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by **michaelwirz** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:36 pm

Hello!

I just looked at the Headless Client Framework. I got things working.
I like its easy and clean design. I successfully called form-methods.
Is it right that it is not possible to call methods of "non-visible" forms?

How do I proceed when I want to call global methods?

Thanks for help.
Michael Wirz,
Munich

My working example jsp is
(Solution: hc_test, Form: hc_test, Method: hc_test)

<%@ page import = "java.util.*" %>
<%@ page import = "com.servoy.j2db.server.headlessclient.*" %>
<%@ page import = "com.servoy.j2db.dataprocessing.IDataSet" %>
<%@ page errorPage="errorpage.jsp" %>

<html>
<head>
<title>Servoy Headless Client Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
ISessionBean servoy_hc = (ISessionBean)session.getAttribute("servoy");
if (servoy_hc == null)
{
servoy_hc = HeadlessClientFactory.createSessionBean(request,"hc_test");
session.setAttribute("servoy",servoy_hc);
}

boolean ok = servoy_hc.setMainForm("hc_test");

String theTable = null;
theTable = (String)servoy_hc.executeMethod("hc_test", hc_test", new Object[]{new Integer(17)});

if (theTable!=null) out.println(theTable);
else out.println("theTable is null");
%>
</body>
</html>

by **IT2Be** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:18 pm

I think it is not possible to call global methods 'just like that' because you indeed need a visible form.

What you could do is this:

1. create a method on your form;
2. call the method from your hc with the name of the method as an argument (eg 'globals.methodname()');
3. include the code eval(arguments[0]) in your method;

The method will be called like you wish...

Hope this helps a little,

Marcel

by **michaelwirz** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:08 pm

Marcel,

thanks for pointing this out. I decided to create a special form
"headless". It holds all headless-methods. This works for my setup.

bye,
Michael

by **pbakker** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:17 pm

Accordig to the API, it should be possible to execute a global method, and I would think directly.

I ran into this while testing stuff, but worked around it by making formmethods, but still, I think it should work.

Can Servoyians comment?

Paul

by **michaelwirz** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:01 pm

Hi Paul!

I scanned through the API as well but didnt find anything
I thought would be useful.
Could you give me a hint to the API-call you suspect?

Michael

by **pbakker** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:13 pm

See the explanation for function executeMethod @ http://developer.servoy.com/docs/headle ... index.html

by **michaelwirz** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:29 pm

Thanks.
-- Thats been easy. I just overlooked it....

I tried executeMethod(null,"globals.my_own_global_method",args)
without success.

by **pbakker** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:32 pm

Yep, tried it as well, doesn't work. Now, the question is: Should it? :lol:

by **IT2Be** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:20 am

hmm, that's why I replied that I thought it wouldn't work because I tested this also :-)

by **pbakker** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:07 pm

So, we all tested it, it doesn't work and we do not know if it should.... :lol:

How to solve this dilemma.... :?:

by **Jan Blok** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:33 pm

If there is a need to call global methods, I think we can make it so, is it badly needed?

by **IT2Be** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:36 pm

Jan, if it would imply that we can avoid to call a form... Then YES...

by **pbakker** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:44 pm

Yes, would definetly like to be able to call them directly, instead of enabling them through the creation of forwarding form methods

Paul

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