The JSComponent class provides a set of methods for interacting with and managing components within a solution model. It offers functionality for setting and retrieving properties such as background, font type, borders, visibility, and positioning. Through various getter and setter methods, it allows for fine-tuned control over the component’s attributes, including handling design-time properties, setting Z-index values, and managing anchor configurations.
In addition to visual and layout properties, JSComponent supports grouping components together by groupID, enabling batch actions like enabling or disabling multiple elements at once. The class also supports retrieving and setting CSS position for components in NGClient, as well as managing event handlers and design-time properties. It provides utility methods for managing component attributes, including getting and setting attribute values, and clearing attributes when necessary.
Properties Summarized
Type
Name
Summary
Enables a component to stick to a specific side of form and/or to grow or shrink when a window is resized.
The background color of the component.
The type, color and style of border of the component.
CSS position is a replacement for anchoring system making it more intuitive to place a component.
The enable state of the component, default true.
The font type of the component.
The foreground color of the component.
The Z index of this component.
A String representing a group ID for this component.
The height in pixels of the component.
The name of the component.
The name of the style class that should be applied to this component.
Flag that tells if the component is transparent or not.
The visible property of the component, default true.
The width in pixels of the component.
The x coordinate of the component on the form.
The y coordinate of the component on the form.
Methods Summarized
Type
Name
Summary
Get the value of an attribute of the element.
Returns the attribute names of an element.
Returns the comment of this component.
Get a design-time property of an element.
Get the design-time properties of an element.
Returns the name of the form.
Returns the UUID of this component.
Set a design-time property of an element.
Remove the attribute of an element.
Clear a design-time property of an element.
void
Set the attribute value of an element.
Properties Detailed
anchors
Enables a component to stick to a specific side of form and/or to
grow or shrink when a window is resized.
If opposite anchors are activated then the component with grow or
shrink with the window. For example if Top and Bottom are activated,
then the component will grow/shrink when the window is vertically
resized. If Left and Right are activated then the component
will grow/shrink when the window is horizontally resized.
If opposite anchors are not activated, then the component will
keep a constant distance from the sides of the window which
correspond to the activated anchors.
Sample
var form = solutionModel.newForm('mediaForm', 'db:/example_data/parent_table', null, false, 400, 300);
var strechAllDirectionsLabel = form.newLabel('Strech all directions', 10, 10, 380, 280);
strechAllDirectionsLabel.background = 'red';
strechAllDirectionsLabel.anchors = SM_ANCHOR.ALL;
var strechVerticallyLabel = form.newLabel('Strech vertically', 10, 10, 190, 280);
strechVerticallyLabel.background = 'green';
strechVerticallyLabel.anchors = SM_ANCHOR.WEST | SM_ANCHOR.NORTH | SM_ANCHOR.SOUTH;
var strechHorizontallyLabel = form.newLabel('Strech horizontally', 10, 10, 380, 140);
strechHorizontallyLabel.background = 'blue';
strechHorizontallyLabel.anchors = SM_ANCHOR.NORTH | SM_ANCHOR.WEST | SM_ANCHOR.EAST;
var stickToTopLeftCornerLabel = form.newLabel('Stick to top-left corner', 10, 10, 200, 100);
stickToTopLeftCornerLabel.background = 'orange';
stickToTopLeftCornerLabel.anchors = SM_ANCHOR.NORTH | SM_ANCHOR.WEST; // This is equivalent to SM_ANCHOR.DEFAULT
var stickToBottomRightCornerLabel = form.newLabel('Stick to bottom-right corner', 190, 190, 200, 100);
stickToBottomRightCornerLabel.background = 'pink';
stickToBottomRightCornerLabel.anchors = SM_ANCHOR.SOUTH | SM_ANCHOR.EAST;
background
The background color of the component.
Sample
// This property can be used on all types of components.
// Here it is illustrated only for labels and fields.
var greenLabel = form.newLabel('Green',10,10,100,50);
greenLabel.background = 'green'; // Use generic names for colors.
var redField = form.newField('parent_table_text',JSField.TEXT_FIELD,10,110,100,30);
redField.background = '#FF0000'; // Use RGB codes for colors.
borderType
The type, color and style of border of the component.
Sample
//HINT: To know exactly the notation of this property set it in the designer and then read it once out through the solution model.
var field = form.newField('my_table_text', JSField.TEXT_FIELD, 10, 10, 100, 20);
field.borderType = solutionModel.createLineBorder(1,'#ff0000');
cssPosition
CSS position is a replacement for anchoring system making it more intuitive to place a component.
CSS position should be set on form, an absolute position form can either work with anchoring or with css position.
This is only working in NGClient.
Sample
var label = form.newLabel('Label', -1);
label.cssPosition.r("10").b("10").w("20%").h("30px")
enabled
The enable state of the component, default true.
Sample
var form = solutionModel.newForm('printForm', 'db:/example_data/parent_table', null, false, 400, 300);
var field = form.newField('parent_table_text', JSField.TEXT_FIELD, 10, 10, 100, 20);
field.enabled = false;
fontType
The font type of the component.
Sample
var label = form.newLabel('Text here', 10, 50, 100, 20);
label.fontType = solutionModel.createFont('Times New Roman',1,14);
foreground
The foreground color of the component.
Sample
// This property can be used on all types of components.
// Here it is illustrated only for labels and fields.
var labelWithBlueText = form.newLabel('Blue text', 10, 10, 100, 30);
labelWithBlueText.foreground = 'blue'; // Use generic names for colors.
var fieldWithYellowText = form.newField('parent_table_text', JSField.TEXT_FIELD, 10, 50, 100, 20);
fieldWithYellowText.foreground = '#FFFF00'; // Use RGB codes for colors.
formIndex
The Z index of this component. If two components overlap, then the component with higher Z index is displayed above the component with lower Z index.
