Embedding InRule Default Editors

Namespaces: InRule.Repository, InRule.Repository.RuleElements, InRule.Authoring.Controls, InRule.Authoring.Editors, InRule.Authoring.Editors.Controls Classes: RuleApplicationDef, ControlFactory See Also: Opening a RuleApplicationDef for Authoring, WinForm Considerations References: InRule.Repository.dll, InRule.Authoring.dll, InRule.Authoring.BusinessLanguage.dll, InRule.Authoring.Editors.dll, InRule.Common.dll

Loading the default editors

The following code works in WPF. This same code can be used for retrieving all editors as the GetControl method takes a RuleRepositoryDefBase type. The editor that is returned is based on the type of definition object that is passed in. In this example, the Fire Notification Action is used.

// Create an instance of the control factory (consider keeping this at form level to reuse where 
appropriate) 
ControlFactory controlFactory = new ControlFactory();

// Load ruleapplicationdef 
RuleApplicationDef ruleAppDef = RuleApplicationDef.Load(@"c:\\\work\\\mortgagecalculator.ruleapp");

// Load the rule application into the control factory 
controlFactory.OpenRuleApplication(ruleAppDef);

// Get the entity 
EntityDef entityDef = ruleAppDef.Entities["Mortgage"];

// Get the rule to edit (any RuleRepositoryDefBase can be passed in) 
FireNotificationActionDef ruleDef = (FireNotificationActionDef)entityDef.GetRuleSet("PaymentRules");.Rules["PaymentNotification"];

// Get the business language editor and load into ContentControl 
var control = controlFactory.GetControl(ruleAppDef);

Saving the changes

// Get the control from the form 
if (control is IValidatingEditor) 
{ 
 // Save the changes back to the rule application 
 ((IValidatingEditor)control).SaveValues(); 
}

// Dispose of the control if it implements IDisposable 
if (control is IDisposable) 
{ 
 ((IDisposable)control).Dispose(); 
}

// Save the rule application back to the file system (this can also be saved to the Catalog) 
ruleAppDef.SaveToFile(@"c:\\\work\\\mortgagecalculator.ruleapp");