Edit Message to Web Container dialog box

Use this dialog box to format a message to be sent to another web application. The web application can be either Infor Ming.le or another Windows client frame.


Field/Option	Description
Message Type	Specify a message type: sendMessageToContainer sends the message to the child Windows client frame. The JSON message (which does not actually have to be JSON in this case) is passed to the child frame without parsing and is handled by the StdWebContainerMessageReceived event handler in the child frame's form. openForm tells the child frame to open a new form after closing any form currently open in the frame. The JSON message sends a "parameter" that contains the same parameters that are used when you launch a form through a URL. After the form is opened, you can use a "sendMessageToContainer" request to manipulate the form. refreshForm allows a currently opened form to be refreshed with a new filter. registerMessageHandler allows a user to register and monitor for messages that are sent through the Workspaces proxy. If using this message type, the JSON Message field takes a comma delimited list of messages you want to monitor for. When you monitor for a message, typically you would then use the StdWebContainerMessageReceived event handler and check the StdWebPageMessageContext form variable for that message type and StdWebPageMessageData for the data. (other) If you specify a message type that is not known to the Windows client application, it is by default sent to the web page container which is expected to be Infor Ming.le. The JSON message format is defined by Infor Ming.le or context applications hosted within Infor Ming.le. Each property must be surrounded by quotation marks.
JSON Message	Use this field to create the actual message to be sent (not necessarily JSON). The message format is defined by the message type, as described above.

Examples

Launch a form in the child frame: This example uses the openForm message type to open the Item Stockroom Locations form in the child frame, with the filter based on the current form's Item property, and refreshes the form with that filter. The JSON message specifies these parameters:


{
  "parameters": "ItemStockroomLocations(FILTER(Item=FP(Item))
              SETVARVALUES(InitialCommand=Refresh))"
}

Refresh a filter: This example uses the refreshForm message type to refresh the filter in the child frame from the previous example.

The JSON message specifies these parameters:


{
  "filter": "Item=FP(Item)",
              "form":"ItemStockroomLocations"
}

Send a message to Infor OS: This example sends a currency value, along with the base and target currency, from Windows client to Infor OS for currency conversion.

In this example, the Message Type is set to currencyExchange, which is not a message type known to Windows client. It is a message type supported by Infor OS. The JSON message format is also defined by Infor OS:


{
  "baseCurrency": "USD",
        "baseValue": "V(currencyValue)",
        "targetCurrency": "JPY"
}