Knowledge Base

UI update 

Passes new content to the UI and refreshes it.

Identifier: ui_update

Elements

• widget_params: References the UI elements that have to be changed instead of using pre-defined parameters.
  • Required: Yes
  • Default value: Empty

Content of widget_params

• widget_params is a list of ui_element.
  • ui_element: Contains the parameters, which should be changed.
  • name: Attribute of ui_element, which is the reference to the UI element to update.

Example

<ui_update id="show_specified_amount">
   <widget_params>
      <ui_element name="EXT_SCANNER_NAME">
         <param name="content">Socket 7Xi</param>
      </ui_element>
      <ui_element name="STATUS">
         <param name="content">CONNECTED</param>
         <param name="text_color">green.dark</param>
      </ui_element>
   </widget_params>
</ui_update>

Change Button Status

Changes a button status. It is used to activate or deactivate a button.

Identifier: change_button_status

Elements

• button_tag: The name of the button in your layout. This "name" must be uppercase.
  • Required: Yes
  • Default value: Empty

• control: Sets the status to either "ACTIVATE" or "DEACTIVATE"

Example

<change_button_status id="deactivate_continue_btn">
    <button_tag>CONTINUE_BTN</button_tag>
    <control>DEACTIVATE</control>
</change_button_status>

Notification

Displays a temporary notification at the side of the application. It does not influence the workflow.

Identifier: ui_notification

Attributes

• type: Defines the visualization of the notification. Possible values: INFO, NOTIFICATION, WARN, and ERROR.
  • Required: No
  • Default value: INFO
• duration: The time after which the notification disappears. Possible values: SHORT (3 seconds), and LONG (10 seconds).
  • Required: No
  • Default value: SHORT
• show_immediately: Displays the notification immediately.
  • Required: No
  • Default value: False

Elements

• message: The content to be shown
  • Required: No
  • Default Value: Empty string

Example

<ui_notification id="error_note" type="ERROR" duration="LONG" show_immediately="true">
   <message>No server connection established!</message>
</ui_notification>

Dialog

Displays a dialogue window that requires interaction with the user. It sends events such as which buttons the user clicked for a particular calling step.

Identifier: ui_dialog

Attributes

• type: Defines the visualization of the dialog. Possible values: INFO, INTERMEDIATEPROGRESS, PROGRESS, QUESTION, NOTIFICATION, WARN, ERROR, and FATAL.
  • Required: No
  • Default value: INFO
• title: A short name for the dialog.
  • Required: No
  • Default value: Empty string
• message: The content to be shown.
  • Required: No
  • Default value: Empty string
• close_command: The dialog will close, whenever the input event is triggered.
  • Required: No
  • Default value: None

Elements

• buttons: Contains a list of buttons the user can click. It is possible to define up to three buttons. The minimum is one button.
• Required: Yes
• Default value: Empty

Buttons

• text: Label text of the button.
  • Required: Yes
  • Default value: Empty
• command: The event command that is triggered once the button is pressed.
  • Required: Yes
  • Default value: Empty
• speech_command: The speech command that activates this button.
  • Required: No
  • Default value: Empty
• focused: Sets one button to be pre-selected.
  • Required: No
  • Default value: False
• sound: See PlaySound Action for available sounds.
  • Required: No
  • Default value: Empty

Output

Triggers events that contain the command specified within a button once it is clicked (or its speech command recognized).

Example

<ui_dialog id="test" type="INFO" title="my title" message="my message">
    <buttons>
        <button text="New order" command="NEW_ORDER" speech_command="Neue Order" focused="true"/>
        <button text="Same order" command="SAME_ORDER"/>
     </buttons>
</ui_dialog>

Page Dialog

Displays a dialogue screen that requires the interaction of the user. It sends the dialog events that occur once the window is closed.

Identifier: ui_page_dialog

Attributes

• type: Defines the visualization of the notification.
• Possible values: INFO, INTERMEDIATEPROGRESS, PROGRESS, QUESTION, NOTIFICATION, WARN, ERROR, FATAL
  • Required: Yes
  • Default value: Empty
• title: A short name for the dialog.
• Possible values: Can be a reference to an android resource or be a string.
  • Required: No
  • Default value: Empty

Elements

• messages: Contains a list of messages that will be displayed in the dialog. Can either reference a context variable or a list of messages. When referencing a context variable, the attribute context_variable is set to the boolean true.
  • Required: Yes
  • Default value: Empty

• buttons: This contains a list of three buttons the user can click on.

Buttons

There are three buttons the user can click:

• previous_page_btn
• next_page_btn
• close_btn

• speech_command: The speech command that triggers this button.
  • Required: No
  • Default value: Empty
• focused: Sets one button to be pre-selected.
  • Required: No
  • Default value: False
• text: The label text of the button.
  • Required: Yes
  • Default Value: Empty
• command: The event command that is triggered once the button is pressed. This is only available for close_btn.

Output

Triggers events that contain the specified command within a button, once the button is clicked (or its speech command is recognized).

