you add the VI to the Functions palette, then popup on the
palette item and check the menu item to make it a Merge VI.
When it comes time to distribute, you will want to give out your .mnu
file and the VI of course. Easiest is to place both of them in
user.lib. If you want the items to go at the top level of the palettes,
then you can add them to add-ons inside of vi.lib, but this causes more
upgrade challenges.
Hope that helps.
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How do you Create a Custom Control

Is it possible to create a custom control under LabWindows ?
I want to creat a control that represents a mobile phone.
It will be a rectangle with about 4 lines of text displayed in it witch needs to be programmatically entered and the back ground colour needs to be able to be change to represent different states also programmatically.

I don't know if it's possible to create custom controls under CVI. I can suggest you some hint to help solve your problem.
As for the second part of your question, you could use a picture ring with different pictures (with different background color) associated with the different states in your program. When program state changes you will only have to SetCtrlVal (panel, control, state) to have the picture ring display the desired colour. I guess this is a simple indicator, so you can put Control mode to indicator and hide inc/dec arrow in order to exclude operator's managing of the control.
As a workaround about the four line of text to be displayed, what about putting on top of the picture ring a simple text box or text message with transparent backgroud col
our and frame colour? At the cost of managing two different controls, the matter should work...
Roberto
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Issue in Custom Control UI element

Hi there,
               I have created 2 custom controls(SAP mobile 7.1), one for rendering images(actually map images) and another for capturing user's signature. Both are integrated into the main application and works fine when alone. But when present together, certainly on different screens in the main app, still it works but with rendering problems. Say when navigating from the screen that displays the map custom control to the screen that has the signature capuring custom control, the map image is still getting displayed over the signature custom control view.
           I wonder , if the problem is with disposing of the custom control. Can anyone suggest how to do that. Or something else has to be done?
Regards,
Aravind

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable about custom controls \ SWT can add some input
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Team Foundation Server 2013 Refresh button not refreshing Custom Control values in TFS Templates

Hi all,
We have recently migrated from Team Foundation Server 2010 to Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 2. In TFS 2013 template design we found the refresh form control (inbuilt control of TFS) which is unable to refresh the custom control values that is built
by us. Is there any way that we can programatically modify to enable the refresh button work with custom control.
Please find below screenshot link for reference.
http://postimg.org/image/z4mo3t8r9/
SaranRam

Hi SaranRam,
The refresh button is there to allow the data that populated the work item to be refreshed. The data that you want refreshed is part of the rendering of the form and would only be refreshed when the browser refreshes. Refer to MrHinsh's reply in this
page.
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OOP ALV report custom control performance problem

HI
how to write OOP ALV report without custom control.. Actually with custom control which taking long time... and time out happens for huge selection of data..
Regards
Roops.

timeout is not an alv problem. If you try to display a "huge" amount of data, any display technology will fail. Even sap programs fail, their wise solution is to ask user to restrict data to be displayed. Or reduce database selection time, or display amount. Or propose the user to download data as a spool, or output to a file on server.
Otherwise, read some advices about how to handle timeout in [Note 25528 - Parameter rdisp/max_wprun_time|http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/25528].
About your question, if you still want to try, look at [example code with alv class cl_salv_table for simple display|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/f9/1ab54099de3726e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm]

How to create a custom control of a button where the look will be applied to all others but not the Boolean text?

Hi all
I would like to create a customized button as a master so that if I change the look of the master all other buttons will change too.
I have done this with a custom control as a "strict type def" otherwise the look will not change BUT If I do this as a strict type def I cannot change the Boolean text anymore which should be different on every button.
How can I create a master control of a button where the look will be applied to all others but not the Boolean text?
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
Solved!
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Steve Chandler wrote:
I don't think you can do that. I just looked and as I suspected the Boolean text property is read only for strict typedefs so you cannot use property nodes to change the text.
As a workaround just make it a typedef. When you want to change the look open the typedef and make it strict, make your changes, then make it non strict again. You will have to update the Boolean text again for all instances. Kind of a pain. Maybe this is something for the idea exchange.
Kudos for being sneaky.
I like these creative work-arounds!
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How do I find the EventID of an event in a custom control?

