Wizards

Wizards allow to execute complex operations sequentially (step by step). The installation procedure is a demonstrative example of the use of wizards. Wizards implement analogical functionality with some specifics of the XAF platform.

Key features:

• Wizard is an analog of the PopupWindowShowAction. This type of Action is useful when you want a user to input several parameters in a popup dialog before an Action is executed. The difference between them is that the Wizard allows to make a number of sequential steps for editing object's parameters. In addition to this, Wizard allows to pass some steps according to the specific conditions.
• Any Wizard works in a pop-up window.
• Wizard steps are shown as the Detail View for one object type.
• At the finish of the Wizard steps there are two variants: execute Action or cancel execution.

To see the Wizards in action, refer to the Wizards|Templates and Implementations  section in the Feature Center demo installed with Xafari.

Windows Forms:

ASP.NET:

The Xafari technology of Wizards includes a number of advanced features:

• Supported both in Win and Web platforms.
• There is 4 templates of displaying.
• Using a new type of action - WizardAction. It is a PopupWindowShowAction descendant.
• You can customize Wizard properties in the VS designer and in the Application Model.
• The View for each step of the Wizard generated automaticaly in the Application Model.
• Conditional jumps between the Wizard steps are implemented.
• For access and control Wizard steps in code special events is exposed.