Friday, January 30, 2015

Creating a Flex AIR text editor Part 60

In this tutorial we will add the ability to change the snippets category using the combobox.

Firstly, add a change event listener to the ComboBox, set its handler to a changeCategory() function:

<mx:ComboBox id="categoryCombo" width="240" dataProvider="{categories}" change="changeCategory();" />

This function has to, first of all, extract all the data of the current snippet from the database. When that data is extracted, the snippet has to be removed from the XML and the database. Then, a new snippet with the same everything needs to be added to the new category.

So, to begin, we will check if the user has a snippet selected. If he does, then select the data from the database and call a responder function getSelectedSnippet:

private function changeCategory():void{
if (bSaveSnippet.enabled) {
var stat:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat.sqlConnection = snippetConnection;
stat.text = "SELECT * FROM snippets WHERE id=" + snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@id;
stat.execute(-1, new Responder(getSelectedSnippet));
}
}

The getSelectedSnippet function is supposed to use the data to create a new snippet in the new category after deleting the old one. Luckily, because of our code structure, we can do this in just 2 lines of code:

private function getSelectedSnippet(evt:SQLResult):void {
deleteSnippet();
addSnippet(evt.data[0].label, evt.data[0].snippetText);
}

The code removes the selected item and then just adds one with the provided data.

Now, lets make it so that when the user selects a category, the combobox is set to the category too, making it easier to, for example, add snippets to a certain category.

Add this line in selectTree() in the part of the code which is executed if the user selects a category:

categoryCombo.selectedIndex = Number(snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryPosition) + 1;

Making the full selectTree() function look like this:

private function selectTree():void {
bSaveSnippet.enabled = false;
bDeleteSnippet.enabled = false;
bSaveCategory.enabled = false;
bDeleteCategory.enabled = false;
upCategory.enabled = false;
downCategory.enabled = false;
upSnippet.enabled = false;
downSnippet.enabled = false;

if (snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@isBranch == true) {
bSaveCategory.enabled = true;
bDeleteCategory.enabled = true;
upCategory.enabled = canCategoryUp();
downCategory.enabled = canCategoryDown();
newCategoryInput.text = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@label;
categoryCombo.selectedIndex = Number(snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryPosition) + 1;
} else {
bSaveSnippet.enabled = true;
bDeleteSnippet.enabled = true;
upSnippet.enabled = canSnippetUp();
downSnippet.enabled = canSnippetDown();
categoryCombo.selectedIndex = treeData.category.(@id == snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryID).@categoryPosition + 1;
if (snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryID == -1) {
categoryCombo.selectedIndex = 0;
}
var stat:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat.sqlConnection = snippetConnection;
stat.text = "SELECT snippetText FROM snippets WHERE id=" + snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@id;
stat.execute( -1, new Responder(loadSnippetText));
}
}

Well also need to update addcategoryXML() function, specifically - change the order of the last two lines of the function - put updateCategoryCombo() ahead of selectTree(). This will ensure that the new category will be selected on creation.

private function addCategoryXML(evt:SQLResult):void {
if (treeData.category.length() == 0 && treeData..snippet.length() == 0) {
treeData = new XMLList(<root></root>);
}
var aCategory:XML = <category/>;
aCategory.@id = evt.lastInsertRowID;
aCategory.@label = newCategoryInput.text;
aCategory.@categoryPosition = treeData.category.length();
aCategory.@isBranch = true;
if(treeData.category.length()>0){
var prevLastCategory:XML = treeData.category[treeData.category.length()-1];
treeData[0].insertChildAfter(prevLastCategory, aCategory);
} else
if(treeData[0].snippet.length()>0){
var firstSnippet:XML = treeData[0].snippet[0];
treeData[0].insertChildBefore(firstSnippet, aCategory);
} else {
treeData[0].appendChild(aCategory);
}
snippetManageTree.selectedItem = aCategory;
updateCategoryCombo();
selectTree();
}

Full SnippetWindow.mxml code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Window xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" 
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" 
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
xmlns:custom="*"
title="Snippet management" type="utility" width="500" height="730"
creationComplete="init();" showStatusBar="false" alwaysInFront="true" resizable="false" backgroundColor="#dddddd">

<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import flash.data.SQLConnection;
import flash.data.SQLResult;
import flash.data.SQLStatement;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.net.Responder;
import mx.controls.Alert;

