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Web Server - Ask For Help / Double tap required to view record from browse

« on: March 13, 2012, 07:24:52 AM »

I'm in mobile mode, using NT 6.25 (although this is not related to 6.25 - it has always happened).

I have a view icon displayed for each record of a browse. The user has to double-tap on the view icon (right arrow) before being able to view the form for that record. I have commented out all p_tip references that I could find in netweb.clw since the tooltip causes double tapping on a touchscreen device. Menus work fine, all fields and drop-downs work fine (all single tap), however I can't seem to get rid of the double tap requirement on a browse record for the view icon. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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Web Server - Ask For Help / Setting Icon For Mobile Web App Home Page

« on: February 20, 2012, 10:08:39 AM »

I'm trying to find the correct embed point in our NT mobile app so that when a user saves the web app to their home screen on their phone (iphone or android) it will use our supplied icon rather than just a screen shot of the web app. Here is the code that needs to be placed on the web page (preferably the login screen or the index page):

<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="ourapplicationicon.png"/>

Has anyone done this for their mobile app, or have a suggestion on the best embed point to place this? Thanks.

Bob

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Web Server - Ask For Help / Redirecting To A Mobile Website

« on: February 16, 2012, 12:16:50 PM »

I have a question not so much related to NT as it is a general question regarding how to forward a registered domain name so that a mobile website (developed with NT) retains it's mobile 'framework'. I am forwarding a domain name to the IP address of the server that hosts the web server, since I do not want the IP address to show in the URL bar. Typically this has never been a problem for our regular NT web applications since they were not designed for mobile platforms - and it works great. However, what happens in the mobile environment is that the web site does not size to the mobile device as it would if you enter the URL directly. These are the two options I have to forward a domain to an IP address:

1) Regular Forwarding service, which works correctly in displaying the mobile application in the correct screen resolution. However, it displays the IP URL address in the URL bar instead of the domain name.

2) Frame Redirect, which works perfectly for showing only the domain name in the URL bar, however the mobile application is greatly diminished in size (as if it does not recognize the mobile device or viewport mode). This occurs whether I am linking from a regular website, or type the domain name directly into the URL bar.

I have the NT mobile app compiled specifically in 'mobile' mode, am using viewport and it works perfectly well as long as I enter the actual IP address:port.

Any recommendations on how to accomplish showing just the domain name in the URL bar as well as having the mobile app take on the characteristics of the mobile device as it does normally when an IP address is entered? Thanks.

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Web Server - Ask For Help / Datepicker on Date Locator In Mobile Mode

« on: February 09, 2012, 09:19:57 AM »

When in mobile mode, is there a datepicker icon that should be appearing to the right of a date locator field on a browse? In desktop mode it does, but I can not seem to find a datepicker when running mobile (i.e. iphone). The mm/dd/yy text appears in the Locator field, but you have to enter the date manually. Any ideas on how to implement this or is it there already and I just don't see it?. Thanks.

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Web Server - Ask For Help / Locate Field Not Working In Mobile Mode

« on: February 06, 2012, 10:10:23 PM »

Sorry to start a new thread on this, but the old thread is no longer being displayed for some reason.

Clarion 8, NT 6.18.

With Example 49 (Locator), I am able to replicate the same problem I have in my app regarding not being able to use the Locate field to search for a record in Mobile Mode (i.e. iPhone testing in my case) the first time the browse is displayed. These are the steps I followed - Bruce can you try this with Example 49 on your end and see if you get the same results please.

1) Embed Locator Position values in Example 49 (LocatorOptions Form) so that you do not have to press any checkboxes on the form during runtime (set values to 1)
2) Run Example, select 'Runtime Locator Example' and immediately enter a value in the Locate field (i.e. Cheryl) and tap on the DONE button on the iPhone (do not tap on any checkbox on the form before doing this - go straight to the locate field and enter the value then tap DONE). Nothing happens. Tap on the SEARCH button - still nothing happens.
3) Now tap on either one of the checkboxes on this form, or just tap on a the Name column heading to sort the column, then enter the Locate value again (i.e. Cheryl) and tap on DONE. This time it now does the search and finds the appropriate record.

This is the same problem I am having with my app. If you bring up a browse and enter a Locate value in mobile mode and then tap DONE on the phone and even press SEARCH right afterwards, nothing happens. Only when you tap on a button (reset values?) on a form where a browse is embedded will it work the first time you enter a value on the browse.

Anyone else able to replicate this problem in mobile mode? It appears for whatever reason that when a browse with a Locate field is displayed initially and you enter a value and tap DONE on the phone, nothing is being sent back to the server (no activity is occurring). But if you tap on a column heading, etc, - there is a SEND going back to the server and from that point any locate you do on that browse during that session (before going to another procedure) will continue to work correctly.

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Web Server - Ask For Help / Close button changes to Save Button on Form with Browse Procedures

« on: December 28, 2011, 06:49:20 PM »

On a form that contains a browse control, in View mode the 'Close' button on the form changes to a 'Save' button (and process) when you tap on a browse item (to view the form of that browse record) and then 'Close' out of that browse form. You are returned correctly back to the original form, however the 'Close' button on the original form (which is still correctly in View mode) is now displayed as 'Save' and will not exit out of the form. Any ideas? NT 6.12 (I'm in Mobile mode, have not tested it in standard browser mode).

