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CHAPTER 21

Routing Interface

Using Routing 21-15

If your GetTargetInfo method returns a multiple-item target object by using the

function

CreateTargetCursor, you can set the class of that target object to

'newtOverview to enable this special behavior. You’d do this using code like this:

CreateTargetCursor('newtOverview, myItemArray);

There is a limitation to using the 'newtOverview data class, which is that this

data class handles data types of

'view, 'frame, and 'text only. If you want to

enable other data types, or restrict the data types to just a subset of these, you’ll

need to create your own overview data class and register formats under that class.

Note that the overview-handling code discussed here is contained in

protoRoutingFormat, so any format that you create can support this same

functionality. To use it, you must deﬁne a multiple-item data class and then register

formats under that data class.

Displaying an Auxiliary View 21

When the user chooses a format in the format picker, you may need to get

additional information from the user in the routing slip view. You can do this

by means of an auxiliary view template that you specify in the

auxForm slot

of the routing format. If you specify a view template in this slot, when the format

is selected, this auxiliary view template is instantiated with the function

BuildContext and is sent an Open message.

Figure 21-5 shows an example of the auxiliary view used with the built-in Memo

format for Note stationery in the Notes application. This view gets information to

be used for the Name and Subject ﬁelds of the memo header.

Figure 21-5 Auxiliary view example

If you need access to information about the item being routed, you can access the

fields slot in the auxiliary view. The system sets the fields slot to the frame

that becomes the In/Out Box entry for the item being routed. For details on this

frame, see “Item Frame” (page 18-1) in Newton Programmer’s Reference.

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