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Bug 321389

Summary:	[BrowserFunction] returns immediatly when showing a dialog
Product:	[RT] RAP	Reporter:	Philipp Leusmann <leusmann>
Component:	RWT	Assignee:	Project Inbox <rap-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3	CC:	tbuschto
Version:	1.3
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Philipp Leusmann

2010-07-30 13:28:25 EDT

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When opening a Dialog from a BrowserFunction, the Javascript side does not wait for the dialog to close, but instead goes on immediatly.
This means, it is not possible for a BrowserFunction to request user input using a dialog and return the result.

As a workaround we currently use the HtmlResponseWriter to "inject" the result into the browser, which of couse leads to serious timing problems.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Ivan Furnadjiev

2010-08-09 04:44:53 EDT

I can confirm that it works in SWT, but not in RAP.

Comment 2 Ivan Furnadjiev

2010-12-09 03:56:46 EST

This issue is complicated, because on the client (javascript) we have single-thread model - both browser function and UI work in the same thread. If we block the BrowserFunction on the client to wait for the result, the dialog (GUI) become unresponsive and the application is locked. The "injection" of the result is the only feasible solution.

Comment 3 Tim Buschtoens

2014-04-08 05:22:52 EDT

It's not a critical issue, there seems to be no feasable fix, and there has been no activity for years. Closing this as wontfix.