How can I add a UIBlock with $oPage->AddToTab()

[Jacques Dancause]

Good day,

We have a custom tab for a type of object on our version of iTop.
I was wondering what I could do to pass a UIBlock into it instead of raw HTML.

Surely there's some way to convert a UIBlock into HTML? Or another method than AddToTab that can accept UIBlock?

$oPage->AddToTab(OBJECT_PROPERTIES_TAB, "HelloWorld", "<h1>Test Content, Welcome!</h1>");

This works, but I'm trying to build a form with itop's built in styles.

function RenderDeploymentsForm($oObject) {
    $input = InputUIBlockFactory::MakeForInputWithLabel("text", "name", "test value");
    return $input; // this is a UIBlock, not HTML, so I can't use it
}

Any thoughts?

[Guillaume Lajarige]

Hello Jacques,

If you want to add a UIBlock in a tab, you can do the following:

// First, save current tab pointer so you can restore it afterwards
$sPreviousTab = $oPage->GetCurrentTab();

// Then, set current tab pointer to the one you want to add stuff to
$oPage->SetCurrentTab(OBJECT_PROPERTIES_TAB);

// Then add things to the page directly, it will actually be put within the tab
$oPage->AddUiBlock($YOUR_UIBLOCK);

// Finally, restore current tab pointer
$oPage->SetCurrentTab($sPreviousTab);

It's a bit counter-intuitive because you can directly put them in the tab, but it works.

Hope it helps,
Guillaume