Field help (AOBTYPGES)

This characteristic defines the manner in which the object manages the records in the table. The possible choices are Simple, In grid, Combined. A forth value equal to the Browser makes it possible to independently create the browsers that will then be integrated in a window.

  Simple. this is the most common type. It corresponds to the case where an entry in the principal table is managed in a record, a list of records being displayed in the left list. The object management screen obeys this logic itself (it is an object itself, its code is AOB), but numerous other examples exist : customers, invoices, postings, orders... are all simple objects.

  Grid. This corresponds to the case where the table, if sufficiently small, can be directly loaded in the lines of a single grid displayed in the screen. In this case, the left list no longer exists (it is of no use). The management of the section coding is carried out in this way.

  Combined. This corresponds to the case where a group of records are loaded in a grid, records where the key is made for N (N>1) sections, where the N-1 sections are fixed and the last section varies. Warning, this is not the case for the invoices (which have a key type document/line number), because in this case, the management of a simple object is carried out in the header and the loading of the lines is managed in the code associated with the object. An example of such an object is the management of technical records : for a control code, there is 1 to N lines present in a grid.

  Browser. This type is used to define the left lists that will then be attached to a window. The information to be entered in this object type is reduced to the information required to construct a left list.