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Automated Seaside Interface To A VisualWorks and GemStone Application Framework - Bob Nemec

This document describes a Seaside builder that provides a web interface to existing views in a legacy Smalltalk application with minimal effort. The builder reads window specification metadata to generate Seaside components that replicate the existing user interface. It handles component layout and positioning based on the specifications. This allows exposing views in the legacy application to the web without having to reimplement them.

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Automated Seaside Interface To A VisualWorks and GemStone Application Framework - Bob Nemec

This document describes a Seaside builder that provides a web interface to existing views in a legacy Smalltalk application with minimal effort. The builder reads window specification metadata to generate Seaside components that replicate the existing user interface. It handles component layout and positioning based on the specifications. This allows exposing views in the legacy application to the web without having to reimplement them.

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Seaside Interface to

Legacy Smalltalk App


Bob Nemec
Cherniak Software

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Requirements
Provide a web based interface to existing
VW views with minimal additional effort
by the domain developer.

A web interface for free.

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A Seaside builder
This is not a general solution
It uses framework meta data to build Seaside
components

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Builder
Reads the window spec identified by the meta data
Creates a ‘widget component’ for each type of widget
Each component has the widget’s window spec details
Framework metadata defines widget behavior

Button Notebook
Check box Radio button
Combo box List
Divider Subcanvas
Group box Table
Input field Text editor
Label

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Container
Layout the generated components using the size and
position information in the window spec

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Component layout
Add to new line

Add to a group box

Add to same line

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Component layout

Add tall component

Add to tall row

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Widget position and size
Added convenience methods to Array
#specElementAfter:
#specElementAfter:ifAbsent:
Extract origin and corner as offset from parent
Translate proportional values to fixed points

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Adjustments
It’s easier to have a small adjustment than to make the
layout code perfect

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Dialog prompts
Semaphore handoff to forked process

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Reporting Print preview in VW client

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Reporting Print preview in browser

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Reporting
Write output to a Pixmap
Render result in lightbox

image := pixmap asGif.


…
image gifBytes seasideMimeDocument
mimeType: Seaside.WAMimeType imageGif

Full report would be printed to a PDF

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Mobile devices
Simplified views will be used for mobile devices
Flag is set on launcher entries and window specs

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Diagnostic tools
Window spec view – build window spec from components

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Load balancing
A dispatcher image uses OpenTalk to find idle client
image
A cookie with port number & millisecond clock value is
used to bind session to client image

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Dispatcher

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Client portals
Using both domain and coded Seaside components

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More Seaside
Issue Library
Patch Manager
MediaWiki content
IVR VXML server
iCal server
XML data for MS Office

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Issue Library

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Patch Manager

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MediaWiki content

{{#webservice:cslx4.cherniaksoftware.com:48197
/Issues?wiki=problems:summary| %//div%}}

{{#webservice:cslx4.cherniaksoftware.com:48197
/Issues?wiki=sidebar| %//div%}}
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IVR VXML Server

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Next steps
Lots of javascript
Mobile devices
Integration with client web sites

Thank you to everyone that has contributed to Seaside

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