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Creating a Corresponding Window

The AboutWebObjectsActions.wod file defines a new task, aboutWebObjects. When the switch component for the aboutWebObjectsAction makes its rule system request, it adds an entry to the rule system's D2WContext specifying the task as aboutWebObjects. In other words, when a user clicks the "About WebObjects" command, the rule system knows that the current task is aboutWebObjects. So, to open the corresponding window, you simply write a custom rule whose condition specifies the task as aboutWebObjects:

Write a custom rule that specifies the following:
- Condition (Lhs): task = `aboutWebObjects'
- Request key (Rhs key): window
- Value (Rhs value): AboutWebObjects
- Priority: 50
The value, AboutWebObjects, is a D2WComponent that generates the XML for the custom window.
Write the AboutWebObjects D2WComponent
AboutWebObjects.html
<DIALOGCONTROLLER disposeIfDeactivated="true" label="About WebObjects" reuseMode="AlwaysReuse" typeName="aboutWebObjects"> <STATICICONCONTROLLER canResizeHorizontally="false" canResizeVertically="false" iconName="PoweredByWebObjects"/> </DIALOGCONTROLLER>
For this simple example, the corresponding AboutWebObjectsActions.wod is empty.