Integer

Allows users to enter or view a whole number.

Appearance

Width: The width in px, % or em.\r\nFor example\: 50px, 20%, 0.4em. If no unit is specified, px is assumed. String

Size: The size of the view.
{Default | Large | Small} TextSizeStyle

Label placement: The position of the label.
{Top | Left} LabelPlacement

Label width: The width of the label in px, %, or em.\r\nFor example\: 50px, 20%, 0.4em. If no unit is specified, px is assumed. String

Behavior

Tab index: The tabbing sequence index of the form view. Indices start at 1, and can be set sparsely. For example, you can use 1, 5, 10. Integer

Placeholder text: The text that is displayed when no input is entered. String

Prefix: A symbol that is placed before the input value. String

Postfix: A symbol that is placed after the input value. String

Numeric formatting: Determines whether the thousands separator is based on the current user's locale, or specified as custom configuration options.
{Custom | Auto} AutoCustomSelection

Thousands separator: The symbol used to separate thousands. For example: If ',' is used, the value 1 million is formatted as 1,000,000. String

Hide thousands separator: Hides the thousands separator. By default the thousands separator is shown. Boolean

Formula

Value formula: The formula used to set the integer value. String

Events

On Load:

Description: This event is triggered when the value is changed.

Example:

me.setValue(0.00);

On Change:

Description: This event is triggered when the value is changed.

Example:

${Decimal1}.setValue(oldValue); ${Decimal2}.setValue(newValue);

Context Variables	newValue {decimal}	oldValue {decimal}

On Focus:

Description: This event is triggered the control receives the focus.

Example:

${Tooltip1}.setTooltipVisible(true)

On Blur:

Description: This event is triggered the control loses the focus.

Example:

${Tooltip1}.setTooltipVisible(false);

On Format:

Description: This event can be used to give values more custom formatting. The formatting in the control is based on the return value of the statement

Example:

var neg = me.getValue() < 0; if (neg){return "(" + formattedValue + ")"}

Context Variables	value {decimal}	formatted {string}	format {object}
Properties			prefix
			postfix
			thousandsSeparator
			decimalSeparator
			decimalPlaces

On Input:

Description: This event is fired when the user inputs text. If expression returns false, input will not be taken.

Example:

return potential.length<=10;

Context Variables	current {string}	potential {string}	selection {object {start, end} }	type {string}

Extends:

com.ibm.bpm.coach.CoachView

Methods:

Inherited addClass(name, [replaced])

Add or replace the CSS classes for this view.

Name Type Default Description

name {string} The CSS class names to add to the view. For multiple classes, use space to separate the class names.

replaced {string} The CSS class names to be replaced by the first argument. For multiple classes, use space to separate the class names.

Example

Button.addClass("green");

focus()

Set focus on this control

Inherited getData() Returns: {Object}

Retrieve the bound data associated with the view. It applies only to views with bound data.

Example

var dec1 = MyDecimal.getData();

getHelpText() Returns: {string}

Get help text associated with the control

getLabel() Returns: {string}

Get label associated with this control

getLabelPlacement() Returns: {string}

Get label placement for control. NOTE: This always returns the label placement as set, to avoid ambiguity always set the label placement using "T"|"L"

getLabelWidth() Returns: {string}

Get label width of Decimal control (e.g. 50px, 20%, 2em - omitting the unit assumes px)

getPlaceholder() Returns: {string}

Get placeholder text associated with this control

getSizeStyle() Returns: {string}

Gets size style of the control. NOTE: This always returns the size style as set, to avoid ambiguity always set the size style using "D"|"S"|"L"

getTabIndex() Returns: {integer}

Get tab index for this control

getTextColor() Returns: {string}

Gets color of characters in control

getType() Returns: {string}

Get descriptive string representing the type of control

getValue() Returns: {number}

Get value currently in control

getWidth() Returns: {string}

Get configured width for this control (including unit)

Inherited hide(collapseFlag)

Hide the view.

Name Type Default Description

collapseFlag {boolean} Set to true to collapse the view (equivalent to a view setting of "NONE")

Example

MyView.hide();

Inherited isBound() Returns: {boolean}

Indicate the bound status of the view.

Inherited isEnabled() Returns: {boolean}

Check whether the view is enabled.

Example

var enabled = MyView.isEnabled();

isLabelVisible() Returns: {boolean}

Get label visibility for this control

Inherited isValid() Returns: {boolean}

Return the valid status as last set by the setValid() method.

Example

var valid = MyView.isValid();

Inherited isVisible() Returns: {boolean}

Check whether the view is visible.

