first version working

Author: RafaelGB

src/DatabaseView.tsx

@@ -57,13 +57,18 @@ export class DatabaseView extends TextFileView implements HoverParent {
     super(leaf);
     this.plugin = plugin;
     this.emitter = createEmitter();
-    this.file = file;
-    this.register(
-      this.containerEl.onWindowMigrated(() => {
-        this.plugin.removeView(this);
-        this.plugin.addView(this, this.data);
-      })
-    );
+    if (file) {
+      this.file = file;
+      this.plugin.removeView(this);
+      this.plugin.addView(this, this.data);
+    } else {
+      this.register(
+        this.containerEl.onWindowMigrated(() => {
+          this.plugin.removeView(this);
+          this.plugin.addView(this, this.data);
+        })
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   /**

src/api/obsidian-projects-api.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {
 } from 'DatabaseView';
 import { LOGGER } from "services/Logger";
 import { DataQueryResult, ProjectView, ProjectViewProps } from "obsidian-projects-types";
-import { createDatabaseFile, resolve_tfile } from "helpers/FileManagement";
+import { resolve_tfile, resolve_tfolder } from "helpers/FileManagement";
+import { generateDbConfiguration, generateNewDatabase } from "helpers/CommandsHelper";
 
 class ProjectAPI extends ProjectView {
     private plugin: DBFolderPlugin;
@@ -46,9 +47,11 @@ class ProjectAPI extends ProjectView {
         const { path } = project;
         let filePath = config.filepath;
         if (!filePath) {
-            // If the config is empty, we need to create a Default 
-            filePath = await createDatabaseFile(path, `${viewId}_db`, this.plugin.settings.local_settings);
-            saveConfig({ filepath: filePath });
+            const folder = resolve_tfolder(path);
+            // If the config is empty, we need to create a Default
+            const dbConfig = generateDbConfiguration(this.plugin.settings.local_settings);
+            await generateNewDatabase(dbConfig, folder, `${viewId}_db`, false);
+            saveConfig({ filepath: `${path}/${viewId}_db.md` });
         }
         const leaf = app.workspace.getLeaf();
         const file = resolve_tfile(filePath);

src/helpers/CommandsHelper.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Notice, TFile, TFolder } from "obsidian";
 import { LOGGER } from "services/Logger";
 import { DatabaseCore, DatabaseFrontmatterOptions, DATABASE_CONFIG, DEFAULT_SETTINGS, YAML_INDENT } from "helpers/Constants";
 
-export async function generateNewDatabase(ddbbConfig: string, folder?: TFolder, ddbbName?: string) {
+export async function generateNewDatabase(ddbbConfig: string, folder?: TFolder, ddbbName?: string, autoOpen = true) {
     const targetFolder = folder
         ?? app.fileManager.getNewFileParent(
             app.workspace.getActiveFile()?.path || ''
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ export async function generateNewDatabase(ddbbConfig: string, folder?: TFolder,
                 .concat('\n')
                 .concat(DATABASE_CONFIG.END_CENTINEL)
         );
-        await app.workspace.getMostRecentLeaf().setViewState({
-            type: DatabaseCore.FRONTMATTER_KEY,
-            state: { file: database.path },
-        });
+        // Open the new database file
+        if (autoOpen) {
+            await app.workspace.getMostRecentLeaf().setViewState({
+                type: DatabaseCore.FRONTMATTER_KEY,
+                state: { file: database.path },
+            });
+        }
     } catch (e) {
         LOGGER.error('Error creating database folder:', e);
         new Notice(`Error creating database folder: ${e}`, 5000);

src/helpers/FileManagement.ts

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export const resolveNewFilePath = ({
  * @param ddbbConfig 
  * @returns 
  */
-export async function createDatabaseFile(
+export async function create_row_file(
   folderPath: string,
   filename: string,
   ddbbConfig: LocalSettings

src/stateManagement/data/handlers/AddRowHandlerAction.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { RowDataType, TableColumn } from "cdm/FolderModel";
 import { LocalSettings } from "cdm/SettingsModel";
 import { DataState, TableActionResponse } from "cdm/TableStateInterface";
-import { createDatabaseFile, destination_folder } from "helpers/FileManagement";
+import { create_row_file, destination_folder } from "helpers/FileManagement";
 import { DateTime } from "luxon";
 import { Link } from "obsidian-dataview";
 import NoteInfo from "services/NoteInfo";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default class AddRowlHandlerAction extends AbstractTableAction<DataState>
         const { view, set, implementation } = tableActionResponse;
         implementation.actions.addRow = async (filename: string, columns: TableColumn[], ddbbConfig: LocalSettings) => {
             const folderPath = destination_folder(view, ddbbConfig);
-            const filepath = await createDatabaseFile(folderPath, filename, ddbbConfig);
+            const filepath = await create_row_file(folderPath, filename, ddbbConfig);
 
             const newNote = new NoteInfo({
                 file: {