Hi all,
I have a custom control created in VB .NET that I have embedded into a SAP screen using a wrapper class as described in Thomas Jungs example: <a href="/people/thomas.jung3/blog/2004/09/01/using-net-windows-controls-in-the-abap-control-framework .Net Windows Controls in the ABAP Control Framework</a>
My problem is that I cannot get the wrapper class to react to any events raised by the custom control!
I do not know how to find what the EventID is of an event so that I can register it in the class - do you know how to find this EventID? Or even if this is the problem?
Tx.
N

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How to limit the number of rows in the Custom Control box

Hi All,
In my Module pool screen I have a Custom Control box for providing some free text as input. Now, there is no limit in the number of rows allowed for this box.
But, the requirement is, it should have the maximum number of rows = 99. and each row should have maximum length = 60 characters.
User should not be allowed to enter more than 60 characters per row and more than 99 rows.
Could you please let me know how to do this..? Are there any methods available which controls the maximum number of rows and maximum length per row..?
Please help me in resolving the issue. Thanks in advance.
Thanks & Regards,
Paddu.

By "Custom Control Box", do you mean a Custom Container or a Table Control?
Anyway, I suggest you to use a table control (not a custom container as your requirement seems to be very precise on that point, maybe ask your client twice to make sure). Look at the examples of table controls in ABAPDOCU transaction.

Using a Meter control in LV Touch Panel, and using shared variables that are custom controls.

I Just started using LV touch Panel module with an NI TPC-2106.
I have two differenct problems:
1) I was planning on using the "Meter" control quite a bit. I can set up the meter exactly how I like on the host PC, but on the touch Panel computer it seems to ignore my adjustments, mainly the start and end of the scale - i.e. I would like control to run from 0 to 360 with 0 straight up, using the entire circle. However, on the Touch panel computer it always puts 0 at about 7 o'clock and 360 at about 5 o'clock. I have also tried adding markers to no avail.
2) I am communicating with a compact fieldpoint controller. I can creat a shared variable that is a simple double with no problems. However, I have some shared variables that use a custom control for the variable type - bascially a cluster with a couble doubles, a time stamp, and an enumeration. It lets me drag the shared variable into my diagram, but it seems to ignore it when I run it.

Ipshita_C,
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- I have attached a simplified VI that shows how I want to use the meter. Notice that the placement of the endpoitns does not work correctly on the touch panel, and that it ignores the arbitrary markers that I placed.
- I also have included an XY graph control that displays on the TPC with margins around the graph area that I removed from the graph control.
- For the shared variable, it appears to be an issue related to the touch panel, not fieldpoint. I found another thread in this forum that mentioned that clusters containing Enumerations do not work in shared variables on the touch panel. I changed the enumeration to an integer and it now works fine.
In general, there seem to be a disappointing number of limitations in the touch panel implementation. My biggest concern is that I have not found any documentation from NI that lists these limitations. I seem to have to try things out and see what works and what does not work. Can you point me to a comprehensive list of touch panel modules limitations?
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How to have custom control in DataGridView display object's value?