Example

var visible = MyView.isVisible();

Inherited propagateUpValueChange(event) Returns: {boolean}

Propagate the value change of the view up through the parent views.

Name Type Default Description

event {Event} Value change event (usually an onchange event)

Example

MyView.propagateUp(event);

Inherited recalculate()

Applicable only to formula-enabled views!
Triggers the re-evaluation of the formula
for the view, if a formula was specified. If the view is not formula-enabled, recalculate() does nothing.

Example

Text1.recalculate();
//If the formula for Text1 is: new Date().toString(), Text1 is updated to the current date/time

Inherited setEnabled(enabled, required)

Enable or disable the view.

Name Type Default Description

enabled {boolean} Enabled/read-only flag (true to enable view, false to disable/make read-only)

required {boolean} Enable or disable the required field flag for the view.

Example

MyView.setEnabled(false); //Make MyView read-only

setHelpText(helptext)

Set help text for the control

Name Type Default Description

helptext {string} Help text for the control

setLabel(label)

Set label for this control

Name Type Default Description

label {string} set the label name

setLabelPlacement(null, placement)

Set label placement for control. NOTE: to avoid ambiguity always set the label placement using "T"|"L"

Name Type Default Description

{string} placement

placement {string} "T"|"TOP"=Top | "L"|"LEFT"=Left

Example

me.setLabelPlacement("L")

setLabelVisible(flag)

Set label visibility for this control

Name Type Default Description

flag {boolean} sets the visibility {true | false}

setLabelWidth(labelWidth)

Set label width of Decimal control (e.g. 50px, 20%, 2em - omitting the unit assumes px)

Name Type Default Description

labelWidth {string} Control's label width

setPlaceholder(text)

Set placeholder text for this control

Name Type Default Description

text {string} sets placeholder text

setSizeStyle(style)

Sets size style of the control. NOTE: to avoid ambiguity always set the size style using "D"|"S"|"L"

Name Type Default Description

style {string} "DEFAULT"|"DEF"|"NORMAL"|"D"=Default | "SMALL"|"S"=Small | "LARGE"|"L"=Large

setTabIndex(tabIndex)

Sets tab index of this control

Name Type Default Description

tabIndex {integer} Tab indices start at 1 and may be set sparsely

setTextColor(textColor)

Sets color of characters in control

Name Type Default Description

textColor {string} Color of input when formatted (all valid css values accepted - e.g. red, #ff0000, rgb(255,0,0))

Inherited setValid(valid, errorText)

Flag the view as valid or invalid.

Name Type Default Description

valid {boolean} Valid/invalid flag (true to set view valid, false to make it invalid - which typically shows the view with "invalid" styling and indicator)

errorText {string} Validation error text to show on the invalid-styled view

Example

MyView.setValid(false, "Fix your data entry"); //Make MyView invalid

setValue(val)

Process the input parameter value into a JavaScript number using Number() and set the value for the view.

Name Type Default Description

val {number} Value to set in control

Inherited setViewData(data, createPseudoBinding)

Set or update the bound data associated with the view. It applies only to views with bound data.

Note: It should only be used with simple type bindings, or complex type bindings with simple type properties.
It should not be used with bindings that have properties that are lists or compext types. For complex types, set the bindings by using
the binding.set pattern, as described in the Binding data and configuration options documentation section.

Name Type Default Description

data {Object} The value of the bound data. The parameter type must match the type of the bound data.

createPseudoBinding {boolean} If the value is set to true, the parameter creates a pseudo binding if there is no current binding.

Example

MyView.setViewData("TEST"); //Updates bound data to the string 'TEST'

Inherited setVisible(visible, collapse)

Show or hide the view.

Name Type Default Description

visible {boolean} Visibility flag (true to show the view, false to hide it)

collapse {boolean} Set it to true to collapse the view space when the option visible is set to false.

Examples

MyView.setVisible(false, false); //Equivalent to MyView.hide()

MyView.setVisible(false, true); // Sets visibility to "None"

setWidth(width)

Set width of this control (e.g. 50px, 20%, 2em - omitting the unit assumes px)

Name Type Default Description

width {string} sets the width of the control

Inherited show()

Show this view.

Example

MyView.show();

Inherited triggerFormulaUpdates([phase])

Broadcast the expression trigger for the specified view.

Name Type Default Description

phase {int} bpmext.ui.PHASE_NORMAL The phase we are currently in

Example

MyView.triggerFormulaUpdates();

Methods

Parent

Helpers