Oct 27, 2010
Forms with the same alias is *still* a bad practice (Xpages Bug)
Probably a bug found in XPages 8.5.2 engine
There is not to boast, but perhaps the development team RedTurtle found a bug in the engine of XPages 8.5.2.
It's happened during the development of an application where we had to connect a datasource to a Xpage. It appears that, in case you have two forms with the same alias, the list of available fields always refer to the first of two forms that is found in the list (we know, it's a very bad practice assigning same aliases to different forms, but we inherit this scenario from someone else...)
Only renaming the alias you obtain the right binding of the fields, even if the engine allows you to refer to the two blur.
By submitting the matter to two of the leading experts on the subject, Bob Balfe and John Mackey, we had confirmation that the problem exists.
UI Architect for IBM Workplace Designer has been alerted and will investigate the problem.
You will be posted ...
