New Markup using JVue applet with default colors that override .ini setting

Question

Goal: To load the JVue applet initially populated with a given document(drawing) and if there are no markups at all:
•     Give the user a markup with a custom filename
•     Configure the applet so that all markups:
o     Have a specific custom outline color that overrides setting in allusers.ini
o     Have a specific custom fill color that overrides setting in allusers.ini
Problem: The following code achieves everything except setting the custom colors via the method configureMarkups().
•     If configureMarkups() is called, the applet will not save a valid Markup file (it is zero bytes).
•     If configureMarkups() is simply not called, the applet will save a valid Markup file (but the markups are not the desired color)
•     See the text following this code for a more detailed process flow:
package com.kpe.esd.applets;
import java.awt.Color;
import com.cimmetry.core.Property;
import com.cimmetry.markupbean.Markup;
import com.cimmetry.markupbean.MarkupBean;
import com.cimmetry.markupbean.MarkupEntitySpec;
import com.cimmetry.vuebean.event.VueEvent;
import com.cimmetry.vuebean.event.VueFileListener;
import com.cimmetry.vuebean.event.VueMarkupListener;
import com.cimmetry.vuebean.event.VueModelEvent;
import com.cimmetry.vuebean.event.VueModelListener;
public class JVueKPE extends com.cimmetry.jvue.JVue
implements VueMarkupListener, VueModelListener, VueFileListener {
/** serialVersionUID */
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
public void onInitDone() {
super.onInitDone();
System.out.println("***KPE*** JVue extension (Build 20120219-i) has been initialized.");
* @param markupBean
* @param filename
* @param author
public void createUserMarkup(MarkupBean markupBean, String filename, String author) {
System.out.println("***KPE*** createUserMarkup()");
System.out.println(" filename: " + filename);
System.out.println(" author: " + author);
final boolean first = markupBean.getActiveMarkup().getName().contains("ntitled");
final Markup newmarkup = first
? markupBean.getActiveMarkup() : markupBean.createMarkup(true);
newmarkup.setName(filename);
// Create a Properties class and instantiate the object
final Property root = new Property("Markup", "KPE User Markup");
root.addChildProperty("CSI_DocID", "<<dms:newmarkup>>"+filename);
root.addChildProperty("CSI_DocName", filename);
root.addChildProperty("CSI_DocReadOnly", "false");
root.addChildProperty("CSI_DocAuthor", author != null ? author : "mickeymouse");
root.addChildProperty("author", author != null ? author : "minniemouse");
root.addChildProperty("Read-Only", "false");
root.addChildProperty("CSI_MarkupType", "normal");
newmarkup.setProperty(root);
this.getActiveVueBean().getVueEventBroadcaster().addMarkupListener(this);
this.getActiveVueBean().getVueEventBroadcaster().addModelListener(this);
this.getActiveVueBean().getVueEventBroadcaster().addFileListener(this);
// Make sure this is the last line of the method!!!
if (!first) markupBean.setActiveMarkup(newmarkup); // This has no effect on enabling markup entity buttons
public void createUserMarkup_tested_works(MarkupBean markupBean, String filename, String author) {
System.out.println("***KPE*** createUserMarkup()");
System.out.println(" filename: " + filename);
System.out.println(" author: " + author);
final Markup newmarkup = markupBean.createMarkup(true);
newmarkup.setName(filename);
// Create a Properties class and instantiate the object
final Property root = new Property("Markup", "KPE User Markup");
root.addChildProperty("CSI_DocID", "<<dms:newmarkup>>"+filename);
root.addChildProperty("CSI_DocName", filename);
root.addChildProperty("CSI_DocReadOnly", "false");
root.addChildProperty("CSI_DocAuthor", author != null ? author : "mickeymouse");
root.addChildProperty("author", author != null ? author : "minniemouse");
root.addChildProperty("Read-Only", "false");
root.addChildProperty("CSI_MarkupType", "normal");
newmarkup.setProperty(root);
this.getActiveVueBean().getVueEventBroadcaster().addMarkupListener(this);
this.getActiveVueBean().getVueEventBroadcaster().addModelListener(this);
this.getActiveVueBean().getVueEventBroadcaster().addFileListener(this);
// Always search for, and delete, "untitled" markups
final Markup[] allmarkups = markupBean.getMarkups();
for (Markup thismarkup : allmarkups) {
System.out.print("***KPE*** Markup Name: " + thismarkup.getName());
if (thismarkup.getName().contains("ntitled")) {
markupBean.deleteMarkup(thismarkup);
System.out.println(" <<< removed.");
} else {
System.out.println(" <<< kept.");
// Make sure this is the last line of the method!!!
markupBean.setActiveMarkup(newmarkup); // This has no effect on enabling markup entity buttons
public void configureMarkups(boolean isGreenMarks) {
System.out.println("***KPE*** configureMarkups()");
System.out.println(" isGreenMarks: " + isGreenMarks);
