Region refresh on DHTML dialog close

Question

Dear friends,
I'am using the DHTML dialog plugin and just upgraded to Apex 4.1.1.
The report refresh on the main page no longer works when the dialog is closed.
Hence I tried to modify the plugin by adding the "apexrefresh" call to the code:
  htp.p('parent.apex.jQuery("#' || l_dialog_id || '").dialog("close");');
  htp.p('apex.jQuery("#departments").trigger("apexrefresh");');
  htp.p('</script>');
  htp.p('</body>');
  apex_application.stop_apex_engine;My question is why does the refresh not work?
The dialog (id=departments) is wrapped an iframe.
Have been reading and trying hours now and feel it's time to ask you!
Thanks,
Sebastian

Answer 1

I haven't used that Plugin , but from the plugin explanation it is said(as you mentioned) that you can use the Close[DHTML Dialog] event for Dynamic Actions.
I am not sure if the event is actually triggered before the dialog is closed or immediately after. If this event has been implemented as a callback , then its probable that the event would be triggered after the dialog is closed.
In any case, you can add a simple javascript alert code as the Dynamic Action and see if it runs fine.If that works you can add the region refresh javascript code manually as
$('#REGION_STATIC_ID').trigger('apexrefresh')if that doesn't work, its probably due to the call happening from the dialog(before it closes) and the dialog unable to find any such element (since its attached to the dialog's parent)
in such a case, use
parent.$('#REGION_STATIC_ID').trigger('apexrefresh')This refresh method only works with report regions(and some LOV item types) , so for most page items you have to call some javascript that specifically fetches and sets the session value (either using ajax or new value passed from modal )
Instead of using the plugin for the dialog, if you use the jQuety dialog API (which I guess the plugin calls internally) , then it has close event where you can add your custom code. You can find the API documentation here