//Listing 20-22. Creating a Desktop Client Screen Template Extension
public void Generate(IScreenTemplateHost host)
{
var screenBase = (ScreenPropertyBase)host.PrimaryDataSourceProperty;
ContentItem groupLayout1 =
host.AddContentItem(host.ScreenLayoutContentItem,
"GroupLayout1", ContentItemKind.Group);
string entityTypeFullName =
((ScreenProperty)host.PrimaryDataSourceProperty).PropertyType;
var entityTypeName =
((ScreenProperty)host.PrimaryDataSourceProperty).PropertyType.Split(
":".ToArray()).LastOrDefault();
ScreenProperty screenProperty1 =
(ScreenProperty)host.AddScreenProperty(entityTypeFullName,
entityTypeName + "Property");
//make the default id parameter not required
var idParameter = host.PrimaryDataSourceParameterProperties.FirstOrDefault();
((ScreenProperty)idParameter).PropertyType =
"Microsoft.LightSwitch:Int32?";
//This creates an AutoCompleteBox for the item
var screenPropertyContentItem = host.AddContentItem(
groupLayout1, "LocalProperty", screenProperty1);
host.SetContentItemView(screenPropertyContentItem,
"Microsoft.LightSwitch.RichClient:RowsLayout");
host.ExpandContentItem(screenPropertyContentItem);
string codeTemplate = "";
if (codeTemplates.TryGetValue(
host.ScreenCodeBehindLanguage, out codeTemplate))
{
host.AddScreenCodeBehind(String.Format(codeTemplate,
Environment.NewLine,
host.ScreenNamespace,
host.ScreenName,
screenBase.Name,
idParameter.Name,
screenProperty1.Name,
entityTypeName));
}
}
//Listing 20-25. Creating an HTML Client Screen Template Extension
public void Generate(IScreenTemplateHost host)
{
//1 Add a tab
var screenTab = host.AddContentItem(host.ScreenTabPagesContentItem,
"Tab1", ContentItemKind.Group);
// 2 Add a group and data items
ContentItem screenGroup =
host.AddContentItem(screenTab,
"Group1", host.PrimaryDataSourceProperty);
screenGroup.View = "Microsoft.LightSwitch.MobileWeb:RowsLayout";
host.ExpandContentItem(screenGroup,
disableNavigationPropertyGeneration: false,
disableGeneratedPropertyGeneration: false);
//3 Add a popup called ConfirmDelete
var popupControl = host.AddContentItem(
host.ScreenDialogPagesContentItem, "ConfirmDelete",
ContentItemKind.Group);
//4.1 Add a string property for the popup title
ScreenProperty titleProperty =
(ScreenProperty)host.AddScreenProperty(":String?", "PopupTitle");
//4.2 Add a text control to the popup and bind it to the string property
var titleControl = host.AddContentItem(popupControl,
"PopupTitle", titleProperty);
titleControl.View = "Microsoft.LightSwitch.MobileWeb:Text";
//5 Add OK and Cancel methods and add a command to the popup
ScreenMethod methodDoDelete = host.AddScreenMethod("DoDelete");
CallExpression callExpDoDelete = host.CreateCallExpression(methodDoDelete.Id);
ChainExpression chainExpDoDelete =
host.CreateChainExpression(callExpDoDelete);
ScreenExpressionTree expTreeDoDelete =
new ScreenExpressionTree()
{
Body = chainExpDoDelete
};
ContentItem commandDoDelete = host.AddContentItem(
popupControl,
"DoDelete",
ContentItemKind.Command);
host.SetDisplayName(commandDoDelete, "OK");
//6.1 Create a method to show the popup window
var commandShowPopup = new ContentItem();
commandShowPopup.Kind = ContentItemKind.Command;
ScreenMethod methodShowPopup = host.AddScreenMethod("ShowPopup");
CallExpression callExpression = host.CreateCallExpression(methodShowPopup.Id);
ChainExpression chainExpression = host.CreateChainExpression(callExpression);
ScreenExpressionTree expTreeShowPopup =
new ScreenExpressionTree()
{
Body = chainExpression
};
host.SetControlPropertyExpressionTree(
commandShowPopup,
"Microsoft.LightSwitch.MobileWeb:RootControl",
"Tap",
expTreeShowPopup);
//6.2 Configure the button to show the trash icon
ConstantExpression constExpTrashIcon = new ConstantExpression();
constExpTrashIcon.ResultType = ":String";
constExpTrashIcon.Value = "msls-trash";
ChainExpression chainExpTrashIcon =
host.CreateChainExpression(constExpTrashIcon);
ScreenExpressionTree expTreeTrashIcon =
new ScreenExpressionTree()
{
Body = chainExpTrashIcon
};
host.SetControlPropertyExpressionTree(
commandShowPopup,
"Microsoft.LightSwitch.MobileWeb:RootCommand",
"Icon",
expTreeTrashIcon);
host.SetDisplayName(commandShowPopup, "ShowPopup");
screenTab.CommandItems.Add(commandShowPopup);
//7 Add the JavaScript code for the methods
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.Append("{0}myapp.{1}.created = function (screen) {{");
sb.Append("{0} screen.PopupTitle = 'Confirm Delete';");
sb.Append("{0}}};");
sb.Append("{0}myapp.{1}.DoDelete_execute = function (screen) {{");
sb.Append("{0} screen.{2}.deleteEntity();");
sb.Append("{0} return myapp.commitChanges();");
sb.Append("{0}}};");
sb.Append("{0}myapp.{1}.ShowPopup_execute = function (screen) {{");
sb.Append("{0} return screen.showPopup('ShowPopup');");
sb.Append("{0}}};");
host.AddScreenCodeBehind(String.Format(sb.ToString(),
Environment.NewLine,
host.ScreenName,
host.PrimaryDataSourceProperty.Name
));
}