How to modify a pod in dashboard component?

Question

Hi
I am new to flex and programming in general. So please do forgive me if I do not express my query clearly or with the right info.
I am trying to build an application to show case photographs and one of the components I am using is the Dashboard built by WASI and can be seen here. It has several pods but I would like to have one of the pods load up with my own default position, width and height yet still retain the characteristics of minimizing, maximizing & drag and drop. Other than through the pods.xml file, I do not know how to modify (or which other file I should modify for that matter) so that when the application loads, it always starts with the particular pod at my desired height (top to bottom), width (about 1/4 of screen real estate) and position (left side of the screen)
Below is the pods.xml file and attached is the project zip file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
Used to specify the pod content in the dashboard sample app.
To keep the implementation straightforward, all of the data is
stored in this file rather than a database or separate XML files.
-->
<views>
    <!--
        <view> - Represents a tab.
            id - Must be unique so state can be saved properly.
            label - The label of the tab.
            <pod>
                id - Must be unique per view so state can be saved properly.
                type - Type of pod content. Valid values are chart, pieChart, form and list. "chart" and "pieChart" each have drill downs to one level.
                       "chart" is a fixed drill down to 30 days in a month.
                       "pieChart" is a fixed drill down to four geographical regions.
                title - The title of the pod.
                dataSource - The xml to load for the pod.
                selectedViewIndex - Sets the default content view for pod content with a view stack.
                valueField - For chart pods, the field from the xml data to use for displaying the value. This field should be numeric.
                categoryField - For chart pods, the field from the xml data to use for displaying the category.
                dataTipUnitLabel - Rollover label used for displaying the units.
                                   Label is delimited by "*" and places the first value before the unit and the second value after the unit. Ex: $50M.
                dataTipLabelField - Rollover label field used for PieCharts.
                labels - For form pods, used to label the fields.
                dataFields - For form pods, used to assign the data fields to the form fields.
                             The second field should always be a date expressed in milliseconds since the epoch.
    -->
    <view
        id="view0"
        label="Sales">
        <pod
            id="pod00"
            type="chart"
            title="Yearly Revenue"
            dataSource="data/revenue.xml"
            selectedViewIndex="1"
            valueField="value"
            categoryField="month"
            dataTipUnitLabel="$*M"
            dataTipLabelField="month"/>
        <pod
            id="pod06"
            type="pieChart"
            title="Revenue by Region"
            dataSource="data/revenue_by_region.xml"
            valueField="value"
            categoryField="region"
            dataTipUnitLabel="$*M"
            dataTipLabelField="region"/>
        <pod
            id="pod01"
            type="chart"
            title="Yearly Profit"
            dataSource="data/profit.xml"
            valueField="value"
            categoryField="month"
            dataTipUnitLabel="$*M"
            dataTipLabelField="month"/>
        <pod
            id="pod02"
            type="form"
            title="To Do"
            dataSource="data/tasks.xml"
            labels="Name,Date,Description"
            dataFields="name,date,description" />
        <pod
            id="pod03"
            type="list"
            title="Company News"
            dataSource="data/news.xml" />
        <pod
            id="pod04"
            type="form"
            title="Sales Pipeline"
            dataSource="data/pipeline.xml"
            selectedViewIndex="1"
            labels="Name,Date,Description"
            dataFields="name,date,description" />
        <pod
            id="pod05"
            type="chart"
            title="Projected Revenue"
            dataSource="data/projected_revenue.xml"
            valueField="value"
            categoryField="month"
            dataTipUnitLabel="$*M"
            dataTipLabelField="month"/>
    </view>
Thank you very much for any help you may provide.
Best regards
Vanery

Answer 1

hi,
u may upload a file from the desktop in ur webdynpro .. thn u can save it in database and can download accordingly..
1.create a node 'FILEUPLOAD' with 2 attributes
a) FILECONTENT type XSTRING
b) FILENAME type STRING
2. Create a fileuplaod uielement
a) bind the data property with attribute 'FILECONTENT'
b) bind the filename property with attribute 'FILENAME'
3. Create a button 'UPLOAD'
a) create the action method for this button and save the contents of file in database
Data l_node type ref to if_wd_context_node.
Data l_stru type wd_this->elements_cn_fileupload.
l_node = wd_context->get_child_node( 'FILEUPLOAD' ).
l_node->get_static_attributes( importing static_attributes = l_stru ).
"save l_stru-fielcontent in database. Your file will be saved in the database in XSTRING format.
Now when you want to display this file;
1. Create a Node 'FILEDOWNLOAD' with 1 attribute
a) FILE type XSTRING
2. Create a filedownload uielement
a) bind the data property with the attribute 'FILE'
Fetch the file from database and set the File attribute of the filedownload uielemnt to display the file.
regards,
Amit