Customize UI screens in Ofbiz
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Customize UI screens in Ofbiz
 
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Hi Ofbiz Users,
I'm working on customizing ofbiz as a ERP solution and the requirement comes to having less number fields in most of the screens than what comes out of the box, this requires changes in .ftl files and Forms xml, in the past i have been commenting out the fields that are not required or use access privilege to limit the fields that are being displayed; however this requires merging all these changes when i will be upgrading to the new version; please can you advise what is the best way to handle this, Any pointers appreciated Regards |
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Hi,
As a general practice we don’t modify source files that comes with Apache OFBiz. In case we need to, the changes are maintained in patch file. Here is document on wiki that talks about customization in OFBiz. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Addressing+Custom+Requirements+In+OFBiz In my experience, this is the right way to do it. Thanks and Regards Anil Patel COO Hotwax Media Inc http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/ ApacheCon US 2014 Silver Sponsor http://na.apachecon.com/sponsor/our-sponsors On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Integrin <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi Ofbiz Users, > > I'm working on customizing ofbiz as a ERP solution and the requirement > comes to having less number fields in most of the screens than what comes > out of the box, this requires changes in .ftl files and Forms xml, in the > past i have been commenting out the fields that are not required or use > access privilege to limit the fields that are being displayed; however this > requires merging all these changes when i will be upgrading to the new > version; please can you advise what is the best way to handle this, Any > pointers appreciated > > Regards |
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Hi Integrin
In our company we use the ofbiz addon manager. It keeps things isolated and easy to upgrade. Either way, best practice in my opinion is to isolate framework modification code from your own new code. Regards, Taher Alkhateeb On Jun 20, 2014 5:32 PM, "Anil Patel" <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi, > As a general practice we don’t modify source files that comes with Apache > OFBiz. In case we need to, the changes are maintained in patch file. > > Here is document on wiki that talks about customization in OFBiz. > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Addressing+Custom+Requirements+In+OFBiz > > In my experience, this is the right way to do it. > > Thanks and Regards > Anil Patel > COO > Hotwax Media Inc > http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/ > ApacheCon US 2014 Silver Sponsor > http://na.apachecon.com/sponsor/our-sponsors > > On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Integrin <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > Hi Ofbiz Users, > > > > I'm working on customizing ofbiz as a ERP solution and the requirement > > comes to having less number fields in most of the screens than what comes > > out of the box, this requires changes in .ftl files and Forms xml, in the > > past i have been commenting out the fields that are not required or use > > access privilege to limit the fields that are being displayed; however > this > > requires merging all these changes when i will be upgrading to the new > > version; please can you advise what is the best way to handle this, Any > > pointers appreciated > > > > Regards > > |
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This is good, you can even go further.
Most of the OFBiz parts can be overridden in a hot-deploy component. This prevents you to have even to maintain patches... When you always try to apply this idea you really understand the genius behind OFBiz... Jacques Le 20/06/2014 16:31, Anil Patel a écrit : > Hi, > As a general practice we don’t modify source files that comes with Apache OFBiz. In case we need to, the changes are maintained in patch file. > > Here is document on wiki that talks about customization in OFBiz. > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Addressing+Custom+Requirements+In+OFBiz > > In my experience, this is the right way to do it. > > Thanks and Regards > Anil Patel > COO > Hotwax Media Inc > http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/ > ApacheCon US 2014 Silver Sponsor > http://na.apachecon.com/sponsor/our-sponsors > > On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Integrin <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> Hi Ofbiz Users, >> >> I'm working on customizing ofbiz as a ERP solution and the requirement >> comes to having less number fields in most of the screens than what comes >> out of the box, this requires changes in .ftl files and Forms xml, in the >> past i have been commenting out the fields that are not required or use >> access privilege to limit the fields that are being displayed; however this >> requires merging all these changes when i will be upgrading to the new >> version; please can you advise what is the best way to handle this, Any >> pointers appreciated >> >> Regards > > -- |
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Thanks all the quick responses and Anil for sharing the link it is very
