Kaju: how to add a field?

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1

I want to add a field to the Kaju data. As far as I can see Kaju does most of the stuff by using introspection. However, it relies on setting a property called DataField. I don’t see a way to change that. According to the docs the property was deprecated for 2018r4. Can I still edit the property in the IDE?

2

Where did I rely on DataField? I don’t recall doing that, and I can’t find it via search.

3

Here for instance:

Private Function ControlDataField(c As Control) as String
  // Returns the DataField field for a control
  
  dim value as string
  
  select case c
  case IsA TextEdit
    dim fld as TextEdit = TextEdit( c )
    value = fld.DataField
    
  case IsA CheckBox
    dim cb as CheckBox = CheckBox( c )
    value = cb.DataField
    
  end select
  
  return value
  
End Function

And saving in StoreFieldsToVersionRow only relies on the DataField for the field names. Clever but pretty implicit and not explicit.

4

OH, the Admin app, I see.

Yes, the Data Field is on the second pane of the Inspector, even if it doesn’t show up in auto-complete.

But keep in mind that doing this will mean that you won’t easily be able to update in the future. What field are you looking to add?

5

The second inspector pane is a suboptimal design. Sorry, I missed that.

I have to update manually anyways because I use external xml.

I want to further automate my releases. In Kaju Admin I have to save the json file and upload it. For my 3 app versions I have to remember the correct name of the file.