Hi Daniel,
To add a new tab with custom Table I did the followings:
(//code changes to you components, name…etc)
1. Your component builder Java Code:
package ext.abb.dmpc.builders.table;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.AbstractComponentBuilder;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.ColumnConfig;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.ComponentBuilder;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.ComponentConfig;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.ComponentConfigFactory;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.ComponentParams;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.TableConfig;
import com.ptc.mvc.util.ClientMessageSource;
import ext.abb.dmpc.builders.table.utils.TableHelper;
import wt.util.WTException;
// This annotation is VERY important.
@ComponentBuilder("ext.com.builders.table.RelatedCompanionPartsTableBuilder")
public class RelatedCompanionPartsTableBuilder extends AbstractComponentBuilder{
private static final String RESOURCE = "ext.com.CustomTabRB";
private final ClientMessageSource messageSource = getMessageSource(RESOURCE);
@Override
public ComponentConfig buildComponentConfig(ComponentParams paramComponentParams) throws WTException {
//get the ComponentConfigFactory
ComponentConfigFactory factory = getComponentConfigFactory();
//get an instance of TableConfig
TableConfig table = factory.newTableConfig();
// General table properties
table.setId("ext.com.builders.table.RelatedCompanionPartsTableBuilder");
table.setSelectable(true);
table.setLabel(messageSource.getMessage("COMPANION_PARTS"));
table.setShowCount(true);
table.setActionModel("mvc_tables_toolbar");
//add columns
//name
ColumnConfig col1 = factory.newColumnConfig("name", true);
table.addComponent(col1);
//number
ColumnConfig col2 = factory.newColumnConfig("number", false);
col2.setInfoPageLink(true);
table.addComponent(col2);
//type
ColumnConfig col3 = factory.newColumnConfig("type", true);
table.addComponent(col3);
// Last Modified
ColumnConfig col4 = factory.newColumnConfig("thePersistInfo.modifyStamp", true);
table.addComponent(col4);
// If you want different column name as Display name, use setLabel("New Name") function on column
// If you data as link use setInfoPageLink(true) function on column
return table;
}
@Override
public Object buildComponentData(ComponentConfig paramComponentConfig, ComponentParams paramComponentParams) throws Exception {
// your code which return a Query result containing the desired Parts
}
}
In your other custom Table builder use the annotation: @ComponentBuilder("ext.com.builders.table.RelatedChangeActivitiesTableBuilder”);
2. Define custom actions in custom-action.xml
wtCustom\codebase\config\actions\custom-action.xml
<!-- actions for tgt object type -->
<objecttype name="tgt" class=""
resourceBundle="ext.CustomTabRB">
<action name="relatedCompanionParts" uicomponent="COMPANION_PARTS"
resourceBundle="ext.com.CustomTabRB" required="true">
<component
name="ext.com.builders.table.RelatedCompanionPartsTableBuilder " />
</action>
<action name="relatedChangeActivities" uicomponent="CHANGE_ACTIVITIES"
resourceBundle="ext.com.CustomTabRB" required="true">
<component
name="ext.com.builders.table.RelatedChangeActivitiesTableBuilder" />
</action>
</objecttype>
3. Define A new custom action in InfoPage-actiomodels.xml in the section where you want the new menu item to appear:
<action name="relatedCompanionParts" type="tgt"/> <!-- Companion Part -->
<action name="relatedChangeActivities" type="tgt"/> <!—Change Activities -->
4. Adding a custom TAB
Create a new TAB as you did in your screentshot1_xxx.png
Rename is as you wish.
Export the tabs from Windchill Shell using the with the command
java com.ptc.core.ui.ixb.ClientTabExport “My Custom Tab”.
A jar file will be exported which contain all tabs with the name “My Custom Tab”.
Change the content of the XML (TAG-ClientTab-0.xml) or create (MyCustomTab.xml) it manually as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE ClientTab SYSTEM "standardX24.dtd">
<ClientTab>
<csvname>My Custom Tab</csvname>
<csvobjtype>wt.part.WTPart</csvobjtype>
<csvtabsetkey>infoPage</csvtabsetkey>
<csvcomponents>[{"name":"relatedCompanionParts","type":"tgt"},{"name":"relatedChangeActivities","type":"tgt"}]</csvcomponents>
<csvparentContainerPath>/</csvparentContainerPath>
</ClientTab>
The changed/ created XML can be imported with the following command:
windchill wt.load.LoadFromFile -d "D:\ MyCustomTab.xml.xml" -CONT_PATH "/" -u “user” -p “password”
5. RB File
Create a custom RB file where you have all the new texts:
@RBUUID("ext.CustomTabRB")
public class CustomTabRB extends WTListResourceBundle
{
// component link text
@RBEntry("Related Companion Parts")
public static final String PRIVATE_CONSTANT_1 = "tgt.relatedCompanionParts.description";
// component link text
@RBEntry("Related Change Activities")
public static final String PRIVATE_CONSTANT_2 = "tgt.relatedChangeActivities.description";
// table title
@RBEntry("Related Companion Parts ")
public static final String HEAD_PROMOTIONS_HISTORY = "COMPANION_PARTS";
// table title
@RBEntry("Related Change Activities ")
public static final String MEMBER_PROMOTIONS_HISTORY = "CHANGE_ACTIVITIES";
}
6. Changes is custom.xml
In custom.xml (wtCustom\codebase\config\mvc\custom.xml) ad the following line:
<bean class="ext.com.builders.table.RelatedCompanionPartsTableBuilder"/>
<bean class="ext.com.builders.table.RelatedChangeActivitiesTableBuilder"/>
7. Rebuild, Synchronize eclipse, restart server….
