Purpose
The Code Editor is designed to display and edit the runtime behavior of a single UBIK® object. Technically, it reads the definition of overrideable properties and methods of the context object (directly from the context object if it is of type MetaClass, otherwise it gets the MetaClass of the context object and reads the definition from there).
When using the Code Editor, basic programming skills in Microsoft's C# are certainly beneficial.
 | The Code Editor is probably the most powerful control in UBIK® since it allows to modify the behavior of objects with hardly any limitations. Handle with care! |
Basics
Appearance
Code controls
The control reads the definition from the current context object and displays a code editing box for each eligible property or method, its appearance depending on status of the actual property/method:
| Appearance | Example | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Disabled |  |
The code for this property/method can't be edited |
| Enabled |  |
The code for this property/method is editable |
| Raised caption |  |
There is already custom code for this property/method stored, but is is not editable |
| Raised caption |  |
There is already custom code for this property/method stored and it can be edited |
| Bold caption |  |
The custom code for this property/method was edited but not saved yet |
Captions
Per default, each Code control shows the name of the respective property/method as its caption.
Tooltips
When hovering over the expand/collapse button of a code control, a Tooltip with its code will appear.
Drag & Drop
The Code Editor does not support Drag&Drop operations.
Toolbar
The Code Editor features a toolbar with the following items, from left to right:
| Item | Purpose |
|---|---|
| View Style | Indicates or changes the View Style of the control; changing it will result in reloading of the control |
| Insert code snippet... | Displays a sub menu with predefined UBIK® code snippets; selecting one will insert the respective code at the current caret position |
| Navigate to context object | Attempts to navigate to the current context MetaClass |
| Save | Saves the context object |
| Delete | Deletes the custom code and replaces it with the default code |
This control doesn't feature any context menu yet.
View Styles
The Code Editor has four different View Styles, each of them providing different views and functionality.
Events
In this view mode you can override certain events that are thrown by a UBIK® object. This means that custom code can be executed once the event raises. The following events are currently exposed by UBIK® objects:
| Event | Exposed by | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OnAddedToRelationship | All | event fired when the given object was added as a child to a relation |
| OnAttributeAdded | All | event fired when a new attribute is added to the attribute collection of the given base object |
| OnAttributeChanged | All | event fired when the value of one the own attributes changes |
| OnAttributeValueValidating | All | event fired when the validation of a new attribute value occurs; possibility to block the change |
| OnBeforeDelete | All | event fired when a base object is deleted; possibility to cancel the deletion |
| OnBeforeSave | All | event fired when a base object is saved; possibility to cancel the saving |
| OnContentInvalidated | All | event fired when an instance of the object was set to content invalid |
| OnCreated | All | event fired when a new instance of the object was created |
| OnDeleted | All | event fired when the given object was deleted |
| OnDisposed | All | event fired when an instance of the object was disposed (garbage collection) |
| OnInitializeCompleted | All | event fired when the initialization of the object was successful |
| OnInitializeFailed | All | event fired when the initialization of an object failed => returned false |
| OnNotLongerReferencedBy | All | event fired when an object removes its reference to the given object |
| OnObjectChanged | All | event fired when: PropertyValueChanged, PropertyIndexValueChanged, ReferenceChanged, AttributeChanged, AttributeAdded |
| OnPropertyIdxValueChanged | All | event fired when the value of one of the property objects changes |
| OnPropertyValueChanged | All | event fired when the value of one of the property objects changes; is not fired for references |
| OnPropertyValueIdxValidating | All | event fired when the validation of a new property index value occurs possibility to block the change |
| OnPropertyValueValidating | All | event fired when the validation of a new property value occurs; possibility to block the change |
| OnReferenceChanged | All | event fired when the value of one of the reference property objects changes |
| OnReferencedBy | All | event fired when an object refers to the given object via a reference |
| OnRelationAdded | All | event fired when the given object has got a new relation child |
| OnRelationRemoved | All | event fired when an object was removed as child from a relation |
| OnRemovedFromRelationship | All | event fired when the given object was removed as a child from a relation |
| OnSaved | All | event fired when the given object was saved |
| OnLocalFileDocumentIsAvailable | Document | event fired when the current document is available for local (remote) access. |
| OnLocalFileDocumentNoLongerAvailable | Document | event fired when the current document is no longer available for local (remote) access |
| OnLocalFileDocumentUpdated | Document | event fired when the current document was updated |
Methods
In this view mode you can override certain properties and methods that are exposed by an UBIK® object.
| Name | Kind | Exposed by | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| DisplayString | Property | All | - |
| DisplayStrings | Property | All | - |
| DisplayStringItem | Method | All | - |
| NumberOfDisplayStrings | Method | All | - |
| ToString | Method | All | The string representation of the object; is evaluated in most of the UBIK® Studio controls |
| EvaluateRowCollection | Method | Query | Method to evaluate the base (primary) collection of result items for the current query; this member must be overwritten if the default functionality (using a database query) does not match; every single row item is validated by ValidateSingleRowResult |
| ValidateSingleRowResult | Method | Query | This member is used to validate every single row item that is evaluated in the primary collection with EvaluateRowCollection(); only items where the validation returns true will be part of the Evaluate() collection |
| EvaluateChildrenCollection | Method | View | - |
| EvaluateParentsCollection | Method | View | Method to evaluate the base (primary) collection of parent items for the current view; this member must be overwritten if the default functionality does not match; every single parent item is validated by ValidateSingleParentResult |
| EvaluateRootObjectsCollection | Method | View | Method to evaluate the base (primary) collection of root object items for the current view; this member must be overwritten if the default functionality does not match; every single root item is validated by ValidateSingleRootObject |
| ValidateSingleChildResult | Method | View | This member is used to validate every single child item that is evaluated in the primary collection with EvaluateChildrenCollection(); only items where the validation returns true will be part of the Children collection |
| ValidateSingleParentResult | Method | View | This member is used to validate every single parent item that is evaluated in the primary collection with EvaluateParentsCollection(); only items where the validation returns true will be part of the Parents collection |
| ValidateSingleRootObject | Method | View | This member is used to validate every single root item that is evaluated in the primary collection with EvaluateRootObjectsCollection(); only items where the validation returns true will be part of the root objects collection |
MetaProperties
In this view mode you can modify the code that is executed within the accessors of a UBIK® MetaProperty
 | The Code Editor will not display inherited MetaProperties, but only the ones defined directly at the context object! |
Custom
In this view mode it is possible to store code which is not related to events, methods or MetaProperties but shall still be assembled with a MetaClass or with the entire customizing. Use this if you want to provide a code library or classes that shall be used by your custom event or property/method code.
- Custom Object Code: this code will be assembled into the class code of teh UBIK® MetaClass
- UBIK Code Library: this code will be assembled only once per customizing, and is therefore available across all MetaClasses
Code snippets
Start workflow snippet
This snippet will insert the code to execute a UBIK® workflow synchronously, meaning in the same thread as the rest of the code is executed. So code execution will only continue after the workflow is finished. Example:
Dictionary<string, object> args = new Dictionary<string, object>();
args.Add("UBIKObject", this);
UBIK.WorkflowBase.Invoker.InvokeWorkflow(this.MetaClass.AllWorkflows.Find(p => p.ID == "2bf8f8e9-156d-4914-bd25-fd133148638d"), args);
//*** End of calling UBIK Workflow
This code locates the workflow object at the MetaClass of the object using its UID, loads the declared XAML code and sends it to the invoker. The calling object will be passed as first and only parameter UBIKObject.
| If you need the workflow to be executed conditionally, just wrap the conditions (e.g. and if block around the generated snippet! |