Second question (also while in Mobile mode) is when displaying a Browse with a Locator (I'm using the Contains option), if you type a value in the Locator and tap Done (or return), it does not perform a locate function (nothing happens). Only if you tap on the browse heading to re-sort the column and then re-enter the locator value does it then work. Looks like the focus upon first entering a browse is not on the Locate field? No special logic being used - standard browse w/ locate function.

Last question is does anyone know how to identify a button icon (jquery mobile) to be placed on a form? Example: Using a button to call Googlemaps (logic works fine), but the button is a small round button with no text.  I'm using the Button tab of the form's Field Property, but not sure what parameters to enter to have a jquery mobile style button (i.e. like Close or Save but with changed text to say 'Map'). Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
Bob Zimmerlich

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Web Server - Ask For Help / NetTalk 6 Batch Command Not Running

« on: November 22, 2011, 09:40:52 AM »

Not sure if it's our environment or if anyone else has this situation, just downloaded NetTalk 6 and made the necessary changes as per docs. Upon compiling the Command DOS window appears (showing the path of our current application) but no command is run (I assume it is a BAT file trying to run) and compile will not continue until command window is shut down manually (I let it run for at least 5 minutes before shutting down command window). Next command window then appears with same situation (no bat file running) and then after closing that one down another one comes up (assuming different bat files for copying web folder over, running gzipall.bat, etc.). After closing out each successive command window then the compile completes. However, since the bat files did not run we had to manually move the web folder, run gzipball.bat (just like in the old days - and then we were fine. OS is Windows 7 64-bit.  Thanks.

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Web Server - Ask For Help / IOS 5 Menu Issue

« on: November 19, 2011, 05:22:25 PM »

We are having a problem with submenus in IOS 5. This was not an issue in IOS 4, and is not an issue on any PC based browser. But in IOS 5, if you tap on a menu (double-drop menu style) that has a submenu level 2 below it, it will not display the submenu and then prevents any other menu item from being tapped afterwards. For example, we have a top level 'MAIN MENU', which when tapped drops down several menu items. Of these, a few have submenus (level 2). With IOS5,  we can not get to the submenus (nothing shows and nothing happens), and then if we try to tap on MAIN MENU again, not even the menu items below MAIN MENU will appear. You have to go into a browse/form then exit out, and then the MAIN MENU is active again. But in either case, you can not get to the level 2 submenus. We are using 5.37.  By the way, same problem we are experiencing on android devices as well, but not in IOS 4 or desktop browsers. Any ideas? Thanks.

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Web Server - Ask For Help / Adjust HotDate Font Size - Big mode

« on: April 20, 2011, 06:44:21 AM »

Is there a setting to adjust the font size of the number of the day that appears on the hotdate calendar when set to BIG default set mode? We are setting the overall body font size for our application to 15 point (sometimes larger when it's used on an iphone) and once you get above around 13 or 14 point, it looks like the day number becomes too large to display and resets to a very small number (in the upper portion of the day box) and therefore hidden under the text label that displays on the day (when there is an appointment related to that day).

So it looks like the calendar day font is affected by the overall body font. Can this be overriden so the day font is defined by it's own font size? Thanks.

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Web Server - Ask For Help / DoubleDrop Menu Width

« on: March 17, 2011, 08:16:08 AM »

I am using the DoubleDrop menu style and am having an issue with the width of the drop. When using a larger font style (which we do for mobile devices), the submenu text is longer than the standard drop background width. I've checked in Firebug and can't seem to find the location in the CSS file that adjusts the width parameter. Does anyone know where this width parameter is found? I know where the top-level menu width is, but not the drop width. Thanks.

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Web Server - Ask For Help / How to set focus on Login Button

« on: December 14, 2010, 07:09:01 AM »

I'm creating a login screen with the standard userid and password fields. In addition, I have a 'Register' button for new accounts. Whether I create a register button, or a URL link, in either case if the user hits ENTER on that screen it will default to the register button (or URL link) instead of the Login Button. So, is there a way to focus on the Login button so that if the client hits enter after entering their userid/password, it defaults to the Login and not to the Register? Thanks.

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Web Server - Ask For Help / Download of patch reverts to 5.01?

« on: December 08, 2010, 04:24:39 PM »

Perhaps I'm not downloading from the right location, but I went to download the 5.05 release and am getting 5.01 instead. First I downloaded the patch only, but it said incompatible since I was in 5.03 and not 5.04. So I downloaded the full 28mb download, installed and it said 5.01. Downloaded patch and still says 5.01. I was in 5.03 previously. Any ideas (I downloaded from the regular Capesoft Download area for NetTalk 5 - for Clarion 6.9054). Thanks

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Web Server - Ask For Help / Disabling Tooltip On Buttons

« on: November 10, 2010, 08:18:06 AM »

Is there a way to disable the tooltip from popping up when selecting a button? The problem (which I just started having, but don't know if it's a result of just downloading the latest nettalk 5 patch or downloading a 1.86 jquery set - it is the standard lightness ui) is that in a mobile environment on touchscreen devices (iPad, iphone, android, etc.) when you now press on a button the tooltip first comes up. It does not invoke the action of the button. You then have to press on the button a second time, at which point you now get an index error. Prior to installing the path (and/or downloading the latest jquery set) this was not an issue and our apps worked correctly on mobile devices.

I have removed the tooltip text from the button properties, but all that does is display a blank tooltip (with the question mark) when you press on the button. It seems that it is assuming a press on the button is a hover and therefore displaying the tooltip. So for mobile environments, the tooltip on buttons needs to have the ability to be completely disabled. Any other ideas? Thanks.