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Francis Mariani
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I would like to configure my parameter screen to execute the report in a new window, but subsequent report requests from the same parameter screen should open in the same report window instead of opening a new window every time. This is easily achievable outside the GUI. Please don't tell me I have to make a new feature request.


Dev Studio > Composer > Hyperlink Properties.

Action: External procedure
Source: link to fex
Target Type: Window
Target/Template Name: New window

Thanks,

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Francis


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What is it that opens the parameter page in the first place? I''m asking because that is what will control "where it opens".

"configure my parameter screen to execute the report in a new window" is easy enough.

"report requests from the same parameter screen should open in the same report window instead of opening a new window every time" is not. It's either a new window of the same window (excluding iFrames, etc) from the "button".

It may be configuable within IE (or whatever browser you're using ~ Maybe?)
 
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Francis Mariani
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The parameter page is opened in an Output block of a B.I. Dashboard tab. For testing, I'm running it from MRE.

(You already know this) In non-GUI development, the HTML form tag has a target. Clicking Submit executes the form action to the target. If the target is a window name then if the window is not open, it opens, if the window is already open, the window is reused. I would like this.


Francis


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Sayed
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Francis,

When you right click on the button and select hyper link properties, then you select "new window" under drop down of target/template name.. did you try just typing in a static window name?

Thanks,
Sayed


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Francis Mariani
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Sayed, one cannot type anything, it's a select list with four options:

Same Window
New Window
Parent Window
Topmost Window

I wonder what a "Template Name" is, since you cannot type a name...


Francis


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Francis Mariani
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Correction! Even though it looks like a select list, clicking within it allows me to type a window name!

This is exactly what I need!

Thanks Sayed.


Francis


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Sayed
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LOL Francis...Hmmm.. I guess you're one of those FOCUS Master that hates using the GUI.
GUI has gotten SUPER friendly in the last 5yrs or so.

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Sayed


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Francis Mariani
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With "SUPER" friends like the GUI, who needs enemies? I guess I'm very, very picky about my friends, because I don't count the GUI tools in DevStudio among them!

Thanks,


Francis


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Did you know Many US companies like US BANK expects all WF codes to be GUI compatible... Also, IBI would not allow you to code outside of GUI to many of the newer customers. You better make the GUI part of your friend list very soon Smiler

Thanks,
Sayed


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quote:

GUI has gotten SUPER friendly in the last 5yrs or so


I think everything is relative, especially if we compare it to what it was back in 5.3.4 ...

quote:
I guess I'm very, very picky about my friends

Hmmm, I'll better start improving my ways then Sweating


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Wep5622
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Originally posted by njsden:
quote:

GUI has gotten SUPER friendly in the last 5yrs or so


I think everything is relative, especially if we compare it to what it was back in 5.3.4 ...


I guess this only holds true for WF versions after 7.6? I'm on WF 7.6.11 and I wouldn't exactly call the GUI user-friendly.

Seeing Francis' comments in another thread, there's still room for improvement in 7.7 as well. IMHO, the WebFOCUS GUI still has a way to go to become user-friendly.

Anyway, as long as Dev Studio has to run in a user-hostile environment like MS Windows, that will be difficult to achieve any time soon. OTOH it looks like with Windows 8, Microsoft is finally breaking with their old GUI paradigms - perhaps it's all starting to move into a more user-friendly direction! Let's hope they get it right this time.


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Francis Mariani
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It is just not user friendly. User friendly should mean that it will take less time developing with the GUI tools than hand-coding, which is not the case. I struggle for hours to do something via the GUI that I know could take minutes hand-coding.

The problems I have with the DevStudio GUI tools makes the oddities of Microsoft products charming quirks.

Here's one not-friendly Composer design problem:

Every element on an HTML page is placed via absolute positioning. Almost every element has Position: Left, Position : Top, Size: Height and Size: Width properties. In the Properties window, why aren't these four properties put in the same place for every element type? Click on different element types and you see these four properties are in different places in the Properties window.

This is one of the minor things I don't like, there are many more.

Don't get me wrong - this is my bread and butter. I'm complaining because I care.


Francis


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When I said it has gotten super friendly in the last 5yrs or so, I was comparing dev studio 7.6x or 7.7x to the 5.x and prior releases. You have to admit, things have gotten a whole lot better. I can now get 95% of the codes done in GUI specially for building launchpages. Don't get me wrong, I still code outside of the gui to get things done quicker but not infront of picky new customers Smiler
I think the gui side will always have flaws since the product always adds new futures and IBI does not have enough developers/testers to cover all scenarios.

Thanks,
Sayed


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Francis Mariani
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IBI does not have enough developers/testers

But they do: us!


Francis


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I wasn't talking about WebFOCUS consultants like us... I was talking about Java/JSP/C/C++/C# etc.. developers that actaly builds the WebFOCUS software and test it before released. It is a lot smaller team than you think.

Thanks,
Sayed


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