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Last modified by Ravi Mendis on 2010/11/18 05:07
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edited by Ravi Mendis
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edited by Ravi Mendis
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1 1  == Introduction ==
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3 -ERPrototaculous was developed to provide the ajax functionality in ERDivaLook.
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5 -=== What is ERPrototaculous? ===
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7 -Features include:
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9 -* 'Organic' support for Prototype and Scriptaculous in WebObjects.
10 -* No custom Prototype extensions
11 -* A set of widgets in the Prototype + Scriptaculous family.
12 -* Use of [[Unobtrusive Javascript>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtrusive_JavaScript]].
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14 -==== Unobtrusive Javascript in ERPrototaculous ====
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16 -Unobtrusive javascript is used in contrast to on-demand style of ajax programming.
17 -By including Javascript as well as CSS globally in the page wrapper, CSS and/or Javascript doesn't have to load inside ajax requests.
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19 -The result is **faster** and more **reliable** ajax in WebObjects applications.
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21 -==== Prototype + Scriptaculous Widgets ====
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23 -* Accordion
24 -* LightWindow
25 -* ModalBox
26 -* CalendarDateSelect
27 -* FileUpload
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29 -== Forms in ERPrototaculous ==
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31 -Differences from using forms in WebObjects. i.e ##WOForm##:
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33 -* All form controls must be named. This includes text fields, selects and buttons.
34 -(WebObjects dynamically assigned names are not compatible with ERPrototaculous).
35 -* All forms in an ERPrototaculous app are instances of ##AjaxUpdaterForm##.
36 -* Form submits can be the form of:
37 -** Static ##<button>##
38 -** WOSubmitButton (if the result is to update whole page/app.
39 -** AjaxUpdaterButton (to update a **container**). Or
40 -** AjaxRequestButton (for a background ajax request)
3 +ERPrototaculous is 'organic' support for Prototype and Scriptaculous in WebObjects.
4 +It provides the ajax functionality for ERDivaLook, which is what it was originally designed for.