A String representing a group ID for this component. If several
components have the same group ID then they belong to the same
group of components. Using the group itself, all components can
be disabled/enabled or made invisible/visible.
The group id should be a javascript compatible identifier to allow access of the group in scripting.
Sample
var form = solutionModel.newForm('someForm', 'db:/example_data/parent_table', null, false, 400, 300);
var label = form.newLabel('Green', 10, 10, 100, 20);
var field = form.newField('parent_table_text', JSField.TEXT_FIELD, 10, 40, 100, 20);
label.groupID = 'someGroup';
field.groupID = 'someGroup';
forms['someForm'].elements.someGroup.enabled = false;
The name of the component. Through this name it can also accessed in methods.
Must be a valid javascript name. (no - in the name or start with number)
Sample
var form = solutionModel.newForm('someForm', 'db:/example_data/parent_table', null, false, 620, 300);
var label = form.newLabel('Label', 10, 10, 150, 150);
label.name = 'myLabel'; // Give a name to the component.
forms['someForm'].controller.show()
// Now use the name to access the component.
forms['someForm'].elements['myLabel'].text = 'Updated text';
styleClass
The name of the style class that should be applied to this component.
When defining style classes for specific component types, their names
must be prefixed according to the type of the component. For example
in order to define a class names 'fancy' for fields, in the style
definition the class must be named 'field.fancy'. If it would be
intended for labels, then it would be named 'label.fancy'. When specifying
the class name for a component, the prefix is dropped however. Thus the
field or the label will have its styleClass property set to 'fancy' only.
Sample
var form = solutionModel.newForm('printForm', 'db:/example_data/parent_table', null, false, 400, 300);
var field = form.newField('parent_table_text', JSField.TEXT_FIELD, 10, 10, 100, 20);
var style = solutionModel.newStyle('myStyle','field.fancy { background-color: yellow; }');
form.styleName = 'myStyle'; // First set the style on the form.
field.styleClass = 'fancy'; // Then set the style class on the field.
transparent
Flag that tells if the component is transparent or not.
The default value is "false", that is the components
are not transparent.
Sample
// Load an image from disk an create a Media object based on it.
var imageBytes = plugins.file.readFile('d:/ball.jpg');
var media = solutionModel.newMedia('ball.jpg', imageBytes);
// Put on the form a label with the image.
var image = form.newLabel('', 10, 10, 100, 100);
image.imageMedia = media;
// Put two fields over the image. The second one will be transparent and the
// image will shine through.
var nonTransparentField = form.newField('parent_table_text', JSField.TEXT_FIELD, 10, 20, 100, 20);
var transparentField = form.newField('parent_table_text', JSField.TEXT_FIELD, 10, 50, 100, 20);
transparentField.transparent = true;
visible
The visible property of the component, default true.
Sample
var form = solutionModel.newForm('printForm', 'db:/example_data/parent_table', null, false, 400, 300);
var field = form.newField('parent_table_text', JSField.TEXT_FIELD, 10, 10, 100, 20);
field.visible = false;
var frm = solutionModel.getForm('orders')
var fld = frm.getField('fld')
var attributes = fld.getAttributes();
for (var i = 0; i < attributes.length; i++)
{
application.output(fld.getAttribute(attributes[i]));
}
getAttributes()
Returns the attribute names of an element.
Sample
var frm = solutionModel.getForm('orders')
var fld = frm.getField('fld')
var attributes = fld.getAttributes();
for (var i = 0; i < attributes.length; i++)
{
application.output(fld.getAttribute(attributes[i]));
}
getComment()
Returns the comment of this component.
Sample
var comment = solutionModel.getForm("my_form").getButton("my_button").getComment();
application.output(comment);
getDesignTimeProperty(key)
Get a design-time property of an element.
Parameters
Sample
var frm = solutionModel.getForm('orders')
var fld = frm.getField('fld')
var prop = fld.getDesignTimeProperty('myprop')
getDesignTimePropertyNames()
Get the design-time properties of an element.
Sample
var frm = solutionModel.getForm('orders')
var fld = frm.getField('fld')
var propNames = fld.getDesignTimePropertyNames()
getFormName()
Returns the name of the form. (may be empty string as well)
Sample
var name = myElement.getFormName();
getUUID()
Returns the UUID of this component.
Sample
var button_uuid = solutionModel.getForm("my_form").getButton("my_button").getUUID();
application.output(button_uuid.toString());
putDesignTimeProperty(key, value)
Set a design-time property of an element. Value should be primitive data (string, boolean or number).
Complex values should be stringified before call.
Parameters
Sample
var frm = solutionModel.getForm('orders')
var fld = frm.getField('fld')
fld.putDesignTimeProperty('myprop', 'strawberry')
removeAttribute(name)
Remove the attribute of an element.
Parameters
Sample
var frm = solutionModel.getForm('orders')
var fld = frm.getField('fld')
fld.removeAttribute('keylistener')
removeDesignTimeProperty(key)
Clear a design-time property of an element.
Parameters
Sample
var frm = solutionModel.getForm('orders')
var fld = frm.getField('fld')
fld.removeDesignTimeProperty('myprop')
setAttribute(name, value)
Set the attribute value of an element.
Parameters
Returns: void
Sample
var frm = solutionModel.getForm('orders')
var fld = frm.getField('fld')
fld.setAttribute('keylistener', 'callback')
