Programmatically trigger Show all objects - autodesk-forge

When I load two large models. The first one loads completely, but the second model does not show all objects. After I select "Show all objects" from context menu, the viewer refreshes and shows all objects.
Is there a way to trigger "Show all objects" with javascript? Or some other way to refresh the viewer?

I am not seeing this behavior on my side, maybe I am not testing with models large enough or the issue is specific to some of your models. If you have the models on A360, you can give it a try in my forge demo sample at https://forge.autodesk.io.
Simply authorize the app and should should see your models, double click an item to insert into the scene.
The first suggestion would be:
viewer.impl.sceneUpdated(true)
You can also try the command that is fired by the contextmenu:
viewer.showAll()

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Autodesk Forge - updating AggregatedView from jstree events

I'm having some difficulties understanding how to update the AggregatedView instance and adding models.
I have checkboxes in my jstree that - when checked - updates an array with selected node id's. But in order to add or remove these models from the viewer I am reloading the viewer. This clears the cache and incurs a lot of waiting time (models that were selected but not removed needs to be reloaded). Anyone have any suggestions how I can update the viewer withouth completelty resetting everything?
The solution is to call a show/hide function of the aggregated viewer as I'm checking/unchecking models in the tree.

How to override ModelStructurePanel in Forge Viewer to first show the list of available models(but not load them,until i click on any of them)

I want to use the ModelStructurePanel in my Forge Viewer to show the user a list of models and they can choose which model is to be loaded or unloaded, but (even after they are unloaded) i need the models to still show up in the model browser.
Basically i want the usual behavior of the ModelStructurePanel when multiple models are loaded, but i want to override it in a way i can use it to display multiple models before loading them through user input.
Once a model is loaded, all the functionalities of the ModelStructurePanel should work the same.
Is this possible to implement?
Your approach seems a bit convoluted, I see 2 ways you could get job done:
1/ You can have a custom control (treeview or list for instance) that only displays your models, so user can pick one and it gets loaded by the viewer, then it loads model structure in the built-in panel
2/ You create a custom instanceTree which represent your models (but it has to mimic the Forge instanceTree) and you pass it to the built-in modelstructure so it shows your models hierarchy, then user can pick one and it will load in viewer, at which point you load the current model tree inside the panel. Loading data in the modelstructure can be done with:
viewer.modelstructure.setModel(instanceTree);
Personally I would go with approach 1/, as you could customize better your own control rather than fiddling around with the modelstructure which is not designed for that purpose

List box is not updating in Windows Phone 8

I am developing one application, in that I have 3 pages. In first page I have List Box with some data and in 3rd page I have application bar for navigating to first page. I will get the list box data from the server. Whenever I am binding the List Box with server data, it is rendering properly but if the user navigate from 3rd page to 1st page using application bar then List box is not updating with fresh data, it is still displaying old data. If user comes to first page using back key press then new data is rendering.
I am using observable collection to bind List Box data and used NavigationService.Naviagte() for navigation.
Help me to resolve this issue.
Thanks in advance.
I am not very sure about your problem because you haven't cleared the whole context. But assuming that your data is refreshing on back key press, I can suggest you use NavigationService.GoBack() instead of NavigationService.Naviagte(). The former method call is equivalent to back key press. NavigationService.Naviagte() creates another instance of the page in the memory while NavigationService.GoBack() takes you back to the previous instance. Hope this helps.
As I understand everything is fine when you start. But the update is not happening upon second return, i.e. Through navigation.
My thought is that all your code to do this is in the constructor, and since the page is not removed from memory the constructor will not be called.
Two solutions move the code to a loaded event. Simply in the constructor write this.loaded += eventname;
Or you could put code in the onnavigatedto event. Write as a new function protected override onnavigatedto.
Putting it in the navigatedto, would probably make your app less responsive if you do server calls. If you have the code in the loaded event then the information will be uploaded when it is done. Which means the user will have a moment with old information. You could then introduce a waiting screen if it is an issue.

