FormEvents  - AS3 ADEP Workspace

Package	lc.procmgmt.events
Class	public class FormEvents
Inheritance	FormEvents Object

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Document Services - Workspace 9

Runtime Versions:

AIR (unsupported), Flash Player 9, Flash Player 10

The FormEvents class contains the constants for the event types used to communicate between an application built with Flex (Flex application) and Workspace. Unless otherwise indicated, the event class for the event is flash.event.Event.

Communication between the Flex application you create and Workspace occurs when events are dispatched to the sharedEvents.EventDispatcher property on the LoaderInfo object of the Flex application you are creating. For example, to emit an event to Workspace, your Flex application would do the following:

	     systemManager.loaderInfo.sharedEvents.dispatchEvent(new Event(FormEvents.FORM_DATA_INVALID));
	 

The FormConnector class can also be used to simplify event handling between a Flex application and Workspace.

The following numbered list is the general sequence of events that occurs between the Flex application you create and Workspace:

1. The Flex application you create is loaded by Workspace. A setReady event is dispatched after the Flex application application is finished loading.
2. Workspace dispatches a formInitialData event to the Flex application with the initial data. If there is no initial data, the event will be a value of null or an empty space for the data property.
3. The Flex application must either dispatch events of type formDataValid and formDataInvalid as the data changes from one state to the other or emit a single formDataValid event. Workspace may not allow the user to click the Complete button to submit data after a formDataValid event is received. If validation cannot be peformed as the Flex application runs due to performance reasons, a formDataValid event may be emitted in response to the formInitialData event. After a Flex application receives a formSubmitDataRequest event from Workspace, the Flex application must validate the data and then dispatch a formSubmitData event or a formSubmitDataInvalid event
4. The Flex form can dispatch formClean and formDirty events if the Flex application tracks the status of the data. Workspace will use the events to determine whether the user should be prompted to save their data.
5. Workspace dispatches a formSaveDataRequest event when the user chooses to save their draft (incomplete) data.
6. In response to the formSaveDataRequest event, the Flex application must dispatch a formSaveData event with the data as XML.
7. Workspace dispatches a formSubmitDataRequest event when the user chooses to submit their (completed) data.
8. In response to the formSubmitDataRequest event, the Flex application must dispatch either a formSubmitData event with the valid form data or a formSubmitDataInvalid event, which indicates that validation failed and the data is not in a valid state to be submitted.
9. After Workspace receives a formSubmitData event in response to the formSubmitDataRequest event, it will unload the Flex application.

The following events must be supported by the Flex application for it to function within Workspace:

• FormDataEvent.INITIAL_FORM_DATA
• FormDataEvent.SAVE_FORM_DATA
• FormDataEvent.SUBMIT_FORM_DATA

The following events must be sent by the Flex application to Workspace:

• FormDataEvent.FORM_READY
• FormDataEvent.FORM_DATA_VALID
• FormDataEvent.FORM_DATA_INVALID
• FormDataEvent.FORM_CLEAN
• FormDataEvent.FORM_DIRTY

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