Is it possible for Context App Widget to communicate back to program (e.g. CRS610)?

As one can get values from the currently active program in a widget deployed as a context app:

infor.companyon.client.registerMessageHandler("inforBusinessContext", (inforBusinessContext: any) => {

this.CUNO = inforBusinessContext.entities[0].id1;

}

Is there a way to communicate back to the program?

We have an address verification widget that will verify an address on CRS610 or OIS002. We can call an API (

/M3/m3api-rest/execute/CRS610MI/ChgBasicData) to update the data, but what if this was an ADD and the record did not exist yet?

Can sendMessage be used in some way?

var infor.companyon.client.sendMessage: (name: string, data: any) => void

For example:

infor.companyon.client.sendMessage("inforBusinessContext", data: [{CUA1: = "675 Sidwell Ct"), {CUA2: "St Charles, IL 60147-3492"]);

If not is there at least some way to trigger a refresh on the currently active screen/tab/program? The data gets updated but the change is not reflected until a refresh (F5) is done. Something like:

infor.companyon.client.sendMessage("m3_crs610_E", data: [{action: = "F5"));

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Hi,

I really like this example because it’s nice and clean. There is no way to send a refresh to the active program but I like the idea. I think that the general infor.companyon.client.sendMessage should work, but you would need to have a script running that subscribes to the message that you are sending. I would have to look at the documentation of the Ming.le messages but I think it is allowed to subscribe to a custom message as well.

But there is no standard functionality for this so it requires coding both in the context application and on a JavaScript in H5. Just be careful when you subscribe and unsubscribe to messages, you must always have your own namespace so that you don’t unsubscribe all message handlers. You would also need to know how to create H5 JavaScripts and configure that.

The one thing in the scenario that would be tricky to code is to check if the address exists. I don’t have the M3 APIs here right now so I can’t test but aren’t there multiple addresses that you can add for a customer?

I would have to check the API documentation to verify that there is in fact an adress that can be changed in the ChgBasicData, I think that you need to call other APIs. You can always call an API to list the address, to know that it is there, before changing or adding.

Legacy Contributor

This looks promising. I will give it a try.

Legacy Contributor

I am not finding a way to register/subscribe to a message analogous to the way we are doing it in the HomepagesSDK:

infor.companyon.client.registerMessageHandler("inforBusinessContext", (inforBusinessContext: any) => {

this.CUNO = inforBusinessContext.entities[0].id1;
});

I have verified I have the latest (H5ScriptSDK_10.3.1_20190125.zip) found here:

https://www.inforxtreme.com/espublic/EN/answerlinkdotnet/SoHo/Solutions/SoHoViewSolution.aspx?SolutionID=1909067

Change Log:

2019-01-25: Changed title to include M3 UI Adapter 10.4.0.0. Added Helper Class for Calling ION APIs (available for M3 UI Adapter 10.4.0.0 only)
2018-10-03: Updated type definition file to add optional controller parameter in ListView/ListControl functions
2017-10-05: Updated Typings and Scripting Guide
2017-05-10: Initial release of M3 H5 Scripting Guide for M3 UI Adapter 10.3.1.0

Here are the definitions in each SDK for the companyon object. I also checked the documentation for any other mechanism for registering for a message in the H5ScriptSDK, but not finding anything.

H5SriptSDK (h5.script.d.ts)

declare module infor.companyon {
class client {
public static sendPrepareDrillbackMessage(drillback: string): void;
}
}

HomepagesSDK (index.d.ts)

export namespace companyon {

export namespace client {

var sendPrepareDrillbackMessage: (link: string) => void;

var sendPrepareFavoritesMessage: (link: string) => void;

var sendMessage: (name: string, data: any) => void;

var registerMessageHandler: (name: string, handler: Function, namespace?: string) => void;

var unRegisterMessageHandler: (name: string, namespace?: string) => void;

}

Am I missing something?

Legacy Contributor

When I said Script I meant a javascript running within M3, that kind that you attach to a program. The H5ScriptSDK does not have support for sending messages with the companyon client since it is not for public usage. In Homepages you should switch to using the methods on IWidgetContext called send and receive.

But if you are running a javascript i H5 they probably have infor.companyon.client globally and then you can try regsiterMessageHandler("myContextCallback") and then from the widget you send a message to "myContextCallback". I would give that a try. Also notice the concole log it will have information on messages coming in.

But please note that H5Script sdk is for running stand alone application and they do not have messaging support.

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