Difference between revisions of "ZCS 6.0:Zimlet Developers Guide:Examples:Simple Dialog with Template"

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Description

This zimlet shows-up as a panel item and will display a simple custom dialog on a single or double-click. This example uses a template to create the HTML mark-up for the dialog. The Zimlet Definition File includes the compiled template file Simple.template.js using the <include> element.

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Definition File

<zimlet name="com_zimbra_example_simpledialogtemplate" version="1.0" description="Create a custom dialog using a template.">
    <include>com_zimbra_example_simpledialogtemplate.js</include>
	<include>templates/Simple.template.js</include>
    <handlerObject>com_zimbra_example_simpledialogtemplate_HandlerObject</handlerObject>
    <zimletPanelItem label="Simple Dialog Template Example" icon="zimbraIcon">
      <toolTipText>${msg.simpledialog_tooltip}</toolTipText>
   </zimletPanelItem>
</zimlet>

Creating the Dialog

Here is snippet from the Zimlet Handler Object (_displayDialog() method) where we create and show the dialog:

  var sDialogTitle = this.getMessage("simpledialog_dialog_title"); // get i18n resource string
  var sStatusMsg = this.getMessage("simpledialog_status_launch"); // get i18n resource string
	
  this.pView = new DwtComposite(this.getShell()); //creates an empty div as a child of main shell div
  this.pView.setSize("250", "150"); // set width and height
  this.pView.getHtmlElement().style.overflow = "auto"; // adds scrollbar
  this.pView.getHtmlElement().innerHTML = this._createDialogView(); // insert html to the dialogbox
	
  // pass the title, view & buttons information to create dialog box
  this.pbDialog = new ZmDialog({title:sDialogTitle, view:this.pView, parent:this.getShell(), standardButtons:[DwtDialog.DISMISS_BUTTON]});

  this.pbDialog.setButtonListener(DwtDialog.DISMISS_BUTTON, new AjxListener(this, this._okBtnListener)); 

  this.pbDialog.popup(); //show the dialog

The _createDialogView() method creates the HTML mark-up by getting the template:

/**
 * Creates the dialog view.
 * 
 */
com_zimbra_example_simpledialogtemplate_HandlerObject.prototype._createDialogView =
function() {
    var html = AjxTemplate.expand("com_zimbra_example_simpledialogtemplate.templates.Simple#Main");		
    return html;
};

Template

The following is the Simple.template file (before compilation). The HTML code is wrapped in the <template> tag (with the template id "Main").

<template id="Main">
  <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2">
      This is a sample dialog with HTML code...
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2"> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
      <b>Text Property:</b>
      </td>
      <td>
      <input type="text" name="simpledialog_text_prop" />
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
      <b>Password Property:</b>
      </td>
      <td>
      <input type="password" name="simpledialog_password_prop" />
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</template>

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Useful Links

• Simple Dialog
• Templates
• Templates > Compiling the Template