[Bindable]
public var treeData:XMLList;
private var snippetConnection:SQLConnection;
private var categoryConnection:SQLConnection;
[Bindable]
private var categories:Array = [];

private function init():void{
this.addEventListener(Event.CLOSING, onClose);
}

private function onClose(evt:Event):void {
this.visible = false;
evt.preventDefault();
}

public function setValues(xmlData:XMLList, conn1:SQLConnection, conn2:SQLConnection, createNewOnStart:Boolean = false, newText:String = ""):void {
snippetConnection = conn1;
categoryConnection = conn2;
treeData = xmlData;
newTextInput.text = newText;
newNameInput.text = "New snippet name here";
if (newText=="") {
newTextInput.text = "New snippet text here";
}
updateCategoryCombo();
}

private function addSnippet(name:String, text:String):void{
if (name != "" && text != "") {
var stat:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat.sqlConnection = snippetConnection;
stat.text = "INSERT INTO snippets (snippetName, snippetText, categoryID, snippetPosition) VALUES (@snippetName, @snippetText, @categoryID, @snippetPosition);"
stat.parameters["@snippetName"] = name;
stat.parameters["@snippetText"] = text;
stat.parameters["@categoryID"] = categoryCombo.selectedItem.ind;
stat.parameters["@snippetPosition"] = totalItemsIn(categoryCombo.selectedItem.ind);
stat.execute(-1, new Responder(addSnippetXML));
}else {
Alert.show("The name and text of the snippet must not be blank!","Oops!");
}
}

private function addSnippetXML(evt:SQLResult):void {
if (treeData.category.length() == 0 && treeData..snippet.length() == 0) {
treeData = new XMLList(<root></root>);
}
var aSnippet:XML = <snippet/>;
aSnippet.@id = evt.lastInsertRowID;
aSnippet.@label = newNameInput.text;
aSnippet.@categoryID = categoryCombo.selectedItem.ind;
aSnippet.@snippetPosition = totalItemsIn(categoryCombo.selectedItem.ind);
aSnippet.@isBranch = false;
if(aSnippet.@categoryID!=-1){
treeData.category.(@id == categoryCombo.selectedItem.ind).appendChild(aSnippet);
}else {
treeData[0].appendChild(aSnippet);
}
}

private function addCategory(name:String):void {
if (name != "") {
var stat:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat.sqlConnection = categoryConnection;
stat.text = "INSERT INTO categories (categoryName, categoryPosition) VALUES (@categoryName, @categoryPosition);"
stat.parameters["@categoryName"] = name;
stat.parameters["@categoryPosition"] = treeData.category.length();
stat.execute(-1, new Responder(addCategoryXML));
}else {
Alert.show("The name of the category must not be blank!","Oops!");
}
}

private function addCategoryXML(evt:SQLResult):void {
if (treeData.category.length() == 0 && treeData..snippet.length() == 0) {
treeData = new XMLList(<root></root>);
}
var aCategory:XML = <category/>;
aCategory.@id = evt.lastInsertRowID;
aCategory.@label = newCategoryInput.text;
aCategory.@categoryPosition = treeData.category.length();
aCategory.@isBranch = true;
if(treeData.category.length()>0){
var prevLastCategory:XML = treeData.category[treeData.category.length()-1];
treeData[0].insertChildAfter(prevLastCategory, aCategory);
} else
if(treeData[0].snippet.length()>0){
var firstSnippet:XML = treeData[0].snippet[0];
treeData[0].insertChildBefore(firstSnippet, aCategory);
} else {
treeData[0].appendChild(aCategory);
}
snippetManageTree.selectedItem = aCategory;
updateCategoryCombo();
selectTree();
}

private function updateCategoryCombo():void{
categories = [];
categories.push( { label:"No category", ind: -1 } );
for each (var cat:XML in treeData.category) {
categories.push({label:cat.@label, ind:cat.@id});
}
categoryCombo.selectedIndex = 0;
}

private function totalItemsIn(id:int):int {
var toRet:int;
if(id>=0){
toRet = treeData.category.(@id == id).children().length();
}
if (id == -1) {
toRet = treeData.snippet.length();
}
return toRet;
}

private function selectTree():void {
bSaveSnippet.enabled = false;
bDeleteSnippet.enabled = false;
bSaveCategory.enabled = false;
bDeleteCategory.enabled = false;
upCategory.enabled = false;
downCategory.enabled = false;
upSnippet.enabled = false;
downSnippet.enabled = false;

