dynapi-help

[Dynapi-Help] couple of things...

[Seb <se...@sy...>]

Hello list.
   First off, thanks for making this nice product.  Once I figured out 
how to use it (mostly) it's great.

I'm using the DynAPI 3 beta 1 from CVS.

Couple of things.. first, and this may just be some bug or I am doing 
something wrong... if I put any text input form elements on a page, 
Firefox gives me this error in the javascript console:

Error: [Exception... "'Permission denied to get property 
HTMLDivElement.parentNode' when calling method: 
[nsIDOMEventListener::handleEvent]"  nsresult: "0x8057001e 
(NS_ERROR_XPC_JS_THREW_STRING)"  location: "<unknown>"  data: no]

Seems DynAPI appends on mouse events to these text input fields, even if 
they aren't added using DynAPI... and firefox doesn't like what they are 
trying to do?  IE doesn't give any errors... but I haven't looked at any 
console output from IE... not sure if there is one..

Second,  some cross browser stuff seems off.. for instance, trying to 
center a layer on a page, using anchors - it centers right in firefox 
(using the 2 centerH,V anchor methods) but in IE it centers horizontally 
then centers vertically at origin 0, instead of at the middle of the 
page.  So that doesn't work..  I also tried using half of 
DynAPI.document.getWidth(); minus half of the width of the element to 
center it (same with vertical) but IE chokes on that if it's done before 
onLoad (firefox works fine here) but if I do it after or during onload, 
the bordermanager stops drawing borders... !

What's the proper way to center a layer on a page in a cross-browser 
compatible way? (that wont break other functionality)

Also is there a site out there with nice documentation of the API, or 
proper tutorials?

Thanks,
Seb

Re: [Dynapi-Help] couple of things...

[Leif W <war...@us...>]

Hi,

Well, about the first issue, it's a bug that popped up in Mozilla 1.4
(about 15 months ago) that the Mozilla group seems to ignore?  The topic
has been discussed on the list and should be in the archives.  Search
for the error message and you'll find it.  The error can be reproduced
with very simple HTML code and has nothing to do with the API.  It's an
annoying error, but I don't remember it interferring with anything.

http://www.mail-archive.com/dyn...@li.../

http://www.mail-archive.com/dyn...@li.../msg05665.html

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208427

I can't speak to the cross-browser or widget interaction stuff off-hand
without investigating further.  A bit of example code is sometimes
helpful, with notes in comments about what you've been trying, so others
can reproduce the results and make suggestions.

I'm not aware of any other site with full documentation.  The
documentation provided is as much as I've seen, though it is incomplete.
It looks nice, but some gaps need to be filled in.  The mailing list
archives for dynapi-help and dynapi-dev may be good resources.  Some of
the examples are pretty good, but could probably be expanded as well.

Leif

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seb" <se...@sy...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 05:41
Subject: [Dynapi-Help] couple of things...


> Hello list.
>    First off, thanks for making this nice product.  Once I figured out
> how to use it (mostly) it's great.
>
> I'm using the DynAPI 3 beta 1 from CVS.
>
> Couple of things.. first, and this may just be some bug or I am doing
> something wrong... if I put any text input form elements on a page,
> Firefox gives me this error in the javascript console:
>
> Error: [Exception... "'Permission denied to get property
> HTMLDivElement.parentNode' when calling method:
> [nsIDOMEventListener::handleEvent]"  nsresult: "0x8057001e
> (NS_ERROR_XPC_JS_THREW_STRING)"  location: "<unknown>"  data: no]
>
> Seems DynAPI appends on mouse events to these text input fields, even
if
> they aren't added using DynAPI... and firefox doesn't like what they
are
> trying to do?  IE doesn't give any errors... but I haven't looked at
any
> console output from IE... not sure if there is one..
>
> Second,  some cross browser stuff seems off.. for instance, trying to
> center a layer on a page, using anchors - it centers right in firefox
> (using the 2 centerH,V anchor methods) but in IE it centers
horizontally
> then centers vertically at origin 0, instead of at the middle of the
> page.  So that doesn't work..  I also tried using half of
> DynAPI.document.getWidth(); minus half of the width of the element to
> center it (same with vertical) but IE chokes on that if it's done
before
> onLoad (firefox works fine here) but if I do it after or during
onload,
> the bordermanager stops drawing borders... !
>
> What's the proper way to center a layer on a page in a cross-browser
> compatible way? (that wont break other functionality)
>
> Also is there a site out there with nice documentation of the API, or
> proper tutorials?
>
> Thanks,
> Seb
>
>
>
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Re: [Dynapi-Help] couple of things...

