Launching browser print dialog using simple javascript function in ADF

Hello All ,
This posts talks about a requirement of printing a simple page (not much component as, form,tree,etc & not much data)
you can use a simple one liner javascript function to invoke browser's print dialog.

• there is a page with Departments table on it, and a button to print this page

• Called this simple javascript function on button click to open print dialog



window.print();



• to execute javascript through managed bean use this method 





    /**Method to execute Javascript
     * @param javascriptCode
     */
    public static void runJavaScriptCode(String javascriptCode) {
        FacesContext facesCtx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
        ExtendedRenderKitService service = Service.getRenderKitService(facesCtx, ExtendedRenderKitService.class);
        service.addScript(facesCtx, javascriptCode);
    }



• click on print button- In Google Chrome

In Mozilla-

after printing, the page look like this

Sample ADF Application- Download
Cheers :-)

Igonre null values in viewCriteria -Jdeveloper 12c (Not a bug but a change)

Hello All,
In jdev 12c there is some change in viewCriteria design window, there is a checkbox to ignore null values in criteria , in 11g release it was enabled for all values in criteria item

but in 12c it is disabled for all values of ViewCriteria bind variable

there is two different section for creating bind variable in 12c
1. ViewCriteria Bind Variable
2. Query Bind Variable(Required)
So when you create a bind var of string type in query variables.

and use it in viewCriteria , only then this 'ignore null values' checkbox will be enabled

and when you use viewCriteria bind varibles it is disabled  but sometimes you need to change it, so can change it using ViewObject xml source

• Select ViewCriteria and go to source

 

• Now change GenerateIsNullClauseForBindVars="false"  to true

 Cheers :-)

Showing white-spaces properly in ADF table column- 11g & 12c

Hello All,
This posts talks about a requirement of showing white-spaces before any text/number in an af:table
Suppose i have , form and table of a ViewObject on page

Case 1- both table and form are editable , in this case you can see that white spaces are properly visible in both form and table

but normally in applications we have a read-only table and editable form so in this case you can see that white-spaces are not visible in table

But sometimes we need to show spaces in table same as in form so to do this select that field and go to property inspector and select component

Now set it's contentStyle (for input component as- af:inputText) or inlineStyle (for display component as- af:outputText)- white-space:pre;

now run your page and see-

 Cheers :-)