Trigger a re-calculation of EventCustomizer in a Timeline

[mathias]

Hello!

Usecase:
I have a timeline that has users for lanes, and various records for events. I have various formatting rules related to the events based on the data in the records.

I would like to basically have the eventcustomizer re-evaluated for every event in the timeline, (and have it redraw of course) when some stuff changes outside the timeline.

I am now using

timeline.getSelectedView().rebuild();

, and while that does work, it also triggers a re-fetch from the server, which i'm trying to avoid (might be several thousand rows). I know that the data hasn't changed on the server, so i don't want to re-fetch it.

Is there a way to accomplish this?

Cheers

[Isomorphic]

There are two ways to do this, but neither was doc'd for SmartGWT:

1) rebuild() has a param, refreshData, which can be passed as false - this is still more expensive than the alternative, which is

2) there's a method, view.refreshEvents(), which basically does exactly what you want, but wasn't public

We've exposed both for tomorrow's builds, dated January 13 or later (may even make today's build, in this case) - if you want to test the fix in the meantime, and if you know JSNI, you can use that to call rebuild(false) or refreshEvents() in JS.

[mathias]

That's great!

For context, the use cases are among these:
-Users can filter out events that are not in the weekend, or some other application-specific setting outside of the events themselves.
-Users can choose a different color for recurring events
etc.

[mathias]

Hi there, i've tried over the last two days to get the nightly via maven to no avail. So tried some more days, and from what i can see, the last build i can get via Maven for 13.0d is from 2022-01-01. Just wanted to give a heads up in case there's something wrong the the file server.

[mathias]

Hello, i'll answer my own question above i guess.

I did find a build for 13.1 from the 17:th, but still there's no build for 13.0d since January 1. Is it that when you start on a new point release (13.1d), you stop releasing nightlies for the previous point release?

Regarding the refreshEvents(), i can confirm that it's there now and that it works majestically for me. Thanks.

[Blama]

Hi mathias,

since beginning of the year 13.0p is out. I have a "Distill Web Monitor" 1-hour check on https://www.smartclient.com/builds/SmartGWT/12.0p/LGPL (you can choose another version) so that I get notified in my browser if there is a new version out.

Best regards
Blama

[mathias]

Haha i suppose i don't visit smartclient.com often enough :) Had totally missed that, i blame it on the holidays.

Thanks for the heads-up mate.

[Blama]

Hi mathias,

I also get the SmartClient newsletter I think whenever a new blog post comes out. I'm not sure where to sign up for this ( Isomorphic ?), but here there is a "Notify me about Isomorphic Software product releases, events, and news." box. Would also not have noticed quickly otherwise.

Best regards
Blama

[mathias]

Thanks, smart.