How do a simulate a button click from the code in BSP

Question

Guys,
I have a push button .I need to simulate the click of that button some way through the code (in the view or controller ).Maybe by raising an button event .Has anybody done it ? Any ideas ?
Thanks,
Manoj

Answer 1

Hi,
so after reading your "This is the real solution" I got it
In my opinion there are two possible solution:
1)When you hit the ok button on the valuehelp on view B two things happen:
a)You copy the selected values to the inputfield on view A
b)You raise an event on view A by clicking an invisible button on view A or using the <bsp:htmlbEvent> like Thomas suggested. However the code which clicks something on view A has to be in view B (the inputhelp). So you will have to change the inputhelp extension by adding a new attribute. I would only choose this solution when you are sure that you need this functionality also for other applications. The extension could look like this:
<zkeg:inputHelp id       = "In5"
                        value    = "<%= data5 %>"
                        rfcDest  = "D10088t"
                        objtype  = "DRAW"
                        objname  = "Document"
                        param    = "DocumentNumber"
                        keyField = "DOKNR"
                        parentFunctionToCallOnOkClick = "refreshSite()" />
The inputfield will then generate a javascript statement like this: parent.refreshSite();
and puts it in the function that is called when a user clicks on the OK button.
2)You attach an onChange event listener to your inputfield on view A. When a value is entered into the field the event handling javascript function raises a server event. Brians weblog shows you how the call the event and this OnChange Event for inputField shows you how to add the onChange event to the inputfield.
Btw really interesting problem I would love to read a weblog about it when you solved it
regards,
Thomas