WAM060 Employee Maintenance using Advanced Weblets

WAM060 - Employee Maintenance using Advanced Weblets

Objectives

To introduce you to a number of new weblets and techniques.

• Dynamic Select Boxes for department and sections are linked. The sections combo box is repopulated when department changes.

• The Search button populates a list of employees on the left hand side.

• The page is divided into two resizable areas by a Vertical Splitter weblet.

• A Details WebRoutine is called by selecting the hyperlink on employee number (an Anchor weblet)

• The Details WebRoutine outputs to the area on the right hand side defined by a Nav Panel.

• A Tab Pages weblet enables employee details and a list of skills to be shown on the Navigation panel.

• A Save button on each tab page enables employee details or skills to be updated.

• A Dynamic select box weblet is also used in skill code column of the employee skills list. A New Skill button adds a blank skill entry at the top of the list and the Save button then inserts a new skill.

To achieve these objectives you will complete the following:

• Step 1. Create WAM iiiEmpMaint – Employee Maintenance

• Step 2. Set up the ShowPage web page design

• Step 3. Complete the ShowPage web page design

• Step 4. Define the Details WebRoutine

• Step 5. Extend the Details WebRoutine for update

• Step 6. Extend the Details WebRoutine to add new employee skill

• Step 7. Control which Tab is redisplayed

• Step 8. Replace Date Acquired with a Date field (Optional).

• Step 9. Change Grade to a Dropdown list (Optional)

• Summary

Before You Begin

Complete all preceding exercises in this workshop.