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.

[twheeler]

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

[twheeler]

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" />