Customizing the Apply Action

After a user edits cells in the structure browser, they click Apply to save those changes. You can pass the applyURL parameter to override the default apply behavior with customized behavior.

For example, your application could open a window to collect additional data from the user. You would include applyURL=javascript:<METHOD> when invoking the structure browser, where METHOD is the name of the method in the JavaScript file used to validate the structure browser. The validation file is defined in emxSystem.properties by this property:

eServiceSuiteAPPLICATIONNAME.UIFreezePane.ValidationFile = VALIDATIONFILENAME

where APPLICATIONNAME is the ENOVIA application this file works with, such as EngineeringCentral or ProgramCentral.

When the applyURL option is used, the called method must in turn call the emxEditableTable.performXMLDataPost() method to execute the structure browser's default apply action. This method applies the markup changes.