Date Navigator

Definition

A control for advanced handling of all actions which require a date input and to visualize a date.

id

Identification name of the dateNavigator.
model

Defines the model which provides the dateNavigator with data. How to work with the DateNavigatorModel .
monthPerColumn

The dateNavigator can display several month. The months are arranged in matrix form. This attribute defines the number of columns of the matrix.
monthPerRow

The dateNavigator can display several month. The months are arranged in matrix form. This attribute defines the number of rows of the matrix.
onNavigate

The navigation fields are located left and right of the displayed month. The << and >> fields can be used to select the previous and next month. If a dateNavigator has more columns the previous month navigator is located at the first column and the next month navigator at the last column.

The 'onNavigate' attribute defines the event handling method that will be processed when the user clicks on the navigation fields.
onDayClick

Defines the event handling method that will be processed when the user clicks on a day.
onWeekClick

Defines the event handling method that will be processed when the user clicks on a week. The week is the first column of the dateNavigator grid.
onMonthClick

Defines the event handling method that will be processed when the user clicks on the header text string representing the month displayed.

Attributes	M	Values	Usage
id	*	String (cs)	Taglib `id = "VacationPlanner"` Classlib `setId ("VacationPlanner")`
model	*	String	Taglib model `="` myBean.model `"` Classlib setModel `((` DateNavigatorModel `) model)`
monthPerColumn		Numeric (1)	Taglib `monthPerColumn = "3"` Classlib `setMonthPerColumn (3)`
monthPerRow		Numeric (1)	Taglib `monthPerRow = "4"` Classlib `setMonthPerRow (4)`

Events	M	Values	Usage
onNavigate		String (cs)	Taglib `onNavigate = "ProcessNav"` Classlib `setOnNavigate ("ProcessNav")`
onDayClick		String (cs)	Taglib `onDayClick = "DaySel"` Classlib `setOnDayClick ("DaySel ")`
onWeekClick		String (cs)	Taglib `onWeekClick = "WeekSel"` Classlib `setOnWeekClick ("WeekSel ")`
onMonthClick		String (cs)	Taglib `onMonthClick = "MonSel"` Classlib `setOnMonthClick ("MonSel")`

Example

using the taglib

    <hbj:dateNavigator
           id="myDateNavigator1"
           model="myBean.model"
           monthsPerColumn="2"
           monthsPerRow="3"
           onNavigate="myOnNavigate"
           onDayClick="myOnDayClick"
           onWeekClick="myOnWeekClick"
           onMonthClick="myOnMonthClick"
    />

using the classlib

    IPortalComponentRequest request =                         (IPortalComponentRequest) this.getRequest();
    IPortalComponentContext context = request.getComponentContext();
    IPortalComponentProfile profile = myContext.getProfile();
    IPageContext pagecontext =
                        PageContextFactory.createPageContext(request);

    Form form = (Form)this.getForm();
    DateNavigator dn = new DateNavigator(pagecontext);
    dn.setId("myDateNavigator1");
    dn.setMonthsPerColumn(2);
    dn.setMonthsPerRow(3);
    dn.setOnNavigate("myOnNavigate");
    dn.setOnDayClick("myOnDayClick");
    dn.setOnWeekClick("myOnWeekClick");
    dn.setOnMonthClick("myOnMonthClick");
    MyBean myBean = new MyBean(pagecontext);
    dn.setModel(myBean.getModel());
    form.addComponent(dn);

Result