Extensions: Display and Get Data from Users

Extension have different way to display and get data from users.

Displaying information

• addMessage functions 
  • This will display the information in the same pop-up dialog used in Banana Accounting.
  • The message is also available in the Message window.
  • The function is available from this objects types.
    Application, Document, Table, Row.
• Banana.Console
  • Let the developer output information to the Debug windows.
  • See Debugging.
• The Banana.Ui method to display data, like:
  • showText()
    Show the given text in a dialog with the given title.
• Banana.Report class
  Let you create reports, preview, print and export to pdf or other formats.

Getting information from users

The Banana.Ui class offers methods to display get data from users.

• Questions
  • showQuestion()
    how the user a question dialog with Yes and No buttons.
• Getting simple data (for example):
  • getText()
    Show the user a dialog asking to insert a text.
  • getDouble()
    Show the user a dialog asking to insert a double.
  • getItem()
    Show the user a combo box dialog asking to select an item from a list. 
• Structured date entry dialog:
  • The openPropertyEditor() 
    function create a structured dialog for entering data. 
    See: Dialog PropertyEditor Page. 
• Custom Dialogs
  • Banana.Ui.Widget

Creating Widgets

With QT Creator you can design any kind of widget and use it in the extension to visualize o get data from the user.

• Banana.Ui.Widget

For simple interactions with the user you can use the predefined dialogs of the class Banana.Ui. With those dialogs you can ask the user to insert a value, answer a question, or