Object Personalization

• Object code (field ABREV)

The object code is comprised of 1 to 3 alphanumeric characters. The Adonix reserved words are prohibited.

• Description (field ZLIBEL)

Title associated to the previous code.

• Index (field SELCLE)

This field is used to define an index for the principal file for the display in the left list and in the selection windows. If this field is empty, it is the first index in the table that is used.

• Sign (field SELORD)

This field is used to define the direction from moving through the principal table for the display in the left list and the selection windows for the object.

• Hierarchical list (field SELTREE)

When the key chosen for the let list is composed of several parts, the list presents only the first part of the key initially. By double clicking on one of the values of the key there is the possibility to explore the sub-values of the key and thus through the number of levels of existing sub-keys. When all the key levels are explored, a record can be selected from the table.

An example of this functioning can be seen in the site management object : each site being attached to a company, the initial display is the list of companies and there is then the possibility to expand a company by double clicking it : the list of sites then appears and it is possible to select one of these.

if the box is not checked, it is a simple list.

• No. characters (field SELCAR)

Any field in a screen where the type is linked to a object has available a selection field accessible by right click or by.

This value is used to define the number of characters used to specify where the selection should start, as a function of what has been entered in the field before the selection. If this value is N, the selections starts from the first key where the first N characters are greater than or equal to the string entered. Indeed :

• If the value 2 is entered and if the string DEF is entered before opening the selection, the selection window will start the search from the first value of the key greater than or equal to DE (if keys starting with DEA exist, it is these that appear first in the window). If H has been entered, the selection will start with the first key greater than or equal to H.
• If this field has the value 0 and a string UVW is entered before opening the selection, the selection starts at A and is not limited.

• Table (field SELFIC)

The table in which the field to be displayed is located is entered here. This table is either the principal table or one of the tables defined as linked to the principal table in the object definition.

This field can be empty if a calculated expression is displayed.

• Field (field SELZON)

The fields present in the left list are entered here. They come from the table previously defined.

• Expression (field SELEXP)

When a column from the left list is evaluated, a calculated expression is defined here whose result is placed in the column. A data type is then required to format the field.

• Description (field ZSELINT)

This label is used as a column title both in the left list and in the selection windows for the object.

By default, the field label is used. It should be noted that this title can be translated. Thus if an unknown title is entered, the window that is used to create a new text in the dictionary opens automatically.

• Type (field SELTYP)

This data type is used to forma the previous expression in the left list.

• Options (field SELSAI)

• Length (field SELLNG)

• Level (field SELPCK)

This label is used as a column title both in the left list and in the selection windows for the object.

By default, the field label is used. It should be noted that this title can be translated. Thus if an unknown title is entered, the window that is used to create a new text in the dictionary opens automatically.

• Report (field RPT1)

This print code defines the report(s) launched when the File / Print menu option. It should be noted that the report ranges can be entered from the current record : in fact, the File / Print choice is only accessible if a current record is displayed on the screen.

By default, when using these button, the software will attempt to print the reports whose names are given here. But a non-direction table exists that is used to redefine, from the internal code given here, one or more reports (e.g. the printing of the picking lists, and delivery advice notes in the shipments object).

• List (field RPT2)

This print code defines the report(s) launched when the File / List menu option. The File / Listchoice is always accessible and it is designed to be used to print general lists linked to the online tables.

By default, when using these button, the software will attempt to print the reports whose names are given here. But a non-direction table exists that is used to redefine, from the internal code given here, one or more reports (e.g. the printing of the picking lists, and delivery advice notes in the shipments object).

• Statistics (field STA)

This tick box allows the activation of the "Statistics" button in the object. This button is used to call the statistics interrogations where the first criteria are defined by the data linked to the principal table or to the tables linked to the object.

• Lock in modification (field MLOCK)

Used to trigger the logical lock when going to modify a record, where as standard it is set to the display of the record. In order to use modification mode, it is necessary to click on the key.

• field ARCURL

If this field is entered, the menu File/Attachments starts the ARCVISUOBJ action.
This formula is evaluated, the result of the evaluation is prefixed by the string contained in the GARCROOT global variable to define the URL that grants access to the archive base and to allow the inquiry of the attachments archived.

• Active (field EXPLORE)

This field allows the entry of the current object links with the destination objects.

The current object records linked with these objects are found in the link left list of these objects if this left list is declared in the object and the user has the good link group.

• Short description (field ZLIBSHO)

This field is used to define a short title that will be subsitute, if it is entered, to the title for the object in the link description present in the link explorer. Thus, if there are links to an object whose title is long (Currency exchange rate for example), it is useful to give a short name (rate for example), in order to view in the link explorer a title such as Use rate XXX rather than Use exchange rate XXX that risks being too long to be displayed completely in the left list.

• Active (field DERLU)

This box is used to activate/de-activate the Last read left list.

• In first position (field FIRLIS)

This field makes it possible to place the left list 'Last read' in first position.

• Object (field DSTOBJ)

This object is used to enter the object from where the link starts (automatic links are always considered to be made from a link object to the current record). Thus, for example, if wishing to make a link to another company (CPY object currently in parameterization) and a user (CREUSR field in the company record), an automatic link is defined in the company object by giving AUS as the link object and [CPY]CREUSR as the key for the link : the result will be a link to the company in the link explorer of the user record.

• Link expression (field EXPLIEN)

The key is used to enter the link object, in the form of an expression (or a group of expressions separated by a semi-colon if the link key is composed of several parts). This is used to identify the record (of the link object) from which the link will start.

Warning there are limits to the definition of these automatic links. In fact, it can only be used on link expressions for fields in the principal fields. In view of the very simple structure of the link table, it is always possible to fill this table using a personalisation.

• Link code (field LNK)

The like code is used to give a significance to the automatic link that has been defined. This code is defined in the miscellaneous table number 61.

• Line field (field BASPAG)

This optional field is used to define, when a filed is sized, the variable "bottom of the grid" defines the number of occurrences entered in the grid. This is used to vary the current index to obtain several links. This supposes that an index variable is used in the link expression.