I have a sample project located
here
The project has a main form `Form1` where the user can enter customers in a datagridview. The `CustomerType` column is a custom control and when the user clicks the button, a search form `Form2` pops up.
The search form is populated with a list of type `CustomerType`. The user can select a record by double-clicking on the row, and this object should be set in the custom control. The `DataGridView` should then display the `Description` property but in the background
each cell should hold the value (ie. the `CustomerType` instance).
The relevant code is located in the following classes:
The column class:
public class DataGridViewCustomerTypeColumn : DataGridViewColumn
public DataGridViewCustomerTypeColumn()
: base(new CustomerTypeCell())
public override DataGridViewCell CellTemplate
get { return base.CellTemplate; }
set
if (value != null && !value.GetType().IsAssignableFrom(typeof(CustomerTypeCell)))
throw new InvalidCastException("Should be CustomerTypeCell.");
base.CellTemplate = value;
The cell class:
public class CustomerTypeCell : DataGridViewTextBoxCell
public CustomerTypeCell()
: base()
public override void InitializeEditingControl(int rowIndex, object initialFormattedValue, DataGridViewCellStyle dataGridViewCellStyle)
base.InitializeEditingControl(rowIndex, initialFormattedValue, dataGridViewCellStyle);
CustomerTypeSearch ctl = DataGridView.EditingControl as CustomerTypeSearch;
if (this.Value == null)
ctl.Value = (CustomerType)this.DefaultNewRowValue;
else
ctl.Value = (CustomerType)this.Value;
public override Type EditType
get { return typeof(CustomerTypeSearch); }
public override Type ValueType
get { return typeof(CustomerType); }
public override object DefaultNewRowValue
get { return null; }
And the custom control:
public partial class CustomerTypeSearch : UserControl, IDataGridViewEditingControl
private DataGridView dataGridView;
private int rowIndex;
private bool valueChanged = false;
private CustomerType value;
public CustomerTypeSearch()
InitializeComponent();
public CustomerType Value
get { return this.value; }
set
this.value = value;
if (value != null)
textBoxSearch.Text = value.Description;
else
textBoxSearch.Clear();
private void buttonSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
Form2 f = new Form2();
DialogResult dr = f.ShowDialog(this);
if (dr == DialogResult.OK)
Value = f.SelectedValue;
#region IDataGridViewEditingControl implementation
public object EditingControlFormattedValue
get
if (this.value != null)
return this.value.Description;
else
return null;
set
if (this.value != null)
this.value.Description = (string)value;
public object GetEditingControlFormattedValue(DataGridViewDataErrorContexts context)
return EditingControlFormattedValue;
public void ApplyCellStyleToEditingControl(DataGridViewCellStyle dataGridViewCellStyle)
this.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.None;
this.Font = dataGridViewCellStyle.Font;
public int EditingControlRowIndex
get { return rowIndex; }
set { rowIndex = value; }
public bool EditingControlWantsInputKey(Keys key, bool dataGridViewWantsInputKey)
return false;
public void PrepareEditingControlForEdit(bool selectAll)
//No preparation needs to be done
public bool RepositionEditingControlOnValueChange
get { return false; }
public DataGridView EditingControlDataGridView
get { return dataGridView; }
set { dataGridView = value; }
public bool EditingControlValueChanged
get { return valueChanged; }
set { valueChanged = value; }
public Cursor EditingPanelCursor
get { return base.Cursor; }
#endregion
private void CustomerTypeSearch_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
buttonSearch.Left = this.Width - buttonSearch.Width;
textBoxSearch.Width = buttonSearch.Left;
However, the `DataGridView` is not displaying the text and it also is not keeping the `CustomerType` value for each cell.
What am I missing?
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Hello,
1. To display the text, we need to override the ToString method for CustomerType
public class CustomerType
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public CustomerType(int id, string description)
this.Id = id;
this.Description = description;
public override string ToString()
return this.Description.ToString();
2. To get the cell's value changed, we could pass the cell instance to that editing control and get its value changed with the following way.
public partial class CustomerTypeSearch : UserControl, IDataGridViewEditingControl
private DataGridView dataGridView;
private int rowIndex;
private bool valueChanged = false;
private CustomerTypeCell currentCell = null;
public CustomerTypeCell OwnerCell
get { return currentCell; }
set
currentCell = null;
currentCell = value;
public CustomerTypeSearch()
InitializeComponent();
private void buttonSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
Form2 f = new Form2();
DialogResult dr = f.ShowDialog(this);
if (dr == DialogResult.OK)
currentCell.Value = f.SelectedValue;
this.textBoxSearch.Text = f.SelectedValue.Description;
#region IDataGridViewEditingControl implementation
public object EditingControlFormattedValue
get
if (this.currentCell.Value != null)
return (this.currentCell.Value as CustomerType).Description;
else
return null;
set
if (this.currentCell != null)
(this.currentCell.Value as CustomerType).Description = (string)value;
public object GetEditingControlFormattedValue(DataGridViewDataErrorContexts context)
return EditingControlFormattedValue;
public void ApplyCellStyleToEditingControl(DataGridViewCellStyle dataGridViewCellStyle)
this.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.None;
this.Font = dataGridViewCellStyle.Font;
public int EditingControlRowIndex
get { return rowIndex; }
set { rowIndex = value; }
public bool EditingControlWantsInputKey(Keys key, bool dataGridViewWantsInputKey)
return false;
public void PrepareEditingControlForEdit(bool selectAll)
//No preparation needs to be done
public bool RepositionEditingControlOnValueChange
get { return false; }
public DataGridView EditingControlDataGridView
get { return dataGridView; }
set { dataGridView = value; }
public bool EditingControlValueChanged
get { return valueChanged; }
set { valueChanged = value; }
public Cursor EditingPanelCursor
get { return base.Cursor; }
#endregion
private void CustomerTypeSearch_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
buttonSearch.Left = this.Width - buttonSearch.Width;
textBoxSearch.Width = buttonSearch.Left;
Cell:
public class CustomerTypeCell : DataGridViewTextBoxCell
public CustomerTypeCell()
: base()
public override void InitializeEditingControl(int rowIndex, object initialFormattedValue, DataGridViewCellStyle dataGridViewCellStyle)
base.InitializeEditingControl(rowIndex, initialFormattedValue, dataGridViewCellStyle);
CustomerTypeSearch ctl = DataGridView.EditingControl as CustomerTypeSearch;
ctl.OwnerCell = this;
public override Type EditType
get { return typeof(CustomerTypeSearch); }
public override Type ValueType
get { return typeof(CustomerType); }
public override object DefaultNewRowValue
get { return null; }
Result:
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