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John Clarke (In thread: Properties for Objects)

Just seen that...thanks.

John Clarke (In thread: Compiling Windows EXE)

Release Version is 2020.29. When I clicked the save button it generated the batch files. I presume that if I want to create a release version (distributable) I run the cordova_electron_release.bat. However, when I do this I get a message saying "ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Work\App Builder\Test Project\MyApp\compiled\package.json'"

John Clarke (In thread: Properties for Objects)

The only solution that I have is to close App Builder, Reopen it and Open my Project again...then I can see the properties dialog.

John Clarke (In thread: Properties for Objects)

I closed the properties tabs for objects (Text Boxes, etc). I cannot find a way to make this tab visible again.

John Clarke (In thread: Compiling Windows EXE)

I went to the App Options and in Batch and Shell ticked Electron, clicked compile but couldn't find the batch file for the Cordova build. Also, the App Options seems to lack a scroll bar on my screen.

John Clarke (In thread: Compiling Windows EXE)

How can I create the batch file that will use Cordova to create the distributable version ?

John Clarke (In thread: Compiling Windows EXE)

How can I compile my application as a Windows EXE?

John Clarke (In thread: WebExtensions and DecSoft App Builder)

Hi David,

Thanks for your reply. I can't wait to see what you are working on. I know its going to be amazing.

As for my issue I think we can consider it resolved. I thought I would post my solution up here for others to see.

Best Wishes

John

In the WebExtContent method replace the code with the following and it works:

// This event is fired after we call the WebExtSendMessage action
// and receive the "message" variable, which contains the message
// we send with the refered action.

// In this particular case we expect an string message, so we only
// need to "follow" that message to do the appropiate job.

// Note how we must use here pure Javascript. We have no access to
// the app's stuff like variables, since this particular code is
// executed in the context of the current browser's page.

// Finally note how we use the "$" of the jQuery Javascript library:
// this library is available for us here automatically, since App Builder
// includes it for our convenience.


// If the message/string is "bg-red"
if (message == 'bg-red') {

  // Put the background color to red
  // $('body').css('background-color', 'red');
  document.body.style.backgroundColor = "red";

// If the message/string is "bg-blue"
} else if (message == 'bg-blue') {

  // Put the background color to blue
  // $('body').css('background-color', 'blue');
  document.body.style.backgroundColor = "blue";
  
}

// The below one is completely optional. We can use the "sendMessage"
// method in order to communicate with our app. Try to uncoment the
// above code and note how then the app WebExtMessage is fired.

window.chrome.runtime.sendMessage(message);

John Clarke (In thread: WebExtensions and DecSoft App Builder)

Hi David, I presume that you replaced the : $('body').css('background-color', 'red'); and $('body').css('background-color', 'blue'); in the WebExtContent method with two alerts like this : AlertBox "Can you see me ?" "success" Is that correct ? Otherwise could you tell me the code changes that you made ? Best Wishes John

John Clarke (In thread: WebExtensions and DecSoft App Builder)

Hi David, I looked at the WebExtension Sample. I built it and installed it on Chrome. The Version of Chrome that I am using is : Version 75.0.3770.100 (Official Build) (64-bit) When I clicked on the Icon for the Extension the menu appeared. However, when I clicked the buttons to set the background colour the background colour of the page that I am on did not change.

John Clarke (In thread: Dynamically Adding Pictures to the Screen)

You are brilliant - that is exactly what I wanted! Thank you so much!

John Clarke (In thread: Dynamically Adding Pictures to the Screen)

I want to create an application where if I click on the screen it dynamically adds an image to it. So lets say this image is 30 pixels by 30 pixels. If I click on the app screen 10 times I will have 10 instances of that image (one instance at each point I clicked). How can I achieve this ?

John Clarke (In thread: Problem when building my app)

This doesn't seem to be a problem on my home computer.

John Clarke (In thread: Associative Arrays and Populating Drop Downs and Text Boxes)

I thought I would post my solution to this issue :

I created a view with the following items :

Select Box called Select 1
Text box called one
Text box called two
Text box called three

On the show function for the view I added the following code :

startjs

// Setup the associative array
window.App.RootScope.MyObjects = { "one" : "Text Value 1",
                                   "two" : "Text Value 2",
                                   "three": "Text Value 3" };

// Populate the drop down

// Add an empty one
window.App.RootScope.Select1.Items[window.App.RootScope.Select1.Items.length] = "";

// Add the key values
for (var key in window.App.RootScope.MyObjects)
{
    window.App.RootScope.Select1.Items[window.App.RootScope.Select1.Items.length] = key;
}

endjs

and on the change function for the select box I added the following code :

startjs
       // Get the selected item
       SelectedItem = window.App.RootScope.Select1.Items[window.App.RootScope.Select1.ItemIndex];
       
       // Set the text box value for the selected item
       if (SelectedItem.length > 0)
          document.getElementById(SelectedItem).value = window.App.RootScope.MyObjects[SelectedItem];
endjs

My only concern is that is it sensible to use document.getElementById(SelectedItem).value in the code or is there a better method?

John Clarke (In thread: Setting Values using Javascript)

I just want to confirm something. If I wish to set a value of an input box with the name Input1 I presume that I use the following Javascript : document.getElementById("Input1").value = "Testing 1,2,3"; Is there another way to do this ? I presume that I use a similar approach to accessing the methods of the objects being used too. Is that correct ?

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