Show Message on Method Directive Not Working

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Good afternoon,
I have a post-processing Method Directive based on Erp.Rpt.POForm.SubmitToAgent. I am trying to capture the event when a user clicks “print” in a PO to print or export the PO for the vendor. My other widgets in the BPM are firing, but I can’t get even an empty Show Message to appear. Even just going from Start > Show Message = “Done”, will not work. When I try this, the BPM finished, but the message never shows. I can tell the BPM finishes because part of it is adding a new record to a UD table. The records are getting added, but the Show Message never shows. Is this blocked in method directives? What else would cause a Show Message to not show inside a method directive BPM?

Background:
PO Post Date - When was a PO last printed? - Kinetic 202X - Epicor User Help Forum (epiusers.help)

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Show us your bpm…

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Do you need inner details for anything?

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Even this isn’t working. Weird, right?
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I just tested on my 2022.2.11 and it worked.

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I am working in my Pilot DB Base: 11.2.300.0 Kinetic 2023.1.8.
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I think that’s still broken.

Try this and verify:

Add custom code block:

PublishInfoMessage("Hello", Ice.Common.BusinessObjectMessageType.Information, Ice.Bpm.InfoMessageDisplayMode.Individual, "", "");
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Confirmed. This code also does not produce a pop-up message.

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That’s the one that SHOULD work. wth :thinking:

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Its the silly little things huh? In this case I only want to post a message to see some of the variables available to me to identify the best one to use as the username. I have access to fields from POFormParam, so I wanted to see what value was sitting in those field. But I can’t even get a “Hello World” out!

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Are any other customizations working?

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I do not have any customizations or personalizations on PO Entry. I tested other custom dashboards I have in pilot and they seem to be working ok.

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Confirmed here too. 2023.1.8

  • Widget doesn’t work
  • PublishInfoMessage doesn’t work
  • InfoMessage.Publish doesn’t work

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OKay then…

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Thanks guys! I’ll look into it tomorrow I don’t really need the message as much as I need the best field for identifying the user. I had workstation ID which pulls in the PC name, but I would rather have the userID. I will see if I can pull that out, and if not, I will just leave it at the workstation ID.

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It’s not just this directive. Bug report time.

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:pensive:

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LOL, they all work in Kinetic UI.

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Case #: CS0003785248

Description:

The “Show Message” widget, PublishInfoMessage(), and InfoMessage.Publish() fail to work from method / data directives in the Classic Client. They work properly in 2022.2.11 and earlier.

All 3 are working in the Kinetic UI.

Steps to reproduce: Chose any method directive you know will be called.

Add a “Show Message” Widget and connect it to start. Design the template.

Enable and Save. Do something to trigger method. You will not get a message.

Using a custom code widget instead, neither of these will work either:

PublishInfoMessage("Test", Ice.Common.BusinessObjectMessageType.Information, Ice.Bpm.InfoMessageDisplayMode.Individual, "", "");

InfoMessage.Publish("Test");
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2023.1.8

Func<string, bool> publishErrorMessage = (message) =>
{
    this.PublishInfoMessage(message, Ice.Common.BusinessObjectMessageType.Error, Ice.Bpm.InfoMessageDisplayMode.Individual, "", "");
    return false;
};


publishErrorMessage("ABC")

This works on Data Directive and Method Directives.

Tested on
Part.Update > Post Proc

Kinetic UI (Browser) and Classic UI

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