About Page Properties

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Explanation

It is possible to modify the properties and layout of IFS Application pages. The settings are personal and stored in the user profile.

Prerequisites

You must have the permission the change the properties to see these options.

System Effects

The user profile is updated with the changes you make.

Window

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Related Window Descriptions

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Procedure

Right mouse click on the page to open the context menu and select Properties to open the Object Properties dialog.

Figure 1: Page context menu

Figure 2: Object Properties Dialog

The Object Properties dialog contains several tabs. Note that some tabs might not be visible for you due to the security settings. The following tabs are available:

• Window
• Behavior
• Mandatory
• Read Only
• Layout

Window Tab

In the Window tab you can change/see the following:

• Page Identity. This is the technical identity of a page and can be useful when e.g. reporting a support case.
• Extended field validation. Check this option if you want a field to be validated (to see if it contains a valid value) as soon as you leave the field. Note: Regardless of this setting, all fields are always validated before they are saved.
• Warn if result in selection combo exceeds xxx records. The number of records to populate before warning message is displayed in detail pages, default is 100.
• Show in context menu. Via the check boxes you define if you want to include the original context menu items and/or customized menu items. Via the Advanced button you can select which menu items to include/exclude from a list.

Behavior Tab

In the Behavior tab you can change/see the following:

• Turn off default sorting. If a page contains a lot of data it might speed up the population of the default sorting is turned off.
• New Record After X. This is only available in table/overview pages. Check the column and select a column in the drop-down list. This means that when you enter a new record and pass this column it will switch to entry of the next record. You must ensure that you still enter all mandatory information.

Mandatory Tab

The Mandatory tab consists of a list with columns/fields in the page that are possible to make mandatory. Check the check box by the column/field if you want to make it mandatory.

Read Only Tab

The Read Only tab consists of a list with all the columns/fields that are possible to make read only, e.g. the user will not be able to make any changes. Check the check box by the column/field if you want to make it read only.

Layout tab

In the Layout tab you can make changes to the layout in a detail page, this tab is not available for table/overview pages.

Figure 3: Layout tab

On the left hand side all fields are available and on the right hand side there are buttons to use when moving the actual filed and the field label. In order to make changes you must first check the check box Enable this Layout on current data source. Highlight a field and then use the Object arrows and Label arrows to move them on the page.

Click on the link Change the tab visibility to open the Tab Visibility dialog. The tabs in the page are listed and you can check/uncheck the check boxes to make them visible/invisible.

Click the link Adjust the tab margin to open the Tab Margins dialog where you can change the position of the margins.

Click Reset Layout to remove your changes and set the layout back to default.