if (snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@isBranch == true) {
bSaveCategory.enabled = true;
bDeleteCategory.enabled = true;
upCategory.enabled = canCategoryUp();
downCategory.enabled = canCategoryDown();
newCategoryInput.text = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@label;
categoryCombo.selectedIndex = Number(snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryPosition) + 1;
} else {
bSaveSnippet.enabled = true;
bDeleteSnippet.enabled = true;
upSnippet.enabled = canSnippetUp();
downSnippet.enabled = canSnippetDown();
categoryCombo.selectedIndex = treeData.category.(@id == snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryID).@categoryPosition + 1;
if (snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryID == -1) {
categoryCombo.selectedIndex = 0;
}
var stat:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat.sqlConnection = snippetConnection;
stat.text = "SELECT snippetText FROM snippets WHERE id=" + snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@id;
stat.execute( -1, new Responder(loadSnippetText));
}
}

private function loadSnippetText(evt:SQLResult):void{
newNameInput.text = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@label;
newTextInput.text = evt.data[0].snippetText;
}

private function canCategoryUp():Boolean {
var toRet:Boolean = true;
if (snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryPosition == 0) {
toRet = false;
}
return toRet;
}

private function canCategoryDown():Boolean {
var toRet:Boolean = true;
if (snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryPosition == (treeData.category.length()-1)) {
toRet = false;
}
return toRet;
}

private function canSnippetUp():Boolean {
var toRet:Boolean = true;
if (snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@snippetPosition == 0) {
toRet = false;
}
return toRet;
}

private function canSnippetDown():Boolean {
var toRet:Boolean = true;
if (snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryID != -1 && snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@snippetPosition == (treeData.category.(@id == snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryID).children().length()-1)) {
toRet = false;
}
if (snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@snippetPosition == (treeData.snippet.length()-1)) {
toRet = false;
}
return toRet;
}

private function categoryMove(dir:String):void{
var currentPos:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryPosition;
var currentId:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@id;
var newPos:int = (dir=="up")?(currentPos - 1):(currentPos + 1);

// Databases:

// Set the above categorys position to current one
var stat:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat.sqlConnection = categoryConnection;
stat.text = "UPDATE categories SET categoryPosition=@currentPos WHERE categoryPosition=@newPos"
stat.parameters["@newPos"] = newPos;
stat.parameters["@currentPos"] = currentPos;
stat.execute();

// Set the current categorys position to the one above
var stat2:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat2.sqlConnection = categoryConnection;
stat2.text = "UPDATE categories SET categoryPosition=@newPos WHERE id=@currentId"
stat2.parameters["@newPos"] = newPos;
stat2.parameters["@currentId"] = currentId;
stat2.execute();

// XML:

var copy:XML = treeData.category[currentPos].copy();
delete treeData.category[currentPos];
if(dir=="up"){
treeData.insertChildBefore(treeData.category[newPos], copy);
}else {
treeData.insertChildAfter(treeData.category[currentPos], copy);
}
copy.@categoryPosition = newPos;
treeData.category[currentPos].@categoryPosition = currentPos;
snippetManageTree.selectedItem = copy;
selectTree();
}

private function snippetMove(dir:String):void{
var currentPos:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@snippetPosition;
var currentId:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@id;
var newPos:int = (dir == "up")?(currentPos - 1):(currentPos + 1);
var currentCategoryID:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryID;
var currentCategoryPos:int = NaN;

if (currentCategoryID != -1) {
currentCategoryPos = treeData.category.(@id == currentCategoryID).@categoryPosition;
}

// Databases:

// Set the above categorys position to current one
var stat:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat.sqlConnection = snippetConnection;
stat.text = "UPDATE snippets SET snippetPosition=@currentPos WHERE snippetPosition=@newPos"
stat.parameters["@newPos"] = newPos;
stat.parameters["@currentPos"] = currentPos;
stat.execute();

// Set the current categorys position to the one above
var stat2:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat2.sqlConnection = snippetConnection;
stat2.text = "UPDATE snippets SET snippetPosition=@newPos WHERE id=@currentId"
stat2.parameters["@newPos"] = newPos;
stat2.parameters["@currentId"] = currentId;
stat2.execute();

