I am trying to implement customizable notifications. The notification itself consists of text and some placeholders for system-generated data:
alt text http://arsds.com/sample.png (http://www.evernote.com/pub/lkurts/public#Note/aab1e6eb-1eaf-4b9d-8cef-6bd499be0bb9)
As you can see the placeholder is in square brackets: [User Name]. For each notification, a number of allowed placeholders exists.
I am trying to figure out the UI way of presenting these placeholders to the user. Here is one example from the "Quickbase' application:
alt text http://arsds.com/QB.png (http://www.evernote.com/pub/lkurts/public#Note/fc0b6f66-f792-406c-9751-b88250d3ef9c)
Are there any established ways of doing this? UI Design Patterns? Maybe some samples of how other applications are dealing with this?
Here's a screenshot from a web-based application we use at my company. The screenshot is the template used for mail sent to job applicants. As you can see it's very similar to your Quickbase screenshot.
Message template http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7295/picture2kss.png
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I want to customize webchat send input field, by adding label tag above the input field and remove the placeholder and add send text instead of icon using react.
Currently, I have tweaked using javascript(Es6)
Unfortunately, at this time, there is no built in feature of Web Chat that allows the developer to alter the send box (beyond hiding / not hiding it). If you feel strongly about this as a feature others could benefit from, I would suggest you present it as a feature request on the BotFramework-WebChat repo. You can do so here.
The method you are using (i.e. altering the DOM directly) is the correct method.
Hope of help!
I am trying to create a survey template in Outlook for the first time. So I created a very basic template which has one question and three radio buttons to choose from. When I use Tools\Forms\Design a Form it looks fine however, when I try and test it by going to File\New\Choose Form and emailing myself a copy I receive my standard message page (nothing like the form I just created!). Can anyone explain what I am doing incorrectly? Thanks!
Quote:
Common email clients share a propensity to distrust forms in email
messages. But they differed greatly in how they handled the intruding
forms.
Because of this I suggest to not use forms in emails as you might not get the expected result.
I need to create a application which receives a lotus note document file . Is it possible to retrieve Lotus notes rich text without using Lotus notes api?
You also can get rich text via http/https, using web API. HTTP task should be turned on to use this method.
Just use a request as follows:
server/databasefilepath/databasename/viewname/selectionkey/richtextitemname?OpenField
This will return you rich text item, transformed into html, that is realy userful.
Yes you can by using Domino XML Language (DXL). This renders an XML style format that you can then work through however it is complex if the user has added lots of bullet points, bolding the odd image etc.
You will have to use CreateDXLExporter() either in your app or rendered via web from a notes agent however once you have built it, each document will be available to you and in fact the entire database.
HTH
If you can't use HTTP task as shiv suggested, you can try this tool by Julian Robichaux http://www.nsftools.com/tips/NotesTips.htm#richtexttohtml.
Notes from the author:
This database has a script library that describes a technique allowing
you to get the contents of a regular Rich Text field as MIME/HTML,
even if that field isn't set to store contents as MIME.
So I dont know what it is called but I am looking for a way to box in the user entered email addresses like they do in hotmail, where any valid email is boxed into that rectangle locked email once it is validated in real time? Also in hotmail they allow you to remove it by clicking the X and edit it by clicking the edit icon. I want to add more features also appart from edit and delete, so I guess I use AJAX for this? I dont know the term for this so not sure how to search for sample code and design patters for this. Any idea on what this is called or sample links with different design patterns?
You mean a facebook-like autocompletion? It uses AJAX (Javascript libraries: Prototype / Scriptacoulous).
Maybe this library is not perfectly suited to your use case, but you definitely need Javascript to do it as soon as the user enters it, but not necessarily AJAX - via javascript you can create input-hidden fields that will get submitted with the rest of the form.
I have data I provide on an http connection that's essentially message information.
I'd like to create an AddOn for Outlook that will consume/interface with that http service as if it were a mail source and display sender, recipient, subject, date etc and then be able to download the actual message and display it.
I envision this service being accessed either via a folder in the left-hand panel. (Uber feature would be if I could drag a message out of this service into the inbox!)
Unfortunately, I don't normally write code on the MS Stack -- I'm a linux guy. So I'm looking for either a follow-the-dots tutorial or an example of something similar. Failing that, I'll hire someone to write this so would love to know the specific skillsets I should be looking for when I contract someone to write it.
EDIT / Additional Thoughts
I have considered changing the web service (or at least creating a middle-man) that spoke IMAP, but only implemented a sub-set of commands (eg, there's no delete or create-folder or move)
One problem with that is that retrieving the actual message needs to be a different opperation (one that has a quota cost to the end user) so I can't just show the message. An option would be to show a "retrieve" button rather than the actual message (I found a great resource here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd542625.aspx for doing something like that) and then having that button do the retrieve and then reload itself. Maybe.
As Pekka says this could turn into a big project .. your description is pretty general and as you know the devil is in the detail ! but there are a number of options ..
you may be able to use Folder.WebViewURL Property of a folder that you have created in outlook and show your app via a web app (you can build that on any tech stack you like)
ok drag and drop may become a little tricky to do.
Outlook forms could also be used. A form can call out to your web service and display what you want. There is some info about form on SO but http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=35 is the best place.
Subclassing .. you can then create your own tree under the outlook tree and display whatever you want in the right hand pane such as grids forms etc. these can interact with the normal outlook folders and you can do your drag and drop though you woudl have to create Outlook Items to display them in the inbox. There is a tutorial on the technique http://www.codeproject.com/KB/office/additional_panel_Outlook.aspx though not doing exactly what you want but the technique is sound.
Next up build your own MAPI Message Store Provider which is probally the hardest thing to do on the list.http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc842153.aspx
As I said your question is no functional spec and there are always many ways to skin the cat but 2 or 3 are probaly where you shoudl look at unless it simple enough just a display a web app.
Marcus
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