[Seb <se...@sy...>]

I've checked the lists a while, problem being that they jump back 
various versions pretty quickly.. not many posts regarding the dynapi 3 
for instance...  I'll fix up the code to remove privacy concerns and 
send it off here, what's the policy on attachments? Better yet i'll just 
up it to a server somewhere..  Not now though cause this vnc is 
hellishly slowish.

Seb


Leif W wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Well, about the first issue, it's a bug that popped up in Mozilla 1.4
>(about 15 months ago) that the Mozilla group seems to ignore?  The topic
>has been discussed on the list and should be in the archives.  Search
>for the error message and you'll find it.  The error can be reproduced
>with very simple HTML code and has nothing to do with the API.  It's an
>annoying error, but I don't remember it interferring with anything.
>
>http://www.mail-archive.com/dyn...@li.../
>
>http://www.mail-archive.com/dyn...@li.../msg05665.html
>
>http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208427
>
>I can't speak to the cross-browser or widget interaction stuff off-hand
>without investigating further.  A bit of example code is sometimes
>helpful, with notes in comments about what you've been trying, so others
>can reproduce the results and make suggestions.
>
>I'm not aware of any other site with full documentation.  The
>documentation provided is as much as I've seen, though it is incomplete.
>It looks nice, but some gaps need to be filled in.  The mailing list
>archives for dynapi-help and dynapi-dev may be good resources.  Some of
>the examples are pretty good, but could probably be expanded as well.
>
>Leif
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Seb" <se...@sy...>
>To: <dyn...@li...>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 05:41
>Subject: [Dynapi-Help] couple of things...
>
>
>  
>
>>Hello list.
>>   First off, thanks for making this nice product.  Once I figured out
>>how to use it (mostly) it's great.
>>
>>I'm using the DynAPI 3 beta 1 from CVS.
>>
>>Couple of things.. first, and this may just be some bug or I am doing
>>something wrong... if I put any text input form elements on a page,
>>Firefox gives me this error in the javascript console:
>>
>>Error: [Exception... "'Permission denied to get property
>>HTMLDivElement.parentNode' when calling method:
>>[nsIDOMEventListener::handleEvent]"  nsresult: "0x8057001e
>>(NS_ERROR_XPC_JS_THREW_STRING)"  location: "<unknown>"  data: no]
>>
>>Seems DynAPI appends on mouse events to these text input fields, even
>>    
>>
>if
>  
>
>>they aren't added using DynAPI... and firefox doesn't like what they
>>    
>>
>are
>  
>
>>trying to do?  IE doesn't give any errors... but I haven't looked at
>>    
>>
>any
>  
>
>>console output from IE... not sure if there is one..
>>
>>Second,  some cross browser stuff seems off.. for instance, trying to
>>center a layer on a page, using anchors - it centers right in firefox
>>(using the 2 centerH,V anchor methods) but in IE it centers
>>    
>>
>horizontally
>  
>
>>then centers vertically at origin 0, instead of at the middle of the
>>page.  So that doesn't work..  I also tried using half of
>>DynAPI.document.getWidth(); minus half of the width of the element to
>>center it (same with vertical) but IE chokes on that if it's done
>>    
>>
>before
>  
>
>>onLoad (firefox works fine here) but if I do it after or during
>>    
>>
>onload,
>  
>
>>the bordermanager stops drawing borders... !
>>
>>What's the proper way to center a layer on a page in a cross-browser
>>compatible way? (that wont break other functionality)
>>
>>Also is there a site out there with nice documentation of the API, or
>>proper tutorials?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Seb
>>
>>
>>
>>-------------------------------------------------------
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>>FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools!
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>>
>>
>>    
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Dynapi-Help] couple of things...

[Leif W <war...@us...>]

I think people have had mixed results with attachments.  Even if it
makes it through the list software, some people's clients and virus
scanners strip or disable them.  Thanks to Microsoft, we've had to give
up the so-called "innovation" of email-attachments out of fear of
viruses.  ;-)

VNC can be slow.  It usually helps at no more than 1024x768, 16-bit
colors, but 8-bit colors are faster.  It has been usable for me on cable
to cable with as little as 128k on each end, while 256k was much better.

Leif

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seb" <se...@sy...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:14
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] couple of things...