// XML:

var copy:XML = new XML();

if(currentCategoryID != -1){
copy = treeData.category[currentCategoryPos].snippet[currentPos].copy();
delete treeData.category[currentCategoryPos].snippet[currentPos];
if(dir=="up"){
treeData.category[currentCategoryPos].insertChildBefore(treeData.category[currentCategoryPos].snippet[newPos], copy);
}else {
treeData.category[currentCategoryPos].insertChildAfter(treeData.category[currentCategoryPos].snippet[currentPos], copy);
}
copy.@snippetPosition = newPos;
treeData.category[currentCategoryPos].snippet[currentPos].@snippetPosition = currentPos;
}

if(currentCategoryID == -1){
copy = treeData.snippet[currentPos].copy();
delete treeData.snippet[currentPos];
if(dir=="up"){
treeData.insertChildBefore(treeData.snippet[newPos], copy);
}else {
treeData.insertChildAfter(treeData.snippet[currentPos], copy);
}
copy.@snippetPosition = newPos;
treeData.snippet[currentPos].@snippetPosition = currentPos;
}

snippetManageTree.selectedItem = copy;
selectTree();
}

private function saveCategory():void {
var currentID:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@id;

var stat:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat.sqlConnection = categoryConnection;
stat.text = "UPDATE categories SET categoryName=@categoryName WHERE id=" + currentID;
stat.parameters["@categoryName"] = newCategoryInput.text;
stat.execute();

treeData.category[snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryPosition].@label = newCategoryInput.text;
updateCategoryCombo();
}

private function saveSnippet():void {
var currentID:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@id;

var stat:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat.sqlConnection = snippetConnection;
stat.text = "UPDATE snippets SET snippetName=@snippetName, snippetText=@snippetText WHERE id=" + currentID;
stat.parameters["@snippetName"] = newNameInput.text;
stat.parameters["@snippetText"] = newTextInput.text;
stat.execute();

var currentPos:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@snippetPosition;
var currentCategoryID:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryID;
var currentCategoryPos:int;

if (currentCategoryID != -1) {
currentCategoryPos = treeData.category.(@id == currentCategoryID).@categoryPosition;
treeData.category[currentCategoryPos].snippet[currentPos].@label = newNameInput.text;
}else {
treeData.snippet[currentPos].@label = newNameInput.text;
}

}

private function deleteSnippet():void {
var currentPos:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@snippetPosition;
var currentId:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@id;
var currentCategoryID:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryID;
var currentCategoryPos:int = NaN;

if (currentCategoryID != -1) {
currentCategoryPos = treeData.category.(@id == currentCategoryID).@categoryPosition;
}
var totalSnippetsBelow:int;

// Delete from the SQL database
var stat:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat.sqlConnection = snippetConnection;
stat.text = "DELETE FROM snippets WHERE id=" + currentId;
stat.execute();

// If in a category:
if (currentCategoryID != -1) {

// Delete from the XML
delete treeData.category[currentCategoryPos].snippet[currentPos];

// Increase snippetPosition of all snippets below
totalSnippetsBelow = treeData.category[currentCategoryPos].children().length() - currentPos;

for (var i:int = 0; i < totalSnippetsBelow; i++) {
treeData.category[currentCategoryPos].snippet[currentPos + i].@snippetPosition = currentPos + i;

var snipStat1:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
snipStat1.sqlConnection = snippetConnection;
snipStat1.text = "UPDATE snippets SET snippetPosition=@snippetPosition WHERE snippetPosition=" + (currentPos + i);
snipStat1.parameters["@snippetPosition"] = currentPos + i - 1;
snipStat1.execute();
}

}

// If in a root tags:
if (currentCategoryID == -1) {

// Delete from the XML
delete treeData.snippet[currentPos];

// Increase snippetPosition of all snippets below
totalSnippetsBelow = treeData.snippet.length() - currentPos;

for (var u:int = 0; u < totalSnippetsBelow; u++) {
treeData.snippet[currentPos + u].@snippetPosition = currentPos + u;

var snipStat2:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
snipStat2.sqlConnection = snippetConnection;
snipStat2.text = "UPDATE snippets SET snippetPosition=@snippetPosition WHERE snippetPosition=" + (currentPos + u);
snipStat2.parameters["@snippetPosition"] = currentPos + u - 1;
snipStat2.execute();
}

}

// Disable all selection enabled components

bSaveSnippet.enabled = false;
bDeleteSnippet.enabled = false;
bSaveCategory.enabled = false;
bDeleteCategory.enabled = false;
upCategory.enabled = false;
downCategory.enabled = false;
upSnippet.enabled = false;
downSnippet.enabled = false;
}

private function deleteCategory():void {
var currentID:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@id;
var currentPos:int = snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@categoryPosition;
var totalCategoriesBelow:int;

// Delete category from database

var stat:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat.sqlConnection = categoryConnection;
stat.text = "DELETE FROM categories WHERE id=" + currentID;
stat.execute();

// Delete all snippets belonging to this category

var stat2:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat2.sqlConnection = snippetConnection;
stat2.text = "DELETE FROM snippets WHERE categoryID=" + currentID;
stat2.execute();

// Delete from the xml

delete treeData.category[currentPos];

// Increase categoryPosition of all categories below
totalCategoriesBelow = treeData.category.length() - currentPos;

for (var i:int = 0; i < totalCategoriesBelow; i++) {
treeData.category[currentPos + i].@categoryPosition = currentPos + i;

var stat3:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat3.sqlConnection = categoryConnection;
stat3.text = "UPDATE categories SET categoryPosition=@categoryPosition WHERE categoryPosition=" + (currentPos + i);
stat3.parameters["@categoryPosition"] = currentPos + i - 1;
stat3.execute();
}

// Disable all selection enabled components

bSaveSnippet.enabled = false;
bDeleteSnippet.enabled = false;
bSaveCategory.enabled = false;
bDeleteCategory.enabled = false;
upCategory.enabled = false;
downCategory.enabled = false;
upSnippet.enabled = false;
downSnippet.enabled = false;
}

private function changeCategory():void{
if (bSaveSnippet.enabled) {
var stat:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
stat.sqlConnection = snippetConnection;
stat.text = "SELECT * FROM snippets WHERE id=" + snippetManageTree.selectedItem.@id;
stat.execute(-1, new Responder(getSelectedSnippet));
}
}

private function getSelectedSnippet(evt:SQLResult):void {
deleteSnippet();
addSnippet(evt.data[0].label, evt.data[0].snippetText);
}
]]>
</fx:Script>

<s:VGroup paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5" paddingTop="5" paddingBottom="5">
<s:Label text="Snippet creation and management: " />
<s:HGroup>
<s:TextInput id="newNameInput" text="New snippet name" width="240" />
<mx:ComboBox id="categoryCombo" width="240" dataProvider="{categories}" change="changeCategory();" />
</s:HGroup>
<s:TextArea id="newTextInput" width="490" height="200" text="Snippet text" />
<s:HGroup>
<s:Button id="bAddSnippet" label="Add snippet" click="addSnippet(newNameInput.text, newTextInput.text);" />
<s:Button id="bSaveSnippet" label="Save changes" enabled="false" />
<s:Button id="bDeleteSnippet" label="Delete snippet"  enabled="false" click="deleteSnippet();" />
<custom:IconButton id="upSnippet" icon="@Embed(../lib/arrow_up.png)" toolTip="Move up" enabled="false" click="snippetMove(up);" />
<custom:IconButton id="downSnippet" icon="@Embed(../lib/arrow_down.png)" toolTip="Move down" enabled="false" click="snippetMove(down);" />
</s:HGroup>

<s:Label text="" />

<s:Label text="Category creation and management: " />
<s:TextInput id="newCategoryInput" text="New category name" width="490" />
<s:HGroup>
<s:Button id="bAddCategory" label="Add category" click="addCategory(newCategoryInput.text);"/>
<s:Button id="bSaveCategory" label="Save changes" enabled="false" click="saveCategory();" />
<s:Button id="bDeleteCategory" label="Delete category with its contents" enabled="false" click="deleteCategory();" />
<custom:IconButton id="upCategory" icon="@Embed(../lib/arrow_up.png)" toolTip="Move up" enabled="false" click="categoryMove(up);" />
<custom:IconButton id="downCategory" icon="@Embed(../lib/arrow_down.png)" toolTip="Move down" enabled="false" click="categoryMove(down);" />
</s:HGroup>

<s:Label text="" />

<mx:Tree id="snippetManageTree" dataProvider="{treeData}" width="490" height="300" showRoot="false" labelField="@label" itemClick="selectTree();" />
</s:VGroup>

</mx:Window>

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