Interface functionality: accessing the application setup
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To access the application setup for your Collections application in Axiell Designer, you have to open the Application browser. With the Application browser you can scroll through your application similar to scrolling through folders and files on your computer with Windows Explorer. But in the application/object browser you'll only see folders and application objects, like screens and application definitions and databases. From here, you can add new application objects too, to the folders or lists of your choice. And if possible, you'll find the properties of a selected object in the right pane of the Application browser, where you may edit them.
Follow these steps:
| 1. | In the main Axiell Designer window that opens when you start Designer, start the Application browser by choosing View > Application browser or clicking the button for this tool: |
| 2. | Select your working folder in the Application browser window, by clicking the Open folder button: Preferably, choose your main (copy of an) Axiell folder, not one of the subfolders in it. This allows you to browse all your application objects quickly. |
| 3. | In the left window pane of the Application browser, click the + in front of each folder or object to expand the tree structure and display all objects or folders underneath the current item*. Click the - in front of each folder or object to fold it in. Application management takes mainly place in the folder with the name of the application. In this application folder, the concerning application definition is present, and maybe also some other files, for instance screen files. Screen files may also appear in other folders. So click the desired application folder node and then select or open the application definition file to access the true application setup part. The properties of a selected application object are displayed in the window pane on the right; some nodes are just list headers and no objects, like Methods (#) or Users (#), and therefore have no properties. Underneath an application folder node in the tree view you may see the following application object descriptions:  - an application definition (.pbk file) for use with Axiell Collections - an application definition (.pbk file) for use with the obsolete adloan.exe - data sources - methods - references to list screens - references to detail screens - output jobs - export formats - friendly databases - tasks - connections - users - library branches (locations) - Fine tables - screen files. Of screen files only a few properties are present in the Application browser. All properties of a screen can be found while editing the file in the Screen editor. |
* If your \data subfolder is not in the place where Designer expects it (in the same folder that also holds the currently opened Collections application subfolder), then on opening a data source node in this .pbk file, you may encounter an error message notifying you that the database cannot be opened. Then you'll have to tell Designer where to look for the \data folder. Right-click the application definition node in the tree view, and choose the Alternative data folder option at the bottom of the pop-up menu. In the window that opens, select the \data folder for this application. Now you can open the data sources normally. This alternative data folder setting for this application, will be stored in the Windows registry. |
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