WEB013 - JavaScript and Browse Lists
To achieve the results shown in this tutorial, you will need ten graphic files as described in step 5 of the iSeries Installation Steps in Tutorials for Web Functions & WEBEVENTs.
If you do not have these files or if they are not specified in the PSLMST file, you will simply see a box with an X, instead of a picture.
Objective:
- In this exercise, you will modify the Display Sections inquiry function to allow the user to display a list of all employees in a selected Department and Section. You will allow the user to select a specific Department and Section (a row in the browse list) to call a Employee List function. The Employee List function will include an employee picture (in place of the PHONEBUS field). This image will also be turned into a link, that will open a new browser window containing the details for the selected employee.
- To create a new JavaScript function which will pass parameters from the browse list to the HandleEvent function.
- To demonstrate the use of JavaScript to pass function parameters.
- To demonstrate the ability to select a row in a browse list.
- To demonstrate how to call a LANSA function and pass parameters or funcparms.
- To create an Employee Details function using the Web page substitution techniques used in exercise WEB09.
To achieve these objectives, you must complete the following: