http://xtrahot.chili-mango.net PeopleSoft geek :: Web development enthusiast Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:18:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lately, I've been using the MsgGetText() built-in function to concatenate adhoc strings in PeopleCode. For example, instead of the following: Local string &TEXTLINE = "Value of " | &fld1name | " is " | &fld1value | "."; Using MsgGetText, it can be re-written as follows: Local string &TEXTLINE = MsgGetText(0, 0, "Value of ... http://xtrahot.chili-mango.net/2007/08/using-msggettext-to-concatenate-strings/ The following are a couple of I believe not well-known coding standards for PeopleCode that I strictly adhere to. These are something I don't see most people or teams are adapting, but something I really recommend looking into for the benefits that they offer. http://xtrahot.chili-mango.net/2007/08/a-couple-of-must-have-peoplecode-coding-standards/ When I was reading the What's New with Batch Processing in PeopleSoft Enterprise Oracle OpenWorld presentation some time ago, the following slide caught my attention: What are the Problems with AppEngine These programs can be complicated – and for a programmer they’re different Same logic can be used Batch and Online – Really? Different ... http://xtrahot.chili-mango.net/2007/08/set-processing-101/ I often find it neat and helpful to paste syntax-highlighted code listings to my documents and email communications. In addition to the aesthetics, the syntax highlighting allows for more readable code. Of the many powerful text editors out there, PSPad provides a feature for generating syntax-highlighted rich text. http://xtrahot.chili-mango.net/2007/07/prettify-those-code-listings/ If you've been browsing my blog directly, you may have already noticed the PeopleSoft Search link on the site's header. This is simply a Google Custom search engine pointing to sites containing relevant PeopleSoft technical content. This includes mostly forums and blogs. I find this useful when I need to search ... http://xtrahot.chili-mango.net/2007/07/peoplesoft-search/ I've come across the following statement on PeopleBooks (PeopleCode API Reference > Application Classes > When Would You Use Application Classes?). This statement can be found in PeopleBooks for PeopleTools versions 8.45 to 8.49: ... suppose you want to provide a more generic sort, with comparison function at the end of ... http://xtrahot.chili-mango.net/2007/07/peoplecode-array-class-generic-sort/ In PeopleSoft application classes, instance variables are analogous to private variables in most object-oriented languages. This means that instance variables are inaccessible from PeopleCode outside the class where it is declared. I used to assume that a specific object (instance of a class) would only have access to its own ... http://xtrahot.chili-mango.net/2007/07/access-to-instance-variables-within-the-same-class/ My favorite distro, PCLinuxOS, had just released early this week its long anticipated 2007 version. Linux.com has one of the early reviews. Meanwhile, DSWD Bicol is set to adopt this distro. Cool. http://xtrahot.chili-mango.net/2007/05/pclinuxos-2007/ As discussed in the previous post, all actions in a component that eventually require a server trip would invoke %SubmitScriptName for submitting the page. As such, it sometimes provide a convenient point for performing javascript modifications on the page. This is achieved by storing a reference to the original function, and ... http://xtrahot.chili-mango.net/2007/05/overloading-submitscriptname/ In PeopleTools 8.4, %SubmitScriptName is the meta-HTML javascript function used by all PeopleSoft component pages for triggering server-side actions. %SubmitScriptName is translated at run time (i.e., when the page is rendered) to submitAction_win0. It may be related to %FormName as submitAction_%FormName, since %FormName is also translated to win0. I don't ... http://xtrahot.chili-mango.net/2007/05/a-look-at-submitscriptname/