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Wiki source code of Using ERD2WWizardCreationPage

Version 3.1 by Paul Hoadley on 2009/05/16 22:36
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1 [[##ERD2WWizardCreationPage##>>http://webobjects.mdimension.com/wonder/api/er/directtoweb/pages/ERD2WWizardCreationPage.html]] and the subclass [[##ERNEUWizardCreationPage##>>http://webobjects.mdimension.com/wonder/api/er/neutral/ERNEUWizardCreationPage.html]] are page-level components for editing an entity in a wizard-style user interface. The attributes to edit (including attributes of related entities via relationships), and even page and section titles are all provided by the rules file.
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3 Assume there is an entity ##Employee##, with a to-one relationship ##contactDetails## to an entity ##ContactDetails##. The following rule:
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5 {{code borderStyle="dashed"}}
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7 100 : (task = 'edit' and entity.name = 'Employee') =>
8 displayPropertyKeys = ("[Page 1]","(Personal Details)",firstName,lastName,"[Page 2]","(Address)",
9 "contactDetails.address1","contactDetails.address2",
10 "contactDetails.address3","contactDetails.suburb","contactDetails.state",
11 "contactDetails.postcode","(Contact)","contactDetails.email",
12 "contactDetails.phone","contactDetails.fax")
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14 {{/code}}
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16 will create a wizard with the following properties:
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18 * Two pages, entitled "Page 1" and "Page 2"
19 * Page 1 will have a single section entitled "Personal Details", with fields for ##firstName## and ##lastName## attributes.
20 * Page 2 will have two sections, "Address" and "Contact", where each of those sections will have fields for the attributes of the ##ContactDetails## entity retrieved via the ##contactDetails## relationship as listed in the rule above.
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22 The changes are saved after hitting the Save button on the final page.