Execute an inhirited method plus some more code

Classic Servoy
1

I have a form with the property extendsForm filled.

The onSearch of the extendsForm executes a block of code that I need in many forms but one of them needs some more code.

Can I do something like this:

lines of particular code for this form
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DODEFAULT() // To execute the extendsForm code

or

DODEFAULT() // To execute the extendsForm code
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Thanks in advance.

2

You can use the _super keyword to get access to the base form’s methods, so:

function doSearch() {
    // do something here
    _super.doSearch(); // calls the parent's method
   // do some more stuff
}
3

Thanks Patrick, that is what I needed.

4

Note that you can also call any other method from the parent form using this construct, like:

function doSearch() {
    // do something here
    _super.doSearch(); // calls the parent's method
   // do some more stuff
   _super.anotherMethod();
}
5

Thanks again Patrick.

Since the function is _super.Method() and not just DefaultMethod() I supposed that but thank you very much. It´s better to give information that supposing that the others know it.

6

Do note that if you want to call the method on the super form with the same arguments as the overriding method, this is the syntax:
_super.methodName.apply(this, arguments);

You’ll see this syntax also in the automatically generated method templates when you override a method by clicking the specific method property in the form editor and you create a new method form there.

Paul