"Dialog region" plugin - triggering OK dynamic action

Question

Hi all,
I'm attempting to utilise the "Dialog region" plug-in found here
http://www.apex-plugin.com/oracle-apex-plugins/region-plugin/dialog-region_30.html
It's appearing ok, but I initially had trouble associating a dynamic action with the "OK [Dialog Region]" event.
Someone asked the question back in 2011, but didn't provide details on how they implemented the dynamic action.
jQuery ids in Apex dialog region plug-in
I initially issues is because the DA definition still asks for a "Selection type". After trying a few variations, I modified the plug-in to associate an ID with the OK button, and attempted to use "#btn-ok" for a jQuery selector, but this still didn't fire the DA.
At the time my button rendered as
<button type="button" id="btn-ok" class="ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-button-text-only" role="button" aria-disabled="false"><span class="ui-button-text">Ok</span></button>I ended up succeeding using "DOM Object" of "document" (I thought I had already tried this...), the same way I implemented "Manual Close" for the Skillbuilders modal, but I was wondering if there was a different/more elegant solution?
Scott

Answer 1

Refreshing a region through javascript can be done like this:
$("#region_or_item_id").trigger('apexrefresh');So ideally you would specify 1 attributes for your dynamic action for entering region ids. You'd then need a little parsing for the provided string.
For example, i'd expect a comma-separated list.
-- change the region list into a list of jquery selectors
l_regions := REPLACE(p_dynamic_action.attribute_01, ',', ',#');
-- jquery will fire the refresh for each selector
l_result.javascript_function := 'function(){$("'||l_regions||'").trigger("apexrefresh");};';However, refreshing items... Items mostly get their value from the automated row fetch process, and have no individual refresh. You'd need to actually query the table again for the newest value and put this in the item value (keeping in mind that protected items would also need altered checksums). To do this dynamically, you'd also need an ajax callback. Here you'd need to run provided sql which retrieves a value, and put this in the provided item. If that is a route you want to explore, then you can use apex_plugin.util.get_data and its friends to assist you with that!