Unable to set navigator property in solution model

Classic Servoy
1

I tried to create a new form in the Solution Model with the Navigator property set to “none” (null?), but I did not succeed.

var formNew = solutionModel.newForm("form01","MyServer","BStyle",false,800,600);
formNew.navigator = null;
formNew.newLabel("box01",10,10,200,75);
application.showForm("form01");

What’s wrong with this method?

2

Hi Rioba,

Try setting it to “-none-” (see the tooltip of this SolutionModel property in the Solution Explorer)

Hope this helps.

3

Hi Robert,

thank you, but it doesn’t work. I already tried it after reading the tip as you suggest. The example code assigns a null value ```
aNavigator.navigator = null;

4

Ah yes, sorry. I forgot to look at the SM constants.
This works:

formNew.navigator = SM_DEFAULTS.NONE;
5

Hi Rioba,

small tip if you get stuck with these kind of settings:
Just lookup a *.frm file from a form that has the same setting in your workspace.
You can open the file using texteditor, now you can see what Servoy writes in the file for designtime forms.

This case you’ll find a value -1.
To help you Servoy introduced the constants as Robert already described. The constant ‘none’ is nothing more than a value -1.

Good luck!

6

Hi everybody

thank you very much: now it works. And thank you for the tip about looking at the .frm file. I did in fact checked the .frm file for an existing form with the Navigator property set to -none- before posting here, but the only reference was a ```
Navigator ID = “-1”


> The following options are available: 
> none - no navigator is assigned. 
> DEFAULT - the Servoy default navigator is assigned. 
> IGNORE - the navigator last assigned to a previous form. 
> Custom - a custom navigator based on a selected form.

and the sample code is even more confusing. Examples for other Form properties (such as Scrollbars) clearly show where and how to use Constants. While greatly improved in version 5, documentation remains a weak point of Servoy. But there is a great Forum. Thanks.
7

i will update the doc/sample a bit for JSForm.navigator
so it is more clear which constants you can use for what.