helpful, As i have to change most of the forms/screens to limit the fields, i will create a custom component in hot-deploy by extending the corresponding Ofbiz OOTB component and will keep my customization here. Regards On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Jacques Le Roux < [hidden email]> wrote: > This is good, you can even go further. > Most of the OFBiz parts can be overridden in a hot-deploy component. > This prevents you to have even to maintain patches... > > When you always try to apply this idea you really understand the genius > behind OFBiz... > > Jacques > > Le 20/06/2014 16:31, Anil Patel a écrit : > > Hi, >> As a general practice we don’t modify source files that comes with Apache >> OFBiz. In case we need to, the changes are maintained in patch file. >> >> Here is document on wiki that talks about customization in OFBiz. >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Addressing+Custom+ >> Requirements+In+OFBiz >> >> In my experience, this is the right way to do it. >> >> Thanks and Regards >> Anil Patel >> COO >> Hotwax Media Inc >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/ >> ApacheCon US 2014 Silver Sponsor >> http://na.apachecon.com/sponsor/our-sponsors >> >> On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Integrin <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> Hi Ofbiz Users, >>> >>> I'm working on customizing ofbiz as a ERP solution and the requirement >>> comes to having less number fields in most of the screens than what comes >>> out of the box, this requires changes in .ftl files and Forms xml, in the >>> past i have been commenting out the fields that are not required or use >>> access privilege to limit the fields that are being displayed; however >>> this >>> requires merging all these changes when i will be upgrading to the new >>> version; please can you advise what is the best way to handle this, Any >>> pointers appreciated >>> >>> Regards >>> >> >> >> > -- > |
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Let me just suggest the approach of using "display:none" in a custom CSS
file to suppress display of the screen elements you don't want to see. I don't know if it would actually meet Integrin's requirements. You would not use this approach normally since you have control over the HTML generated, but it looks like it requires little more than spending several hours in Firebug to get the CSS selectors of the screen elements you want to suppress, and somehow registering the extra VT_STYLESHEET with a VisualThemeResource element for all the themes you want to be able to use. Richard. Jacques Le Roux wrote: > This is good, you can even go further. > Most of the OFBiz parts can be overridden in a hot-deploy component. > This prevents you to have even to maintain patches... > > When you always try to apply this idea you really understand the genius > behind OFBiz... > > Jacques > > Le 20/06/2014 16:31, Anil Patel a écrit : >> Hi, >> As a general practice we don’t modify source files that comes with >> Apache OFBiz. In case we need to, the changes are maintained in patch >> file. >> >> Here is document on wiki that talks about customization in OFBiz. >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Addressing+Custom+Requirements+In+OFBiz >> >> >> In my experience, this is the right way to do it. >> >> Thanks and Regards >> Anil Patel >> COO >> Hotwax Media Inc >> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/ >> ApacheCon US 2014 Silver Sponsor >> http://na.apachecon.com/sponsor/our-sponsors >> >> On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Integrin <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ofbiz Users, >>> >>> I'm working on customizing ofbiz as a ERP solution and the requirement >>> comes to having less number fields in most of the screens than what >>> comes >>> out of the box, this requires changes in .ftl files and Forms xml, in >>> the >>> past i have been commenting out the fields that are not required or use >>> access privilege to limit the fields that are being displayed; >>> however this >>> requires merging all these changes when i will be upgrading to the new >>> version; please can you advise what is the best way to handle this, Any >>> pointers appreciated >>> >>> Regards >> >> > |
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Hi Info.integrin,
We, at ORRTIZ.COM, follow the same principle as outlined by Jacques. This ensures that we deliver the best solution possible to each of our clients. Unfortunately, some OOTB can't be made hidden for the average user without major customizations.. My advice: take the latest release available and you are in control. And chances are that most other users of OFBiz will use the same version and you can exchange ideas and issues. Regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Integrin <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi Ofbiz Users, > > I'm working on customizing ofbiz as a ERP solution and the requirement > comes to having less number fields in most of the screens than what comes > out of the box, this requires changes in .ftl files and Forms xml, in the > past i have been commenting out the fields that are not required or use > access privilege to limit the fields that are being displayed; however this > requires merging all these changes when i will be upgrading to the new > version; please can you advise what is the best way to handle this, Any > pointers appreciated > > Regards > |
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Richard,
Adding an additional layer of functionality to hide other functionality might increase performance degradation. Regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Richard Siddall < [hidden email]> wrote: > Let me just suggest the approach of using "display:none" in a custom CSS > file to suppress display of the screen elements you don't want to see. I > don't know if it would actually meet Integrin's requirements. > > You would not use this approach normally since you have control over the > HTML generated, but it looks like it requires little more than spending > several hours in Firebug to get the CSS selectors of the screen elements > you want to suppress, and somehow registering the extra VT_STYLESHEET with > a VisualThemeResource element for all the themes you want to be able to use. > > Richard. > > > Jacques Le Roux wrote: > >> This is good, you can even go further. >> Most of the OFBiz parts can be overridden in a hot-deploy component. >> This prevents you to have even to maintain patches... >> >> When you always try to apply this idea you really understand the genius >> behind OFBiz... >> >> Jacques >> >> Le 20/06/2014 16:31, Anil Patel a écrit : >> >>> Hi, >>> As a general practice we don’t modify source files that comes with >>> Apache OFBiz. In case we need to, the changes are