Show form on specific time

Question

can I show form in scout on specific date/time?

For example: I have reminders in app. I want to show reminder form on specific time to user.

I know I can use timer in form, but then I need to add that "timer code" to all forms I have in app, so timer can be fired.

Is there another way to add it in one place, not to all forms?

Thanks

Answer 1

Yes, please check the technical guide for Eclipse Scout. In chapter 9, JobManager you should find everything about jobs and also code examples for how to schedule a job.

For your case you must schedule a ModelJob and create a JobInput with an ExecutionTrigger that uses the #withStartAt(Date) method. This should work:

Date reminderDate = new Date();
ModelJobs.schedule(() -> {
    new ReminderForm().start();
}, ModelJobs.newInput(ClientRunContexts.copyCurrent())
        .withName("Open reminder form")
        .withExecutionTrigger(Jobs.newExecutionTrigger()
                .withStartAt(reminderDate))
        .withExceptionHandling(new ExceptionHandler() {
            @Override
            public void handle(Throwable t) {
                System.err.println(t);
            }
        }, true));

Maybe you should also check out the "desktop notification" concept, which allows to notify users with a less intrusive widget than a form. You'll find an example here, click on the "Show notification" button.