> I've checked the lists a while, problem being that they jump back
> various versions pretty quickly.. not many posts regarding the dynapi
3
> for instance...  I'll fix up the code to remove privacy concerns and
> send it off here, what's the policy on attachments? Better yet i'll
just
> up it to a server somewhere..  Not now though cause this vnc is
> hellishly slowish.
>
> Seb
>
>
> Leif W wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Well, about the first issue, it's a bug that popped up in Mozilla 1.4
> >(about 15 months ago) that the Mozilla group seems to ignore?  The
topic
> >has been discussed on the list and should be in the archives.  Search
> >for the error message and you'll find it.  The error can be
reproduced
> >with very simple HTML code and has nothing to do with the API.  It's
an
> >annoying error, but I don't remember it interferring with anything.
> >
> >http://www.mail-archive.com/dyn...@li.../
> >
>
>http://www.mail-archive.com/dyn...@li.../msg05665.
html
> >
> >http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208427
> >
> >I can't speak to the cross-browser or widget interaction stuff
off-hand
> >without investigating further.  A bit of example code is sometimes
> >helpful, with notes in comments about what you've been trying, so
others
> >can reproduce the results and make suggestions.
> >
> >I'm not aware of any other site with full documentation.  The
> >documentation provided is as much as I've seen, though it is
incomplete.
> >It looks nice, but some gaps need to be filled in.  The mailing list
> >archives for dynapi-help and dynapi-dev may be good resources.  Some
of
> >the examples are pretty good, but could probably be expanded as well.
> >
> >Leif
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Seb" <se...@sy...>
> >To: <dyn...@li...>
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 05:41
> >Subject: [Dynapi-Help] couple of things...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hello list.
> >>   First off, thanks for making this nice product.  Once I figured
out
> >>how to use it (mostly) it's great.
> >>
> >>I'm using the DynAPI 3 beta 1 from CVS.
> >>
> >>Couple of things.. first, and this may just be some bug or I am
doing
> >>something wrong... if I put any text input form elements on a page,
> >>Firefox gives me this error in the javascript console:
> >>
> >>Error: [Exception... "'Permission denied to get property
> >>HTMLDivElement.parentNode' when calling method:
> >>[nsIDOMEventListener::handleEvent]"  nsresult: "0x8057001e
> >>(NS_ERROR_XPC_JS_THREW_STRING)"  location: "<unknown>"  data: no]
> >>
> >>Seems DynAPI appends on mouse events to these text input fields,
even
> >>
> >>
> >if
> >
> >
> >>they aren't added using DynAPI... and firefox doesn't like what they
> >>
> >>
> >are
> >
> >
> >>trying to do?  IE doesn't give any errors... but I haven't looked at
> >>
> >>
> >any
> >
> >
> >>console output from IE... not sure if there is one..
> >>
> >>Second,  some cross browser stuff seems off.. for instance, trying
to
> >>center a layer on a page, using anchors - it centers right in
firefox
> >>(using the 2 centerH,V anchor methods) but in IE it centers
> >>
> >>
> >horizontally
> >
> >
> >>then centers vertically at origin 0, instead of at the middle of the
> >>page.  So that doesn't work..  I also tried using half of
> >>DynAPI.document.getWidth(); minus half of the width of the element
to
> >>center it (same with vertical) but IE chokes on that if it's done
> >>
> >>
> >before
> >
> >
> >>onLoad (firefox works fine here) but if I do it after or during
> >>
> >>
> >onload,
> >
> >
> >>the bordermanager stops drawing borders... !
> >>
> >>What's the proper way to center a layer on a page in a cross-browser
> >>compatible way? (that wont break other functionality)
> >>
> >>Also is there a site out there with nice documentation of the API,
or
> >>proper tutorials?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Seb
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>-------------------------------------------------------
> >>This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop
> >>FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools!
> >>Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today.
> >>http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click
> >>_______________________________________________
> >>Dynapi-Help mailing list
> >>Dyn...@li...
> >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------
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> >Dyn...@li...
> >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Re: [Dynapi-Help] couple of things...

[Seb <se...@sy...>]

Here is the stuff:  Notice the 1st couple of lines of the javascript 
file, the 2 methods of centering...  The 1st, manually centering, works, 
but only if it's donw after onload in IE, which breaks the bordermanager 
for some reason.. (doesn't draw borders..)  The 2nd, using anchors, 
works nicely in firefox, but not in IE..

Also notice how i have to tag some formating onto the onload since it 
doesn't want to work before then.  I am sure I can make it all work by 
putting more stuff in onload, but surely there's a more elegant way that 
it's supposed to be done?

