topic Re: have a different Wizard Container than the default one in Alfresco Archive

have a different Wizard Container than the default one

amanjure — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:47:02 GMT

Hey Guys,I am working on a Wizard which sort off looks different from how the default Alfresco containers setup a page.I would like to have a different container (than the one in /jsp/wizard/container.jsp) for my wizards but the default alfresco wizards should still keep using the container in /jsp

Re: have a different Wizard Container than the default one

gavinc — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:26:17 GMT

No, the container is global to the applicaton, so the behaviour you are seeing is by design.

However, in 2.1 there is the notion of a "plain" container, this is intended for use with the webscripts (where they want to make use of an existing dialog in a popup window). By default this container has none of the alfresco adornments, what you could do is override the <plain-container> config setting with your own container.

To get the application to use the plain container you need to add a Boolean object set to true into the RequestMap with a key name of "externalContainerRequest". This will force the use of the plain container. The tricky bit is going to be getting this object into the request map. I think you will need to add an actionlistener to the action you are launching your wizard with and add the object in there.

Just a warning, this is not something I have tried so there's a chance it may not work.

Re: have a different Wizard Container than the default one

amanjure — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:56:57 GMT

thanks gavin.

unfortunately, we cannot move to 2.1 at this stage. I will make sure that my container is 'globally' accepted and works with the alfresco Wizards too.

thanks again!

ashay