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bwallis42

xbl component "am I in the builder?"

I have a control that on activation of the form inserts some data into the form model.

I don't want it to do this when the form is readonly or when the form is inserted into a form template in the builder.

So I have 'if(exf:readonly($binding))" in the action to suppress it in readonly mode.

Is there something similar I can use so that the action is suppressed when the control is used in the builder? How can I (the xbl control) detect that I am in the builder?

thanks

Alessandro Vernet

Re: xbl component "am I in the builder?"

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Hi Brian,

This is something we generally try (and I think manage) to avoid in our code, but I can think of cases where it really can't be avoided. In those cases, I imagine you could test on xxf:instance('fr-parameters-instance')/app = 'orbeon' and xxf:instance('fr-parameters-instance')/form = 'builder'. You'll let us know if this works for you.

Alex

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:43 AM bwallis42 <[hidden email]> wrote:

I have a control that on activation of the form inserts some data into the
form model.

I don't want it to do this when the form is readonly or when the form is
inserted into a form template in the builder.

So I have 'if(exf:readonly($binding))" in the action to suppress it in
readonly mode.

Is there something similar I can use so that the action is suppressed when
the control is used in the builder? How can I (the xbl control) detect that
I am in the builder?

thanks

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bwallis42

Re: xbl component "am I in the builder?"

Alessandro Vernet wrote

This is something we generally try (and I think manage) to avoid in our
code, but I can think of cases where it really can't be avoided. In those
cases, I imagine you could test on
xxf:instance('fr-parameters-instance')/app = 'orbeon' and
xxf:instance('fr-parameters-instance')/form = 'builder'. You'll let us know
if this works for you.

Works well, thanks.

I don't think I can avoid this in this and one other case where the control modifies its model when a form is loaded. The particular case we have is a control that maintains a list of who and when a form was edited and also displays this list in the form.

Alessandro Vernet

Re: xbl component "am I in the builder?"

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Hi Brian,

OK, great, thank you for confirming, and I understand that in some
cases you just can't avoid it.

Alex

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:28 PM, bwallis42
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Alessandro Vernet wrote
>> This is something we generally try (and I think manage) to avoid in our
>> code, but I can think of cases where it really can't be avoided. In those
>> cases, I imagine you could test on
>> xxf:instance('fr-parameters-instance')/app = 'orbeon' and
>> xxf:instance('fr-parameters-instance')/form = 'builder'. You'll let us
>> know
>> if this works for you.
>
> Works well, thanks.
>
> I don't think I can avoid this in this and one other case where the control
> modifies its model when a form is loaded. The particular case we have is a
> control that maintains a list of who and when a form was edited and also
> displays this list in the form.
>
>
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Alessandro Vernet

Re: xbl component "am I in the builder?"

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And FYI, I've added the following RFE for this:

https://github.com/orbeon/orbeon-forms/issues/2231

Alex

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Alessandro Vernet <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Brian,
>
> OK, great, thank you for confirming, and I understand that in some
> cases you just can't avoid it.
>
> Alex
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:28 PM, bwallis42
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Alessandro Vernet wrote
>>> This is something we generally try (and I think manage) to avoid in our
>>> code, but I can think of cases where it really can't be avoided. In those
>>> cases, I imagine you could test on
>>> xxf:instance('fr-parameters-instance')/app = 'orbeon' and
>>> xxf:instance('fr-parameters-instance')/form = 'builder'. You'll let us
>>> know
>>> if this works for you.
>>
>> Works well, thanks.
>>
>> I don't think I can avoid this in this and one other case where the control
>> modifies its model when a form is loaded. The particular case we have is a
>> control that maintains a list of who and when a form was edited and also
>> displays this list in the form.
>>
>>
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Erik Bruchez

Re: xbl component "am I in the builder?"

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This RFE is being implemented for Orbeon Forms 2016.2. The function is called `fr:is-design-time()`. See:

https://github.com/orbeon/orbeon-forms/issues/2231

-Erik

bwallis42

Re: xbl component "am I in the builder?"

Thanks Erik, that will simplify my xbl code and make it easier to understand.