maintained in patch >>> file. >>> >>> Here is document on wiki that talks about customization in OFBiz. >>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Addressing+Custom+ >>> Requirements+In+OFBiz >>> >>> >>> In my experience, this is the right way to do it. >>> >>> Thanks and Regards >>> Anil Patel >>> COO >>> Hotwax Media Inc >>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/ >>> ApacheCon US 2014 Silver Sponsor >>> http://na.apachecon.com/sponsor/our-sponsors >>> >>> On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Integrin <[hidden email]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Ofbiz Users, >>>> >>>> I'm working on customizing ofbiz as a ERP solution and the requirement >>>> comes to having less number fields in most of the screens than what >>>> comes >>>> out of the box, this requires changes in .ftl files and Forms xml, in >>>> the >>>> past i have been commenting out the fields that are not required or use >>>> access privilege to limit the fields that are being displayed; >>>> however this >>>> requires merging all these changes when i will be upgrading to the new >>>> version; please can you advise what is the best way to handle this, Any >>>> pointers appreciated >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > |
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This is great, I followed the instructions in the following references and
able to extend an OOTB component with a custom component, and limit the fields displayed on screen by changing code in my custom component ONLY, Following are the steps, that i had to do to change a ftl file e.g. applications/product/webapp/catalog/main.ftl - Extend a OOTB Ofbiz component (Product) with a custom component in hot-deploy *productcustom* - Update the reference to the screen widget in hot-deploy/*productcustom*/webapp/catalog/WEB-INF/controller.xml, e.g. <!-- View Mappings --> <view-map name="main" type="screen" page="component://*productcustom* /widget/catalog/CommonScreens.xml#main"/> - Update reference to main.ftl in hot-deploy/*productcustom* /widget/catalog/CommonScreens.xml <decorator-section name="body"> <screenlet title="${uiLabelMap.ProductCatalogAdministrationMainPage}"> <platform-specific> <html><html-template location="component:// *productcustom*/webapp/catalog/main.ftl"/></html> </platform-specific> </screenlet> </decorator-section> - Update form main.ftl in hot-deploy/*productcustom*/webapp/catalog/main.ftl to include customizations - Technically the actual change is in main.ftl, however controller.xml and CommonScreens.xml needed to be updates the references to refer main.ftl in custom component - I tried to create the custom component in hot-deploy with the same name as the OOTB component to avoid changing the references in controller.xml and CommonScreens.xml, however that did not work; - As i have lot of screens to be customized, is there a better way to handle this, just to be able change .ftl or <Forms>.xml and avoid changes in controller.xml and <Screens>.xml Regards On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 5:04 AM, Pierre Smits <[hidden email]> wrote: > Richard, > > Adding an additional layer of functionality to hide other functionality > might increase performance degradation. > > Regards, > > Pierre Smits > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > Based Manufacturing, Professional > Services and Retail & Trade > http://www.orrtiz.com > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Richard Siddall < > [hidden email]> wrote: > > > Let me just suggest the approach of using "display:none" in a custom CSS > > file to suppress display of the screen elements you don't want to see. I > > don't know if it would actually meet Integrin's requirements. > > > > You would not use this approach normally since you have control over the > > HTML generated, but it looks like it requires little more than spending > > several hours in Firebug to get the CSS selectors of the screen elements > > you want to suppress, and somehow registering the extra VT_STYLESHEET > with > > a VisualThemeResource element for all the themes you want to be able to > use. > > > > Richard. > > > > > > Jacques Le Roux wrote: > > > >> This is good, you can even go further. > >> Most of the OFBiz parts can be overridden in a hot-deploy component. > >> This prevents you to have even to maintain patches... > >> > >> When you always try to apply this idea you really understand the genius > >> behind OFBiz... > >> > >> Jacques > >> > >> Le 20/06/2014 16:31, Anil Patel a écrit : > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> As a general practice we don’t modify source files that comes with > >>> Apache OFBiz. In case we need to, the changes are maintained in patch > >>> file. > >>> > >>> Here is document on wiki that talks about customization in OFBiz. > >>> > >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Addressing+Custom+ > >>> Requirements+In+OFBiz > >>> > >>> > >>> In my experience, this is the right way to do it. > >>> > >>> Thanks and Regards > >>> Anil Patel > >>> COO > >>> Hotwax Media Inc > >>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/ > >>> ApacheCon US 2014 Silver Sponsor > >>> http://na.apachecon.com/sponsor/our-sponsors > >>> > >>> On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Integrin <[hidden email]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Ofbiz Users, > >>>> > >>>> I'm working on customizing ofbiz as a ERP solution and the requirement > >>>> comes to having less number fields in most of the screens than what > >>>> comes > >>>> out of the box, this requires changes in .ftl files and Forms xml, in > >>>> the > >>>> past i have been commenting out the fields that are not required or > use > >>>> access privilege to limit the fields that are being displayed; > >>>> however this > >>>> requires merging all these changes when i will be upgrading to the new > >>>> version; please can you advise what is the best way to handle this, > Any > >>>> pointers appreciated > >>>> > >>>> Regards > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > |
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