[oXygen-user] [OXYGEN-15680] Re: Custom action to generate simple dialog?

[Oxygen XML Editor Support (Radu Coravu)]

Hi Scott,

Right. We do not have a special Author operation to show a message to 
the end user.

This operation could be used to open a web page if for example you want 
to present to the end user the information in a web browser:

https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/26.1/ug-editor/topics/dg-default-author-operations.html#dg-default-author-operations__openinsystemappoperation

Regards,
Radu

Radu Coravu
Oxygen XML Editor

On 6/13/24 03:06, Scott Prentice wrote:
> If you're interested, here's one way to do this. I'm sure there's a 
> more elegant way and this is probably a bit if a hack, but it does 
> what I need right now.
>
> 1. In. your framework's Document Type dialog, on the Author:Actions 
> subtab, add an action to the framework, give it an ID and a Name.
> 2. In the Action dialog select this Operation: 
> ro.sync.ecss.extensions.commons.operations.JSOperation
> 3. A 'script' argument will be added, leave the value empty.
> 4. Choose OK. (Leave the Document Type dialog up for now.)
> 5. Create a commons.js file in the root of your framework directory, 
> with the following content ..
>
>     function doOperation(){
>         parentFrame = authorAccess.getParentFrame();
>         javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(parentFrame, 
> "MESSAGE HERE");
>     }
>
> 6. In the Document Type dialog, on the Author:Menu subtab, add your 
> new action to your menu (assuming one exists).
> 7. Choose OK, then OK.
>
> Open a document in Author view that uses your framework. You should 
> see the new menu item.
>
> Clearly, if you're already using the commons.js file for something 
> else, you'll need to pass in some parameter and tweak the JS code .. 
> but this is a start.  :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Scott
>
> On 6/12/24 1:32 PM, Scott Prentice wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a built-in method for creating an action (to call from a 
>> toolbar or menu) that displays a simple dialog that contains 
>> informational text? I'd like to have an "About" dialog that's 
>> associated with a framework. I assume I can do this by creating a 
>> custom class, but wanted to see if there was an OOB option for this.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>>
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