Examples

Minimal

<ui_page_dialog id="show-server-errors-dialog" type="ERROR" title="Procedure failed">
   <messages>
      <message>First Error...</message>
      <message>Second Error...</message>
      <message>Third Error...</message>
   </messages>
   <buttons>
      <previous_page_btn>
         <param name="text">←</param>
         <param name="speech_command">PREVIOUS</param>
      </previous_page_btn>
      <next_page_btn>
         <param name="text">→</param>
         <param name="speech_command">NEXT</param>
         <param name="focused">true</param>
      </next_page_btn>
      <close_btn>
         <param name="text">ANDRRES_cancel</param>
         <param name="command">EXIT_PAGER</param>
         <param name="speech_command">CANCEL</param>
      </close_btn>
   </buttons>
</ui_page_dialog>

All options

<ui_page_dialog id="confirm_pick" type="INFO" title="Here we go again">
   <messages>
      <message>what</message>
      <message>to</message>
      <message>do</message>
   </messages>
   <buttons>
      <previous_page_btn>
         <text><![CDATA[<]]></text>
         <speech_command>PREVIOUS</speech_command>
         <focused>false</focused>
      </previous_page_btn>
      <next_page_btn>
         <text><![CDATA[>]]></text>
         <speech_command>NEXT</speech_command>
         <focused>true</focused>
      </next_page_btn>
      <close_btn>
         <text>Return</text>
         <command>BW</command>
         <speech_command>RETURN</speech_command>
         <focused>false</focused>
      </close_btn>
   </buttons>
</ui_page_dialog>

Using context_variable = true

<ui_page_dialog id="confirm_what_to_do" type="INFO" title="Here we go again">
   <messages context_variable="true">#{what_to_do}</messages>
   <buttons>
      <previous_page_btn>
         <text><![CDATA[<]]></text>
         <speech_command>PREVIOUS</speech_command>
         <focused>false</focused>
      </previous_page_btn>
      <next_page_btn>
         <text><![CDATA[>]]></text>
         <speech_command>NEXT</speech_command>
         <focused>false</focused>
      </next_page_btn>
      <close_btn>
         <text>ANDRRES_cancel</text>
         <command>BW</command>
         <speech_command>RETURN</speech_command>
         <focused>false</focused>
      </close_btn>
   </buttons>
</ui_page_dialog>

Handling the result

<rule id="confirm_what_to_do_back">
   <expression> <![CDATA[#{event:command} == 'BW' || #{event:command} == 'RETURN']]> </expression>
   <actions>
      <action ref="backwards"></action>
   </actions>
</rule>

Progress Notification

Opens and closes an intermediate and non-interruptive notification at the top right corner of the screen. This lets the worker know if something is happening in the background.

Suggested use-cases:

• A worker has to wait until communication is executed.
• Waiting for Synchronous Network-Communication (downloading or uploading files or confirming data to BackEnd).

Identifier: ui_progress_notification

Attributes

• id: Reference to displayed notification, needed to handle the "close" action.
• Possible values: underscore_separated_string
  • Required: Yes
  • Default value: Required to be set, no default value.

• title: Text displayed in the TitleBar
• Possible values: Optional title (wf variables will be resolved)
  • Required: Yes
  • Default value: Empty

• message: Text displayed in a message space
• Possible values: Notification message (wf variables will be resolved)
  • Required: Yes
  • Default value: Required to be set, no default value.

• action: Executes a command or list of commands.
• Possible values: Show and close
  • Required: Yes
  • Default value: Required to be set, no default value.

Examples

Minimal

To open notification:

<ui_progress_notification id="show_progress">
    <param name="id">group_confirmation</param>
    <param name="message">Bestätige Schritt</param>
    <param name="action">show</param>
</ui_progress_notification>

To close the notification again:

<ui_progress_notification id="close_progress">
    <param name="id">group_confirmation</param>
    <param name="action">close</param>
</ui_progress_notification>

All options

<ui_progress_notification id="show_progress">
  <param name="id">group_confirmation</param>
  <param name="title">CommitProcess</param>
  <param name="message">Confirming PickGroup</param>
  <param name="action">show</param>
</ui_progress_notification>
<ui_progress_notification id="close_progress">
    <param name="id">group_confirmation</param>
    <param name="action">close</param>
</ui_progress_notificatio

Style Repository Modifications

Allows the creation of new styles and the modification of existing ones in your layout.

Suggested use-cases:

• Make list items the same text size

Identifier: modify_style_repo

Attributes

• style_name: Target-Name for created styles

• Possible values: Underscore_separated_string
  • Required: Yes
  • Default value: Required to be set, no default value.

• base_on: Name of existing style, the new style will inherit its attributes.
• Possible values: underscore_separated_string
  • Required: No
  • Default value: Optional, no default value

• override: Overrides the properties of the previously created style.
• Possible values: True, false
  • Required: No
  • Default value: False

Elements

• properties: These are the attributes of the user interface.
  • Required: Yes
  • Default value: Required to be set, no default value.

Examples

Minimal

<modify_style_repo id="change_exception_style" style_name="list_item_style_same_size">
    <properties>
        <param name="text_group" type="string">#{test_group}</param>
    </properties>
</modify_style_repo>

Reference style in UI layout elements:

<List Name="SELF_MENU_TABLE_MENU" Weight="0.75" FocusOrder="0" 
      TextStyle="LIST_ITEM_STYLE_SAME_SIZE" 
      PageIndicatorStyle="PAGE_INDICATOR_STYLE" EntriesPerPage="5" Border="0,gray.dark,black" Padding="10,0,10,0"/>

Produces: