Customized Control – Web Action Builder dialog

The dialog helps you to bind, create, or edit a customized control. It is displayed when you do either of the following:

• Select Customized Control and then click OK in the Web Action List dialog.
• In the Customized Control Manager dialog, click . Then in the New Customized Control File dialog, provide a file name and click OK.
• In the Customized Control Manager dialog, right-click a customized control file and then select Edit from the shortcut menu.

See the dialog.

The following are details about options in this dialog:

Size

Specifies the size of the customized control shown in the browser window at runtime.

• Auto
  Specifies whether the control is automatically sized according to its contents.
• Width
  Specifies the width of the control in pixels. Enabled when Auto is unchecked.
• Height
  Specifies the height of the control in pixels. Enabled when Auto is unchecked.

Position

Specifies the position of the customized control in the browser window at runtime:

• In the center of the browser window
  The customized control is placed in the center of the browser window at runtime.
• According to mouse position
  The customized control is placed where the mouse is clicked. The option is useful when the event is concerned with mouse action.
• Relative to the trigger component
  The position of the customized control is placed where the trigger object is.
• Absolute
  If the option is checked, you can further specify the following two options:
  • Position X
    Specifies the absolute X position in pixels.
  • Position Y
    Specifies the absolute Y position in pixels.

Contents

Input HTML fragment with JavaScript code. The HTML fragment should be plain text that is children DOM element of HTML Body.

JavaScript in HTML fragment can use web action APIs. For details, refer to index.html in the <server_install_root>\public_html\webos\doc folder. There is a sample of the contents provided in Sample of customized control contents.

Save As

Displays the New Customized Control File dialog to save the customized control properties into a file.

OK

• Saves the customized control properties into the web action and exits the current dialog if the dialog is opened after you select Customized Control and then click OK in the Web Action List dialog.
• Saves the customized control properties into the specified file and exits the current dialog if the dialog is opened after you click  in the Customized Control Manger dialog and then provide a file name and click OK in the New Customized Control File dialog.
• Saves the changes to the customized control file if the dialog is opened after you right-click a customized control file and then select Edit from the shortcut menu in the Customized Control Manger dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the settings and exits the dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

Related topics:

• Defining customized control in JReport Designer