Method Detail

• dispose

  void dispose()

  This method is called whenever a panel has been disposed of, in order to remove listeners, etc, in order to free up memory. Normal controls doesn't need to do anything here.

• refresh

  void refresh()

  This method is used to refresh all virtual controls when e.g. a new panel is created or when any host change occurs.

• refreshTextPrompts

  void refreshTextPrompts()

  This method is used to refresh all virtual controls when e.g. a new panel is created or recreated.

• areTextPromptsAlwaysRefreshed

  boolean areTextPromptsAlwaysRefreshed()

  If the class has a need to refresh the text prompt at all host changed, it must reply true to this method call. Otherwise return false.

  A class extending VirtualControl have to override this method and return true if the text prompts need a constant refresh.

• hostScreenChanged

  void hostScreenChanged(PhantomHostScreen screen)

  The connected host screen has changed. This can cause a need to change the host screen for host fields.

• fireCreate

  void fireCreate(Transaction trans)

  This method fires the creation data transaction to the client. The first thing must be to call the superclass.

• fireUpdate

  void fireUpdate(Transaction trans)

  This method is used to fire an update message to the client by a virtual class.

• clientUpdated

  void clientUpdated(Transaction trans)

  This method is called from the VirtualPanel to cause a client transaction to update the panels. Implement this method in order to provide the appropriate control behaviour, matching the client request.

• issueAction

  void issueAction(Transaction trans)

  This method is invoked by the server kernel whenever a user window has issued an action on the client side. Every updateable control (in the VirtualNnnn classes) are set to reflect the changes made on the client side.