Html id for a popup window

Suite and Optimus Suite 5
#1

Hi,
I’m trying to create a popup window with a form where you can edit content in a grid. I’ve used the following code to create the window and form, and it works great.

[code]var popupWindow1e = dhxLayout.dhxWins.createWindow(“editContacts”,50,50, 735, 670);
dhxLayout.dhxWins.window(“editContacts”).centerOnScreen();
dhxLayout.dhxWins.window(“editContacts”).setText(“Edit Contact”);
dhxLayout.dhxWins.window(“editContacts”).button(“park”).hide();
dhxLayout.dhxWins.window(“editContacts”).button(“minmax1”).hide();

				 form1e = dhxLayout.dhxWins.window("editContacts").attachForm();
					form1e.loadStruct("edit_contacts.php", "json", function(){
						form1e.setFocusOnFirstActive();
					});[/code]

However, I want the form to open with the current data already filled in so you just edit what’s needed. I’ve set up my php document to echo the json code for the form with the value set for php variables, like so:

$subject=$row['Subject']; echo "{type: 'input', name: 'subject', value: '$subject',label:'Subject'},";

And then I’ve written the following function to be called when the “edit” button is clicked (before the popup window is created).

[code]function editRow_contacts(str){

			if (str=="")
		  {
		  document.getElementById("editContacts").innerHTML="";
		  return;
		  }
		if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
		  {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
		  xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
		  }
		else
		  {// code for IE6, IE5
		  xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		  }
		xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
		  {
		  if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
			{
			document.getElementsById("editContacts").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
			}
		  }
		xmlhttp.open("GET","edit_contacts.php?q="+str,true);
		xmlhttp.send();
		}[/code]

The form structure loads correctly, but the data does not. I think the problem is in the document.getElementById(). What should I use for the html Id of the dhtmlx window instance? I’m able to call it to a standard html div, so I know the php document is working.

Let me know if this doesn’t make sense and I’ll try to put together a more complete demo. Basically, I just need a way to find/set an accessible ID for a dhx window.

Thanks for your help!

#2

Hi

  1. if you need to claer tth form - use method clear()
  2. if you want to load in this form some data - use method load(), loadStruct() or loadStructString()
  3. i recommend you to use DataStore, if you need load data depending on some conditions
    docs.dhtmlx.com/doku.php?id=dhtmlxdatastore:toc

Window’s ID doesn’t matter here…

#3

I’m using the loadStruct() method – it’s pulling the form fields but not the php variables.

I’ve tried using DataStore, but it’s a little confusing. I can’t seem to get it working, but I’ll keep working on it. Could I get the Window’s ID as an experiment, or is that not possible?

#4

In theory your window’s ID is ‘popupWindow1e’