Update calculated fields
If you use calculated fields there is a risk that certain data sets will not be updated. here i describe the problem, solutions and recommendations
Year: 2020
Highlight: WordPress integration
For an upcoming project we plan to integrate data from an AppGini application into a WordPress page. I am currently creating a prototype to determine the feasibility. Components On the one hand, we need a configurable WordPress plugin that retrieves the data. On the other hand we need a counterpart on AppGini side, which provides the data. WordPress output This is what the first results look like. Please note that I have not made the result list prettier yet. More CSS styling is still required here. It is just the first draft: This is a WordPress installation on localhost. The …
Extension: Keep column names when joining table view columns
When joining columns in Table View of AppGini views, keep the names for better readbility
Highlight: Join columns in Table View
Sometimes the number of visible columns in a table view becomes too large. I show here how I merge the contents of several columns into one column.
More visible marking of search hits
Today I’ll show you how easy it is to change the way hits are displayed when searching in Table Views
Tip: Additional parameter for Action Buttons
It has been described here how to add additional buttons below a detail view’s action buttons. Today I’m going to explain how to add parameters to action button links. This should work with all versions of AppGini Helper Javascript Library. I’m going to use a few functions which are available sind since version 2020/06. Just as a short reminder and introduction for this how-to: Line 4 will add a new group with header “Kalkulation” and icon “glyphicon-cog” (see Glyphicons). In line 5 I’m declaring the link ULR, stored in href variable. In Line 6 I’m adding a new button named …
Highlight: TV-integrated drag & drop KANBAN board
Description An integrated drag & drop KANBAN board for table views which changes status and modified by/on columns of records just by dropping into a different slot. Showcase Example Table calculations contains a column named state_id which is a lookup, referencing states-table. There are four different states in states-table. Every state has been rendered as slot and therefore is available as drop-target. Additional states can be added, of course. When dropping an item into a different slot, there is an AJAX call from client (browser) to server. The serverside PHP script validates the passed data and checks for edit-permission on …
Highlight: Additional HTML content in Table View
Description You will know this from your E-Mail software: Preview of the message right inside in the list of emails. Wouldn’t it be great to have it in AppGini lists, too? For a tasks-table I wanted to show the task-subject and -description inside the table view. And this is the first draft: Next to a few additional buttons (see showcase here) there is a custom HTML text below every row. Showcase Code I have wrapped everything into an easy-to-use function which I am going to use in more tables in the future. Just by initializing the onEveryRow function (so called …
Highlight: Link to parent in Table View
Links to parent (master) tables in table view of AppGini applications
Highlight: Embedded PDF Viewer in Detail View (DV)
Description Integrated PDF viewer based on pdf.js which automatically loads and displays the uploaded pdf file. Showcase Screen Recording Details Components https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/