REBOOT! an awesome trick to simulate OnOpen

Do you use OnOpen triggers in your application? Isn’t it a pain to have close and then re-open the app to test them?

I accidentally happened across a very cool technique to simulate the re-opening, and thus re-triggering of the actions. It’s as simple as toggling the WebMode.

  1. Enable WebMode by clicking the button in the tool bar
  2. Click it again to turn it off, and the OnOpen triggers will fire

 

Too easy, huh?!

 

Keep on Qlikin’

Bill

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3 thoughts on “REBOOT! an awesome trick to simulate OnOpen”

  1. Nice tip, Bill! I like these subtle tips. It would be nice to know these time saving tips as Qliktech is not documenting it.

    I found out that you can use Must_include in your include statement to force Qlikview to stop the script, if the include file doesn’t exist. Without the must prefix, Qlikview happily accepts it even in case when file is missing or misspelled.

  2. Hi Bill
    I encountered this ‘feature’ a couple of weeks ago but have to say I find it a bit of a pain from a design point of view. When designing a screen and jumping in and out of webmode to realise how the screen performs it becomes a chore, in my case, of resetting the default sheet deisplayed along with on-open filters which may be applied… I would prefer it didn’t function like this or even better, an option to switch the effect on/off
    Dave

    1. I certainly see your point on this Dave. In practice I don’t find myself toggling in and out of Web Mode often. It’s more likely that I’m doing it towards the end of a build to help ensure things will look good in AJAX … or at least simulate it.

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