Choose HTML resource according to software version

[jubeira]

Hi all!

With the release of PS 5.0, I noticed some differences about how the UI elements are displayed. The resolution is a bit higher, and HTML elements look a bit different.

I was thinking that for our URCap that was built for PS 3.x, one option to adjust these visual details would be to use a different HTML file for the installation / command screens according to the software version. The problem is that in InstallationNodeService, the method getHTML is called before createInstallationNode, so I don’t have access to the API object at the time when the HTML file is requested, and therefore I can’t get the software version.

Is there any workaround this? Perhaps a way to get the software version in the activator instead? I think that it would be a bit hard to make a single HTML resource look good for both PS 3.x and 5.x.

Thanks in advance!

[dozminkowski]

There is getSoftwareVersion() method in URCapAPI, that you can use. Should be straightforward.

[jbm]

If you bump your API version used to 1.3, you can use URCapAPIFacade.getSystemAPI().getSoftwareVersion() in the getHTML() call.
Since API 1.3 (PolyScope 3.6/5.0) we are able to provide the SystemAPI at the time, where getHTML() is called. This my not be the case on previous versions, where you would use the now deprecated URCapAPIFacade.getURCapsAPI()