UIX template with an attribute

Question

I have a uix template with an attribute selectedTab that looks like this:
<type base="ui:pageLayout">
<attribute name="selectedTab" javaType="int"/>
</type>
My question is:
How do I set the attribute value from the uix page that is based on that template?

Answer 1

Jasmina,
I suppose you created your template by selecting "UIX XML Template (UIT) with Header, Footer, and Navigation".
You are asked there to fill in the values for your different tabs.
Now when creating a new page, you should select option "UIX XML Page Based on Existing UIX XML Template (UIT)".
There you are asked to enter an 'Attribute Value' for your page.
You should type "0" (zero) when creating the page displayed on the first tab;
"1" when creating the page displayed on the second tab;
etc...
Your pages will include the following:
<templates xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/uix/ui">
<templateImport source="myTabBar.uit"/>
</templates>
<myTemplate:myTabBar title="All Departments" selectedTab="0">
</myTemplate:myTabBar>
Your template should include the following:
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'windows-1252'?>
<templateDefinition ... localName="myTabBar" ...>
<type base="ui:pageLayout">
<attribute name="selectedTab" javaType="int"/>
</type>
<content>
<pageLayout>
<attributeMap>
<rootAttributeMap/>
</attributeMap>
<childMap>
<rootChildMap/>
</childMap>
<tabs>
<tabBar selectedIndex="${uix.rootAttr.selectedTab}">
<contents>
<link text="Departments" destination="Dept.uix"/>
<link text="Employees" destination="Emp.uix"/>
</contents>
</tabBar>
</tabs>
Hope this helps,
Didier