Background
Object edit wizards are typically launched by an action labeled “Edit” or “Check Out and Edit.”
Developing a wizard to edit a business object is very similar to developing a wizard to create that business object. Many of the components you will use are the same. However, there are a few differences between create and edit wizards and some of these require different components or different component configuration. These differences include the following:
• Edit wizards do not allow users to change the container context, owning organization, folder location, or type of an object
• Some edit wizards do not allow the user to change the identity attributes on the master of an object (for example: name and/or number). Such changes must be made via a Rename or Edit Common Attributes client. Other master attributes may not be editable also.
• If the object being edited is a Workable and it is not checked out by the user when the edit wizard is launched, the wizard should check out the object automatically.
• The attribute input fields in edit wizards are pre-populated with the values that exist in the database for the object rather than the default values defined in the Java class or Attribute and Type and Attribute Management utility.
• Edit wizards for Workables have different navigation buttons. Instead of an OK button they have Save and Check In buttons. The former saves the changes to the working copy of the object without checking in or iterating it. The second creates and checks in a new iteration of the object. Also, the Cancel button pops up a message reminding the user that the object will remain checked out.
Components available specifically for editing include:
• jsp and jspf files for wizard steps that are common to multiple wizards
• custom HTML tags for managing wizard data and displaying elements on the page
• Java classes for processing the wizard data after the user submits the wizard