InvokeAction yields App Crash

using V2.0.0.5 - beta (not via nuget but compiled source).
All through out the application I am using Multi-View over single ViewModel. On one particular view now after a conversion from SQLCE to SQLite, I am getting either a race condition or invalid contextual return when it builds up the on the InvokeAction. One thing I am noticing is a ArgumentException on System.Windows.ni.dll and well the part of the problem is the Telerik Control primitives.dll... RadTransitionControl
The only difference between this view and another with almost exactly the same build out is the way I populate the view. The view is using a "non-table" viewmodel that I built up to show some related information between 2 related tables. When I selected one of the elements in the boundlist it presents RadMenu (edit/delete) selecting edit works goes into the method expected, using the data passed in from the selection event I am able to re-hydrate the dataitem in question to respective objects. And populate the view but it dies before completing the transition from view to view.
The thing that blows my mind here is that I am using that control all over for Transistions from one view piece to another, if I change the control to ContentControl it works just fine. Other views that have that control work as expected. Any ideas?
Moving some of the code around and separating some of the bundled code resulted in this not occurring guess problem fixed...

Adobe Flex : how to have data shared between 3 tabs on a TabNavigator

I have a tabbed dialog that has 4 tabs. The parent component is an mx:TabNavigator and each of the tab's views are custom MXML components inside an s:NavigatorContent. The data for 3 of the tabs has to be sent as one unit to a back end service. I'm trying to work out the best way to have the 3 tabs access the data that's to be sent down as one unit. I currently have one .mxml file that defines the top level mx:TabNavigator with each of the 4 tabs representing the s:NavigatorContent defined in it's own separate.mxml file to keep the file sizes fairly short. My current approach is to have each of the tabs load their data from the back end service in their creationComplete handlers and store it in a common class for the data model shared by the 3 tabs. This solution is OK except:
The creation complete handler for the first tab is called on application startup even though it's not the first visible component (i.e. there are other parts of the UI that the user sees first). I'd prefer to have true lazy loading where the data is not loaded until the tab becomes visible to the user.
If the user edits data on the first tab, then navigates to the second tab for the first time without hitting the apply button, changes made in the first tab are lost, because the creation complete handler of the 2nd tab will load the data model shared by the 3 tabs.
What I ideally want is:
True lazy loading; data is not loaded until the user clicks on a tab and it becomes visible.
Have it so that when the user hits apply on any of the 3 tabs the current entries on each of the 3 tabs is sent down to the back end service.
Thanks very much if anyone can advise on this. I can explain in further detail if needed.
I'm trying to work out the best way to have the 3 tabs access the data
that's to be sent down as one unit.
Best is always subjective. The easiest way is going to be to create a single variable for your shared data, and pass that instance into each relevant tab.
In some cases you may store the data in some central location, and the use Dependency Injection to inject that data into the relevant tab components that need it. Dependency Injection is implemented by a bunch of Flex frameworks, such as RobotLegs or Swiz.
An alternate option is to use a Singleton approach or static variables on a class to share the data between your multiple tabs.
My current approach is to have each of the tabs load their data from
the back end service in their creationComplete handlers
Why use creationComplete? The creationComplete event is fired after the component has completed it's layout routines and layout routines of it's children, and then everything is ready to use. I assume the act of loading more data, will force a lot of your components to have to go through their rendering process again. You may consider moving this into an earlier spot during the lifecycle, such as initialize or preinitialize.
1) The creation complete handler for the first tab is called on
application startup even though it's not the first visible component
(i.e. there are other parts of the UI that the user sees first). I'd
prefer to have true lazy loading where the data is not loaded until
the tab becomes visible to the user.
This would be expected behavior, based on the way that TabNavigators initialize. You can look at creationPolicy for more information. You can rewrite your 'load data' method to operate on the show method of the component, perhaps?
2) If the user edits data on the first tab, then navigates to the
second tab for the first time without hitting the apply button,
changes made in the first tab are lost, because the creation complete
handler of the 2nd tab will load the data model shared by the 3 tabs.
You can force a save of the data on the hide event of the component. Or possibly on the change event o the TabNavigator.