Course that problem wouldn't be a problem for me if i found a nice way 
to resize the window in question and remove all the toolbars and whatnot 
(as in the last function on the bottom) Or a way to close the main 
window automaticly heh.. which firefox refuses to do, at least..  (But 
that' a different story)

Seb

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<Script type="text/javascript"
src="../html/inc/dynapi3x/src/dynapi.js"></script>
<Script type="text/javascript">
   dynapi.library.setPath('../html/inc/dynapi3x/src/');
   dynapi.library.include('dynapi.library');
   dynapi.library.include('dynapi.api');
   dynapi.library.include('TemplateManager');
   dynapi.library.include('HTMLTextBox');
   dynapi.library.include('Button');
   dynapi.library.include('dynapi.functions.Color');
   dynapi.library.include('dynapi.gui.BorderManager');
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="inc/login.js"></script>
<Script type="text/javascript">
   var LoginError = ""; 
   DrawLogin();
   dynapi.onLoad(OnLoader);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
   dynapi.document.insertAllChildren();
</script>
</body>
</html>



Contents of login.js


function DrawLogin()
{
   //docwidth = DynAPI.document.getWidth();
   //docheight = DynAPI.document.getHeight();

   // make a nice box thingy...
   // MainLoginLayer = new DynLayer(null, ((docwidth/2)-400),
((docheight/2)-300), 800, 600, 'white');
   MainLoginLayer = new DynLayer(null, 0, 0, 800, 600, 'white');
   MainLoginLayer.setAnchor({centerV:0, centerH:0});

   DynAPI.document.addChild(MainLoginLayer);
   MainLoginLayer.setInnerBorder(1,'black');
   MakeHeader(MainLoginLayer);
   LoginIntroLayer = new DynLayer(null, 200, 215, 400, 100, 'transparent');
   LoginIntroLayer.setHTML("Welcome to the Intranet.  Please enter your
credentials to access this site.");
   MainLoginLayer.addChild(LoginIntroLayer);

    // seems like a funky way of making a form, but this seems to be the
'manageable' method so..
   formtemplate = new Template('<form action="" name="p1loginfrm"
method="POST" >User Name: {@fld}<br> Password:
{@fld1}</form>',270,275,260,100,'transparent');
   username = new HTMLTextBox(null,'', 15, 15, false,'',"username");
   password = new HTMLTextBox(null,'', 15, 15,true,'',"password");
   formtemplate.addChild(username ,'fld');
   formtemplate.addChild(password ,'fld1');
   MainLoginLayer.addChild(formtemplate);
   
   LoginButton = new Button('Enter',370,350,60,30);
   MainLoginLayer.addChild(LoginButton);
   
   el = {
      onclick : function(e) {
         document.forms['p1loginfrm'].submit();
      }
   }
   LoginButton.addEventListener(el);

   
   LoginOutroLayer = new DynLayer(null, 200, 400, 400, 100, 'transparent');
   LoginOutroLayer.setHTML("Be advised, all access and activity will be
logged.");
   MainLoginLayer.addChild(LoginOutroLayer);
   
   if(LoginError != "")
   {
      ErrorLayer = new DynLayer(null, 200, 475, 400, 50, 'transparent');
      ErrorLayer.setHTML(LoginError);
      MainLoginLayer.addChild(ErrorLayer);
      ErrorLayer.setInnerBorder(3,'red', 'double');
   }
}

function MakeHeader(ParentLayer)  {
   docwidth = ParentLayer.getWidth();
   docheight = ParentLayer.getHeight();

   BannerLayer = new DynLayer(null, (docwidth - 588), 0, 588, 80, 'white');
   BannerLayer.setHTML("<img src='images/top_service.jpg' border=0>");
   ParentLayer.addChild(BannerLayer);

   LogoLayer = new DynLayer(null, -15, -20, 182, 80, 'white');
   LogoLayer.setHTML("<img src='images/logo.gif' border=0>");
   ParentLayer.addChild(LogoLayer);

   LogoLabelLayer = new DynLayer(null, 15, 56, 182, 20, '');
   LogoLabelLayer.setHTML("<b>Operations Intranet</b>");
   ParentLayer.addChild(LogoLabelLayer);

}
// Fix for the .css needing to be done on or after onload
function OnLoader()
{
   LoginIntroLayer.css.font = '12pts/18pts Courier';
   LoginIntroLayer.css.textAlign = 'center';
   formtemplate.css.textAlign = 'right';
   LoginOutroLayer.css.font = '12pts/18pts Courier';
   LoginOutroLayer.css.textAlign = 'center';
   if(LoginError != "")
   {
      ErrorLayer.css.font = 'bold 12pts/18pts Courier';
      ErrorLayer.css.textDecorationBlink = 1;
      ErrorLayer.css.textAlign = 'center';
   }
}



function OpenMain()
{
   day = new Date();
   id = day.getTime();
   eval("page" + id + " = window.open('main.phtml', '" + id + "',
'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=1,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=8
00,height=600,left = 400,top = 300');");
   eval("if (page" + id+".opener == null) page" + id+".opener = self;");

}