Magritte Tutorial - MAPersonEditor

I've called a MAPersonEditor from my WATask, but pressing "Save" in
the editor does not seem to answer to the task.  Do I need to override
a save message or something?

Thanks,

Chad


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Nevermind that last message.  I was overcomplicating the problem.  All
I had to do was change my change one method in my task.

(from this)
getPerson
        ^ self call:
                (MAPersonEditor new)

(to this)
getPerson
        ^self call: (MAPersonModel new asComponent
                addValidatedForm;
                yourself).

A very simple, time-saving solution.  Plus, didn't need to use the
MAPersonEditor.

I can see Magritte being a big help when building a questionnaire or
survey application which involves many input forms.

Cheers,

Chad

On 3/6/06, Chad Nantais <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I've called a MAPersonEditor from my WATask, but pressing "Save" in
> the editor does not seem to answer to the task.  Do I need to override
> a save message or something?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chad
>


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Hi Chad,

welcome to the list and thanks for answering your question ;-)

> getPerson
> ^self call: (MAPersonModel new asComponent
> addValidatedForm;
> yourself).

Indeed you have to use Seaside decorations to add a validation-
handler and a form handler. This allows to customize those two  
aspects, say if you want multiple Magritte components within one  
form, different button labels, different button actions, different  
error handling, etc.

> I can see Magritte being a big help when building a questionnaire or
> survey application which involves many input forms.

Certainly, but there are many more thing you can do: building  
reports, reflecting about model objects, letting users build their  
own forms from custom descriptions, ...

Letting users customize descriptions can be done like ...

model := MAScaffolder description: MAPersonModel description.
model asComponent
        -> an editor onto the model-object
model description asComponent
        -> an editor onto the description (meta-model)

Cheers,
Lukas

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http://www.lukas-renggli.ch

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Chad Nantais a écrit :
For those who has not understand why the first won't work:

In fact, MAPersonEditor is just a demo to see how easily one can
describe a model and have the component updated. MAPersonEditor should
_not_ be used in another application as it never returns the modified
models.


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Chad Nantais a écrit :
For those who has not understand why the first won't work:

In fact, MAPersonEditor is just a demo to see how easily one can
describe a model and have the component updated. MAPersonEditor should
_not_ be used in another application as it never returns the modified
models.


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Damien Cassou


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