IBM Workplace Forms: Guide to Building and Integrating a Sample Workplace Forms Application

190 IBM Workplace Forms: Guide to Building and Integrating a Sample Workplace Forms Application

5.5 Adjustments to JSPs for Stage 2

In this section we explain some adjustments to the JSPs for Stage 2.

5.5.1 Where we are in the process: Building Stage 2 of the base scenario

Figure 5-7 is intended to provide an overview of where we are within the key steps involved to

build Stage 2 of the base scenario. This focuses on adding storage capabilities to DB2,

incorporating Web services, modifying the JSPs, and adding an approval workflow.

Figure 5-7 Overview of major steps involved in building Stage 2 of base scenario application

5.5.2 Modifying the index.jsp

There are two additional buttons that you will need to add to the index.jsp in order to connect

to DB2:

1. All Orders (DB2): This button submits a request to the

db2listing.jsp, which returns all the

orders in the DB2 database.

2. My Orders (DB2): This button submits a request to the

db2listing.jsp, which returns only

the orders of the user making the request in the DB2 database.

-Creating tables

-Populating

tables

-Form pre-

population

-Extraction of

form data

-Reading form

data from DB2

DB2 / Data

Storage

1

2

3

Servlet

Access to

Forms

Building the Base Scenario – Stage 2

Web

Services

-Common

scenario for

web services

in forms

-Web Service

Development

-Web Service

Runtime

-Modifying

index1.jsp

-Creating

JSP to view

DB2 data

4

Adjustments

to JSPs

-Importing

WSDL file

-Calling Web

Services

5

Form pre-

population w/

Web

Services

6

Approval

Workflow

-Designing

-Workflow

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Figure 5-8 shows what the final JSP is going to look like.

Figure 5-8 index.jsp

These are the steps to add these buttons:

1. Open

index.jsp using your application development tool.

2. In the HTML for the Forms Access button table, add the code shown in Example 5-27.

Example 5-27 Code to add the DB2 buttons

<TR>

<TD>

<FORM method=get action="db2listing.jsp">

<INPUT type="submit" value="All Orders (DB2)">

</TD>

<TD><FONT size="-2">Use this option to show all DB2 orders</FONT>

</TD>

</FORM>

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<FORM method=get action="SubmissionServlet">

<INPUT type="submit" value="My Orders (DB2)">

<INPUT type="hidden" name=action value="getJSP">

<INPUT type="hidden" name=jsp value="db2listing.jsp">

</TD>

<TD><FONT size="-2">Use this option to show all your orders from DB2</FONT>

</TD>

</FORM>