Using oxy_add to assign an attribute value

[john_m]

Hello,

I am using the oxy_add function within the Oxygen Web Author environment to perform calculations on various attribute values.

For example, in my estimatedModCost element, I have attributes that hold values for the number of hours it takes to repair a unit. An estimatedModCost element might look like this:

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<estimatedModCost laborPerUnitPreperation="1.0" laborPerUnitInstallation="2.0" laborPerUnitTesting="0.5">

The css is below, but I use oxy_add to display the total number of hours required.

My question is, if I add an attribute "totalTimeForMod", is it possible to set that value using oxy_add? That is, can I have oxy_add calculate what that value should be and then modify the attribute value somehow?

Thanks!
John

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    /* Labor hours*/

    oxy_label(text, "Estimated Labor Hours", styles, "text-decoration:underline;")"\A"

    oxy_label(text, "Estimated labor hours per unit for: ", width, 100%)

    oxy_label(text, "Preparation: ", width, 12%)

    oxy_textfield(edit, "@laborPerUnitPreparation", width, 5%)

    oxy_label(text, " ", width, 2%)

    oxy_label(text, "Installation: ", width, 12%)

    oxy_textfield(edit, "@laborPerUnitInstallation", width, 5%)

    oxy_label(text, " ", width, 2%)

    oxy_label(text, "Test: ", width, 12%)

    oxy_textfield(edit, "@laborPerUnitTest", width, 5%)"\A"

    oxy_label(text, "Total labor hours per unit: ", width, 30%)

    oxy_add(attr(laborPerUnitPreparation), attr(laborPerUnitInstallation), attr(laborPerUnitTest), 'number')"\A\A"

[alex_jitianu]

Hello,

The recommended way to this this would be to use our Java-based API and implement an AuthorDocumentFilter. Such a filter will be notified whenever an attribute changes and on this event you can update the @totalTimeForMod (if one of the smaller attributes was the one that changed). I recommend implementing an WorkspaceAccess plugin. A sample WorkspaceAccess implementation is found inside our Maven-based SDK sample project (the submodule is named oxygen-sample-plugin-workspace-access).

From such a plugin you can set a filter on all opened documents like this:

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  public void applicationStarted(final StandalonePluginWorkspace pluginWorkspaceAccess) {

	  

	  pluginWorkspaceAccess.addEditorChangeListener(new WSEditorChangeListener() {

		  @Override

		public void editorOpened(URL editorLocation) {

			  WSEditor editorAccess = pluginWorkspaceAccess.getEditorAccess(editorLocation, PluginWorkspace.MAIN_EDITING_AREA);

			  

			  WSEditorPage currentPage = editorAccess.getCurrentPage();

			  if (currentPage instanceof WSAuthorEditorPage) {

				  WSAuthorEditorPage authorPage = (WSAuthorEditorPage) currentPage;

				  

				  authorPage.getDocumentController().setDocumentFilter(new AuthorDocumentFilter() {

					  @Override

					public void setAttribute(AuthorDocumentFilterBypass filterBypass, String attributeName,

							AttrValue value, AuthorElement element) {

						super.setAttribute(filterBypass, attributeName, value, element);

						

						// TODO Check what attribute was changed and recompute @totalTimeForMod 

                                                filterBypass.setAttribute("totalTimeForMod ", new AttrValue(total), element);

					}

				  });

			  }

		}

	  }, PluginWorkspace.MAIN_EDITING_AREA);

There are also a couple of alternatives but all of them involve, to a degree, some user interaction. For example:
- a Schematron check will catch the situations when the attribute values are not synchronized and a Schematron Quick Fix can update the total.
- the user has to click an form control button that will update the total value.

Please let me know which solution would you like to try and perhaps I can give you additional advice.

Best regards,
Alex