OverSite 3

Hi,

For the moment, i can't figure how to splash popups windows in front of some screens.

Also, the same for the layers, the difference is that the layer has no window border and in the background, the calling screen has its display greyed.

Are there some parameters to implement in the links between the screens ?


Thanks for your answers.

Yann

Yann,

Not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for regarding popup windows, but I usually simulate popups by creating a composite that contains the popup window contents, then put a border around the contents, then place the composite on the screen.

Like, say I want to simulate a dialog that asks the user "Are you sure you want to delete that?" I create a landscape-style composite, add a Bold label that says "Are you sure...?" and below that, two buttons, one for Yes and one for No. Then I put a goruping border around all of those, and save the composite as something like "Confirm dialog". Then in the screen, I just place that composite like any other component.

Does that help?

I think Yann might be talking about that newfangled ajaxy way to show modal dialogs where the screen gets grayed out, and a rectangular "dialog" appears. That's a good question. Can you do that with Oversite?

There's not a way to do exactly that, currently, although it would be a good thing to add to our todo list.

One thing you could try is adding a grey Rectangle behind the page's content (using the Send To Back command), and then placing the popup on top of the Rectangle and the rest of the components. It wouldn't be exactly the same thing, but it might get the point across.