sca Half Star Rating

Control Description

scaHalfStarRating User Control gives you the possibility to add a Star Rating based rank to your site.

Features

  • Allow half stars
  • Clear button (optional)
  • Stars Quantity
  • Catch the following events: Mouse over, mouse out, Clear button pressed

Compatibility

Web

Using the control

This is a Control Type User Control (which is not displayed in the toolbox) as FCK Editor User Control, you will need to select this User control in the Control Type property of the control.
Drag an drop a numerical variable and change the property value "ControlType" to "scaHalfStarRating".
 
You can catch the MouseOver, MouseOut, Click and Cancel events and do what you need using native GeneXus events.
 

Properties

  • Stars: Indicates the number of starts (5 by default)
  • HalfStar: true/false, indicates if uses half star or entire star.
  • ClearButton: Allows to show/hide the Clear Button (clears the selected value)

 
Example :
Create a variable &rate, N(4,0)

 

Insert this variable in the webform

 

 

 

Select "scaHalfStarRating" in the ControlType property
 
 

Now, the user control is ready to use!
Below you will find a sample code.

Events 

Event &rate.MouseOver
 &value = &rate.MouseOverValue
 Do 'ChangeText' 
EndEvent

Event &rate.MouseOut
 if &rate=0
 DescTextBlock.Caption = ""
 else
 &value = &rate
 Do 'ChangeText' 
 endif
EndEvent

Event &rate.Click
 &value = &rate
 Do 'ChangeText' 
EndEvent

Event &rate.Clear
 DescTextBlock.Caption = ""
EndEvent

Sub 'ChangeText' 
Do case
 case &value = 10
 DescTextBlock.Caption = "Excellent"
 case &value = 9
 DescTextBlock.Caption = "Very good"
 case &value = 8
 DescTextBlock.Caption = "Good"
 case &value = 7
 DescTextBlock.Caption = "Acceptable"
 case &value = 5 or &value = 6
 DescTextBlock.Caption = "Regular"
 case &value = 3 or &value = 4
 DescTextBlock.Caption = "Poor"
 case &value = 1 or &value = 2
 DescTextBlock.Caption = "Very poor"
endcase
EndSub