Enhancement and Feature Requests - WM5+

Submitted by Hawk on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 15:05
I thought I'd create a new thread for users to note any features that could be practically enhanced in future versions of Webmaker and the reasons for doing it.

I'll start the ball rolling....

WM5 Enhancement
When using the field event to "Set Field value" this should be enhanced to allow the naming of the "Target Field" rather than only displaying local fields in much the same way as setting a group a target for Ajax/Visibility Toggle calls.

This would allow partial pages to update the calling page's fields rather than having to use custom script to do it.

WM5 Enhancement
Allow the amendment of the Display text within the Select box options rather than havig to add a new entry, reorder the entries and then delete the original line that had a spelling mistake in.

WM5 Enhancement
When adding the WIH controls force the onload events that are created to be the first items in the event list to prevent partial pages etc being loaded with uncommitted WIC details thus losing changes.
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WM 5 Enhancement
Allow and Add Action to existing events in the same way that there is for IF..THEN events so page isn't full of the same Event

WM5 Enhancement
In the Page Design Events Tab it would be useful to have the conditions allow for AND and OR within the condtions so

IF (Weather=Dull AND Attitude=Pessimistic) OR Weather=Rain THEN
CarryUmbrella

Thanks for posting these Hawk.

This is very useful information for us when it comes to planning future releases etc, so do keep them coming!


WM5 Enhancement
In the Page Design Events Tab it would be useful to have the conditions allow for AND and OR within the condtions so

IF (Weather=Dull AND Attitude=Pessimistic) OR Weather=Rain THEN
CarryUmbrella


While I agree that this would be a useful feature, I just wanted to point out that there are ways of achieving this currently. For example, you could use a Display Variable, eg

IF (Weather=Dull AND Attitude=Pessimistic) THEN
Display Variable PessimisticCarry = true
ELSE
PessimisticCarry = false

IF (PessimisticCarry=true OR Weather=Rain) THEN
CarryUmbrella

bsbundrick

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 13:36

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a right-click option in page structure view to copy and paste groups and other elements. seems like a very basic feature that is missing here and would save a lot of time setting the same CSS overrides and calls multiple times


a right-click option in page structure view to copy and paste groups and other elements. seems like a very basic feature that is missing here and would save a lot of time setting the same CSS overrides and calls multiple times


Hi bsbundrick,

Can I ask which version of WebMaker you are using?
Starting with version 4 you should see copy and paste options on the right click menu on the page design screen.

Regards,
Gerard


I am using version 3.1.2 so it would appear that is the reason I don't have that functionality. Thanks for the quick reply!


That explains it. :)

I would definitely recommend upgrading to a newer version if possible. For Hyfinity WebMaker you can download the latest version from the website, or for BizFlow WebMaker, you need to upgrade to BizFlow 12 for WebMaker 4, or 12.1 for WebMaker 5.

If you have to stick with 3.1.2, you should be able to use the 'Existing Page' right hand tab to provide a way of copying groups or controls from other pages within your project.

Regards,
Gerard

WM 5 Enhancement

On Select Boxes you have the option of "Initail Drop Down Entry" which is quite often in our case set to "Please Select..."

It would be nice that if this intial drop down entry could be be dynamic and bound so a quick change of XML data would result in a different value being applied across all drop downs or even abused to display a value without actually populating the drop down values (this would be done if the the field was to be disabled or similar).

Hyfinity Support

Tue, 12/03/2013 - 14:03

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I thought I'd create a new thread for users to note any features that could be practically enhanced in future versions of Webmaker and the reasons for doing it.

I'll start the ball rolling....

WM5 Enhancement
When using the field event to "Set Field value" this should be enhanced to allow the naming of the "Target Field" rather than only displaying local fields in much the same way as setting a group a target for Ajax/Visibility Toggle calls.

This would allow partial pages to update the calling page's fields rather than having to use custom script to do it.


Addressed in WebMaker V6 (BizFlow V12.2).
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WM5 Enhancement
Allow the amendment of the Display text within the Select box options rather than havig to add a new entry, reorder the entries and then delete the original line that had a spelling mistake in.


Options Control has been revised.
Addressed in WebMaker V6 (BizFlow V12.2).
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WM5 Enhancement
When adding the WIH controls force the onload events that are created to be the first items in the event list to prevent partial pages etc being loaded with uncommitted WIC details thus losing changes.
[hr][/hr]
WM 5 Enhancement
Allow and Add Action to existing events in the same way that there is for IF..THEN events so page isn't full of the same Event


"Add Action" has been addressed in WebMaker V6 (BizFlow V12.2).
[hr][/hr]

WM5 Enhancement
In the Page Design Events Tab it would be useful to have the conditions allow for AND and OR within the condtions so

IF (Weather=Dull AND Attitude=Pessimistic) OR Weather=Rain THEN
CarryUmbrella


Addressed in WebMaker V6 (BizFlow V12.2).
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I thought I'd create a new thread for users to note any features that could be practically enhanced in future versions of Webmaker and the reasons for doing it.

I'll start the ball rolling....

WM5 Enhancement
When using the field event to "Set Field value" this should be enhanced to allow the naming of the "Target Field" rather than only displaying local fields in much the same way as setting a group a target for Ajax/Visibility Toggle calls.

This would allow partial pages to update the calling page's fields rather than having to use custom script to do it.


Addressed in WebMaker V6 (BizFlow V12.2).

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