ZK Enhancements

Project Team

Developers

• Low Heng Sin
• Elaine Tan

Testers

• Sysnova

Sponsors

• Sysnova

Environment

• Zk 3.0.6
• ADempiere 3.4.1
  • Can be use with ADempeire 3.5.x but custom form is not updated for 3.5.x changes. Community are welcome to help here.
• FF2, FF3, IE7
  • Community are welcome to help adding support for other browsers ( Safari, Opera, etc )

Scope

• New desktop layout:

  • KPI Dashboard.
  • Favourites. (drag from the left menu panel)
  • Activities (Workflow, notes, and request).
  • Info View.

• Enhance Adempiere Field Editor Support:

  • Image
  • File
  • Binary
  • Resource assignment
  • Account
  • Zoom by clicking on the field label link
  • Make field context menu also accessible by right-click on the field label

• Custom Form, using the 3.4.1 swing custom form as a reference.

• Enhance window toolbar support:

  • Archive
  • Attachment
  • Workflow activities
  • Grid toggle
  • Zoom Across
  • Keyboard shortcut

• Support for field group:

  • Label
  • Collapsible

• Tab not supported and will be rendered as collapsible.

• Support for Tree Tab.

• Support for Sort Tab.

• Enhance report viewer:

  • Customize report
  • Drill down
  • Archive
  • Export

• Out of scope:

  • Workflow editor
  • Dictionary maintenance and Log migration script
  • Color field editor
  • Info Factory Class support
  • Included Tab
  • Tab field group type
  • Editable grid

Status

• Feature complete as at 01 August 2008

Areas for future development

• Upgrade to Zk 3.5 for ADempiere 3.5.x
• Look and feel enhancement utilizing new features from Zk 3.5
• Custom form
• Port 3.5.x changes
• Refactor 3.5.x swing custom form to allow more code sharing between Zk and Swing custom form
• Implement the missing bits.
• Workflow editor
• Dictionary maintenance and Log migration script
• Color field editor
• Info Factory Class Support
• Hengsin 05:20, 1 August 2008 (EDT)