Tool Layout & Options

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The inspection form has four sections:

History

This section contains all objects that are been inspected. For example, if you accessed the inspection tool from the Supplier Maintenance form, then the supplier object is added to the history bucket. If you then access the Sales Order Entry form and inspected a sales order, that sales order is added to the history bucket, below the supplier that was already there.

Data buckets

Up to three data buckets display on the form. You can place objects in a data bucket so you can retrieve them later on.

Properties list

This list contains all of the properties for the object that is selected in either the history bucket or the data bucket. Each property has an icon next to it that lets you identify what type of property it is:

Numeric (Decimals and Integers)

Alphanumeric (Strings)

Binary

True/False (Booleans)

Collections

Dates

References

Clicking on a property displays the value for that property in the value list (part 4 of the form).

Value list

This list contains the value of the selected property. It also shows the type of the property and its length (if it is a string or a decimal).

Other Functions

You can also:

Drag and Drop

You can put an object into either the history bucket or one of the data buckets by dragging:

• A collection or reference property from the property list into the bucket.
• An object from another bucket into the bucket you can move an object between buckets). If you move an object from a data bucket into another bucket, that object is removed from the original data bucket. If you move a collection property (such as allInvoices) from the property list into a data bucket, the objects in that collection move into the data bucket.

Note: If you move a collection property into the history bucket, the collection does not move in the history bucket. It's moved in as a collection. You can select that collection and display the objects in it without expanding the collection into a data bucket.

If you double click a reference or collection property, it is moved to the history bucket and selected.

Manipulate Data Buckets

You can add or remove data buckets by selecting Add Data Bucket and Remove Data Bucket from the View menu.

A data bucket can be emptied (all objects removed from it) by clicking on an object in the data bucket and then selecting the Empty Data Bucket menu option.

Individual objects can be removed from a data or history bucket by selecting the object and pressing either the backspace or delete key.

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