final MarkupBean mbean = this.getActiveVueBean().getMarkupBean();
final Markup active = mbean.getActiveMarkup();
MarkupEntitySpec spec = active.getMarkupSettings();
if (spec == null) {
System.out.println("***KPE*** Why is spec null?");
spec = new MarkupEntitySpec(mbean);
spec.setColor(isGreenMarks ? Color.GREEN : Color.RED);
spec.setFillColor(Color.YELLOW);
mbean.selectionSetSpec(spec);
@Override
public void onMarkupEvent(VueEvent evt) {
System.out.println("***KPE*** markup event = " + evt.getEventName());
switch (evt.getType()) {
case VueEvent.ONENTERMARKUPMODE:
break;
@Override
public void onModelEvent(VueModelEvent evt) {
System.out.println("***KPE*** model event = " + evt.getType());
@Override
public void onFileEvent(VueEvent evt) {
System.out.println("***KPE*** markup event = " + evt.getEventName());
Process Flow
APPLET IN HTML
<object id = "JVue" name = "JVue by Oracle"
classid = "clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93"
codebase = "${viewer.codebase}"
width = "100%" height = "50%" >
<param name="code" value="com.kpe.esd.applets.JVueKPE" />
<param name="codebase" value="${viewer.codebase}" />
<param name="cache_archive" value="jvue.jar,jogl.jar,gluegen-rt.jar" />
<param name="cache_version" value="cache_version" />
<param name="type" value="application/x-java-applet;version=1.6" />
<param name="mayscript" value="true" />
<param name="scriptable" value="true" />
<param name="EMBEDDED" value="TRUE">
<param name="HEAVYWEIGHT" value="FALSE">
<param name="VERBOSE" value="DEBUG">
<param name="JVUESERVER" value="${viewer.autoVueServlet}">
<param name="DMS" value="${viewer.autoVueDMS}">
<param name="DMSARGS" value="USERNAME;DMS_PRESERVE_COOKIES;">
<param name="USERNAME" value="anonymous">
<param name="DMS_PRESERVE_COOKIES" value="TRUE">
<param name="ONINIT" value="onJVueInit();">
<param name="GUIFILE" value="${viewer.autoVueGUI}">
</object>
JAVASCRIPT: ONJVUEINIT()
function onJVueInit() {
var applet = getJVue();
if (applet) {
applet.setFile('${viewer.autoVueFilename}'); // [B1]
applet.waitForLastMethod();
AVOpenMarkupFile();
AVConfigureMarkups();
} else {
alarm('!! Cannot find AutoVue applet !!!');
}; // end onJVueInit()
JAVASCRIPT: AVOPENMARKUPFILE()
function AVOpenMarkupFile() {
var applet = getJVue();
if (true) {                   
applet.openMarkup('*'); // [2]
} else {
waitForMarkupsToBeLoaded(applet); // This statement is VERY important.
var vuebean = applet.getActiveVueBean();
applet.waitForLastMethod();
alarm("VueBean: " + vuebean);
var mbean = vuebean.getMarkupBean();
applet.waitForLastMethod();
alarm("MarkupBean: " + mbean);
alarm("Markups Count: " + mbean.getMarkupsCount());
var found = -1;
var untitled = false;
var allmarkups = mbean.getMarkups();
if ( false ) { // mbean.getMarkupsCount() == 1
if (allmarkups[0].getName().slice(0,8) == 'Untitled') {
allmarkups[0].setName(pg_userMarkupFilename);
} else {
alarm(allmarkups[0].getName().slice(0,8));
} else {
for (var index = 0, len = allmarkups.length; index < len; ++index) {
var item = allmarkups[index];
// Your code working on item here...
alarm("Markup Name: " + item.getName());
alarm("Markup Property: " + displayProperty(item.getProperty(), 0, 0, 1));
if (pm_isHistory) { item.setReadOnly(true); }
if (item.getName().slice(0,8) == 'Untitled') {
found = index;
untitled = true;
// Untitled Markups get removed later by custom applet
} else {
if (item.getName().indexOf(pg_userMarkupFilename) > -1) {
found = index;
} else {
if (!pm_isHistory && pm_isLead) { item.setReadOnly(false); }
var information = item.getMarkupInformation();
if (information != null) {
for (var j = 0, len2 = information.length; j < len2; ++j) {
var info = information[j];
// Your code working on item here...
alarm("Markup Information: " + info );
if (untitled || (found == -1)) createMarkup(mbean, 'mickey mouse');
JAVASCRIPT: CREATEMARKUP()
function createMarkup(mbean, author) {
getJVue().createUserMarkup(mbean, pg_userMarkupFilename, author);
Note: Both versions of createUserMarkup() seem to work and allow successful saving of the markup file if configureMarkups() is not subsequently called.
JAVASCRIPT: AVCONFIGUREMARKUPS()
function AVConfigureMarkups() {
var applet = getJVue();
applet.configureMarkups(pm_isGreen);
};

Answer 1

Please try this, let me know if it doesn't work.
public void configureMarkups(boolean isGreenMarks) {
System.out.println("***KPE*** configureMarkups()");
System.out.println(" isGreenMarks: " + isGreenMarks);
final MarkupBean mbean = this.getActiveVueBean().getMarkupBean();
MarkupEntitySpec spec = mbean.getMarkupEntitySpec();
if (spec == null) {
System.out.println("***KPE*** Why is spec null?");
spec = new MarkupEntitySpec(mbean);
spec.setColor(isGreenMarks ? Color.GREEN : Color.RED);
spec.setFillColor(Color.YELLOW);
mbean.setMarkupEntitySpec(spec);
For the future: please try limiting code snippets to only minimum relevant lines, otherwise it's very hard to come up with quick suggestions...