Message Bar

The message bar allows to display application messages at the beginning (top) or at the end (bottom) of the form. The message can display an icon at the beginning of the messages that indicates the nature of the message (info, error and so on). The message bar has to be added to the form component. The form component has the methods to define if the message bar is displayed at the beginning or at the end of the form.

id
Identification name of the message bar.
message
Defines the messageType and the messageText for the message bar.
messageText
Defines the messageText for the message bar. A messageType has to be defined, using method 'message' or 'messageType'. If no messageType is defined, the messageText is not displayed.
messageType
Nature of the message.
- ERROR
  Displays icon (Error).
- INFO
  Displays icon (Info).
- LOADING
  Displays the rotating icon (Loading).
- NONE
  Displays no icon.
- STOP
  Displays the ERROR icon.
- VALIDATION
  Displays the ERROR icon .
- WARNING
  Displays icon (Warning).

Attributes	M	Values	Usage
id	*	String (cs)	Taglib `id="mBar"` Classlib Defined with the messageBar object.
message		String	Taglib No tag available Classlib `setMessage(MessageType.type, String mess)`
messageText		String	Taglib `messageText="Invalid date"` Classlib `setMessageText("Invalid date")`
messageType		ERROR INFO LOADING NONE STOP VALIDATION WARNING	Taglib `setMessage(MessageType.type, String mess)` Classlib `setMessage(MessageType.type, String mess)`

Example

Using the taglib

Syntax Syntax

  <hbj:form 
    id="myFormId"
    method="post"
    target="_blank"
    encodingType="multipart/form-data"
    action="/htmlb/servlet/com.sap.htmlb.test.MyTestJsp1Test"
    >
    <hbj:messageBar 
        id="mBar"
        messageType="ERROR"
        messageText="Fatal Error">
        <% 
            myFormId.setMessageBar(mBar); 
            %>
    </hbj:messageBar>
  </hbj:form>

End of the code.

Using the classlib

Syntax Syntax

    Form form = (Form) this.getForm();
    MessageBar mb = new MessageBar("messageBar");

    mb.setMessage(MessageType.ERROR, "Fatal Error");
    form.setMessageBar(mb);

    form.setMessageBarAtFormEnd(true);

    form.setMessageBarRequired(true);

End of the code.

Result

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