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Wiki source code of ERPrototaculous

Version 201.1 by Ravi Mendis on 2009/07/16 08:59
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Ravi Mendis 100.1 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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Ravi Mendis 114.1 9 * 'Organic' support for Prototype and Scriptaculous in WebObjects.
Ravi Mendis 201.1 10 * No custom Prototype extensions
11 * A set of widgets in the Prototype + Scriptaculous family.
Ravi Mendis 100.1 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.
Ravi Mendis 201.1 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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Ravi Mendis 201.1 19 The result is **faster** and more **reliable** ajax in WebObjects applications.
Ravi Mendis 100.1 20
21 ==== Prototype + Scriptaculous Widgets ====
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23 * Accordion
24 * LightWindow
25 * ModalBox
26 * CalendarDateSelect
Ravi Mendis 114.1 27 * FileUpload
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Ravi Mendis 201.1 29 == Forms in ERPrototaculous ==
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31 Differences from using forms in WebObjects. i.e ##WOForm##:
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Ravi Mendis 201.1 33 * All form controls must be named. This includes text fields, selects and buttons.
Ravi Mendis 100.1 34 (WebObjects dynamically assigned names are not compatible with ERPrototaculous).
Ravi Mendis 201.1 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.
Ravi Mendis 141.1 39 ** AjaxUpdaterButton (to update a **container**). Or
Ravi Mendis 201.1 40 ** AjaxRequestButton (for a background ajax request)