checkboxes in XUI toolbar

[BrianJ]

Has anyone had a xui toolbar on the main edit window that has any checkbox components? If so, is there a way from acl to toggle whether or not the component is checked? I am able to get the checkbox to display on the toolbar, but I can't control the checked status of it from acl. It toggles itself when pressed, but I need to control it since the same acl command it calls is also called from a menu item. According to the Customizer's Guide,
<snippet>
For example, if the XUI document contains the following checkbox element:
<checkbox id="full" label="Full" menus&quot;="/>
you can use dlgitem_set(win, ’full’, ’VALUE’, 1) to mark the check box as checked.
</snippet>

This doesn't work for me, though. Any ideas?

Thanks,
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Brian Jensen
bjensen@bluelid.com

[IlyaYeroshenko]

Hello, I have the same problem. I try to do it within Epic 5.2. I use Java.

toolbar_ = window.loadComponentFile(toolbarPath);

I want to check and uncheck the checkbox when the corresponding toggle menu item is selected.

But I've got acl id of this toolbar_ equal to -1, that's why I can't use dlgitem_set, because the id of toolbar_ is incorrect (negative).

[ptc-4875135]

Ilya,

Try calling dlgitem_* using the ACL ID of the window to which you've attached the toolbar.

Chris

[IlyaYeroshenko]

Hello!

I am able to hide my checkbox within toolbar.

Acl.func("window_load_component_file",String.valueOf(window.getAclId()),toolbarPath) ;

Acl.func("dlgitem_set", String.valueOf(window.getAclId()), "Toolbar_TRCheckInterAct", "visible", "0");

But

Acl.func("dlgitem_set", String.valueOf(window.getAclId()), "Toolbar_TRCheckInterAct", "VALUE", "1");

does not work.

Is there an alternative way to check the checkbox?

BTW, when I've made a simple dialog window via createDialogFromFile call with a single check box, the pair "VALUE",1" worked fine.

[ptc-4875135]

If you look at the help topic for dlgitem_set(), under 'Dialog Item Specific Attributes', you'll see this:

ON — An integer (zero or non-zero) representing the check status of a checkbox menu item or checkbox toolbar button.

I haven't tried it myself, but that's probably it.

Chris

[IlyaYeroshenko]

Hello, Chris!

Thank you very much. The pair "ON", "1" works - the checkbox becomes checked.

BTW, I have not found the item ON in the Arbortext Editor 5.2 chm help (the screenshot has been attached).

Perhaps, you have copied ON item description from Arbortext Editor 6.x help.

[ptc-4875135]

Yes, that's probably it. 5.2 has been out of support for several years now. I believe the oldest still-supported version is 5.4. Regardless, I'm glad you got it working!

Chris