Adding custom buttons to the main toolbar

[RichG]

The Web Client Configuration Guide document tells you how to customise almost any part of the web interface.

Section 1.29 explains how to add custom buttons to the toolbar.  I can't work out from the instructions where you tell the system what to do when the button is pressed.  I want to launch an admin form.

Can anyone help please?

[RichG]

Has anybody needed to do this?

[RichG]

Any assistance with this would be much appreciated.

[Tony Wheeler]

Hi Rich,

For your scenario, it sounds like all you are trying to do is launch a URL. I would refer to the Web Client configuration guide Section 4 (BPM URLs) to get the syntax of the Admin form URL you are trying to open.

Then in the Default.aspx page add the following under the definition of the telerick:RadToolBar around line 60:

<telerik:RadToolBarButton href="http://www.google.com" SkinID="MyPage" CheckOnClick="true" Group="NavItems" Text="My Page" ToolTip="My Page" />
             

(replace google's URL with the URL of your Admin form)

You're creating a new RadToolBarButton but there is no definition for the SkinID yet so you'll get an error if you just run it.

Now go to the Web\app_themes\Default\Default.skin file and find the corresponding skin definition for all those buttons around line 14 and add the following:

<telerik:RadToolBarButton skinid="MyPage" imageurl="Images/ListButtons/reports_off.png" HoveredImageUrl="Images/ListButtons/reports_on.png" CheckedImageUrl="Images/ListButtons/reports_on.png" ImagePosition="AboveText" runat="server" />

After saving both files (Default.aspx and Default.skin) your button should now be clickable with 2 states. When you click it, google should open in a new window. You can change the images for the button states or add javascript to your liking.

*Edit * I just looked and it is not opening in a new window but you can play around with the link to get it to open in a different window.. ie target="_blank".

[RichG]

Thanks for the reply, I tried to launch a new window using your suggested solution but couldn't get it to open in a new window.

Instead I've used this which seems to work:-

<telerik:RadToolBarButton NavigateUrl="http://<Server Name>/Metastorm/eForm.aspx?Map=eService_Desk&Client=External&Action=MDDC_Log_Call" target="_new" SkinID="MyPage" CheckOnClick="true" Group="NavItems" CommandName="MyPage"
          Text="Log New Call" ToolTip="Log New Call" />

But when the new window opens I get a message in the background :- "Nullable object must have a value."

Do you have any idea how I can avoid this?

Kind Regards

Rich

[Tony Wheeler]

Can you try it while leaving <CommandName="MyPage"> off?

Edited * Okay I just tested this and what you want to do is set  CheckOnClick="false"  and leave off the CommandName="MyPage" entirely... ie:

<telerik:RadToolBarButton NavigateUrl="http://<Server Name>/Metastorm/eForm.aspx?Map=eService_Desk&Client=External&Action=MDDC_Log_Call" target="_new" SkinID="MyPage" CheckOnClick="false" Group="NavItems" Text="Log New Call" ToolTip="Log New Call" />

[Greg]

Hello

I want to fallow Metastorm BPM 9.1 SR1 WebClient Configuration Guide, and I Want to have embedded my external URL inside List interface on Content Viewer.

In default.aspx I have:

            <telerik:RadToolBarButton SkinID="MyPage" CheckOnClick="true" Group="NavItems"
                CommandName="MyPage" Text="GoogleInside" ToolTip="GoogleInside" />

In default.skin I have:

    <telerik:RadToolBarButton skinid="MyPage" imageurl="Images/ListButtons/gl_on.png" HoveredImageUrl="Images/ListButtons/gl_on.png" CheckedImageUrl="Images/ListButtons/gl_on.png" ImagePosition="AboveText" runat="server" />

In default.aspx.cs I have:

// Put here logic for any custom content.

if (!(currentControl is ContentViewer))
{
ContentViewer myViewer = new ContentViewer();
myViewer = new ContentViewer() { Location = "http://www.google.com" };
myViewer.Enabled = true;
newControl = myViewer;
newControl.ID = newControl.GetType().Name + "_" + checkedGroupButton.CommandArgument;
MyNewControlPlaceHolder.Controls.Add(newControl);

}
break;

But I have the same message about nullabe object.

How can I do this without need of opening conent in new window?

[Greg]

I found problem.

Everything works fine if we will try-catch the line above:
 ListType = listType.Value;

but this looks like it is not used at all so comment this also works fine