[SOLVED] Convert Visual Webgui Project to WiseJ

Morning Ewan,

I’ve been doing exactly that. It’s been pretty simple. I’ve removed all references to VWG and replaced them with the references to WiseJ. I’ve also had to go and undo all the non-modal closing form code I as WiseJ works just like Winforms but other than that it has been a very straight forward process.

The bonus has been that WiseJ apps seem much more stable than VWG (i.e no cache clearing to get rid of issues).

HTH

Nic

Thanks Nic!

Basically the process is exactly what Nic described:

• Namespace change
• Workaround removal
• Obsolete/non-functional properties removal
• Take advantage of new features

The modal workflow is a great feature (VWG had it too, by the way, but it had to be enabled in web.config). We also have the async approach. The Show (for MessageBox as well) and  ShowDialog methods have an optional onclose parameter that is called asynchronously and a modal optional argument that disables the modal workflow. It’s an Action, so you can use it like this:

form.Show(onclose: (result) => {

});

// ShowDialog is always modal, but the onclose callback works as well.

form.ShowDialog(onclose: (result) => {

});

And you can make a non-modal form show the modal mask on the client and act as a modal dialog but completely asynchronous:

form.ShowModalMask = true;

form.Show(onclose: (result) => {

});

result is DialogResult.

One additional tip about testing. Sometimes when testing  you may need to start a new session to force the re-creation of the controls and Load events. Instead of closing the browser you can simply add ?sid=new or ?sid={anything} and Wisej will interpret it as an invalid session and will create a new one.

Best,

Luca