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Add New Child

Button that allows the user to add a new row in the grid.


    Allow Filtering

    Grid property that allows the user to filter the grid by entering specific criteria for the particular grid column value that is already loaded to the grid.


    Allow Grouping

    Grid property that allows the user to sort collections into groups by specific column values.


    Bus

    Business object. Nomenclature for business objects in S3. For example, busPerson is the Person business object.


    Business Tier

    Also called the application server, it acts as the go-between for the webserver and database. It contains the business logic.


    Button

    Control that executes a method when clicked.


    C# Business Object

    C# class that contains business logic for processing data in the associated tables.


    Call Methods

    List of methods of the framework and business object.


    Cascading Drop Down

    Series of drop downs whose available content depends on the end-user's entry in the prior drop down.

    Checkbox

    Control that allows the end-user to indicate whether a state is true.


    Checkbox List

    Control that allows the end-user to select multiple states as true.


    Clear Controls Data

    Button that allows users to clear the data entered in a particular control.


    Close Popup Dialog

    Button that closes the popup dialog window without saving the data.


    Code Group

    Code table ID for the code ID-value pairing that populates a control.


    Collection

    The business objects retrieved upon the execution of the query; that is, when the user performs a search. The collection is bound to the results grid.



    Control

    Something the user can see or interact with on the form. A field is a control. A button is also a control.


    Control Type

    A property of a control that determines how the user interacts with it. Applied to fields, it determines how the user enters information: textbox, drop down, etc.

     

     

    Create New Record

    Method that creates a new record.


    Data Format

    Format of the column value.


    Data Object

    Reference of a database table in C#. The data object defines the database table and the columns in a table in a way that can be used in C# and in S3.


    Delete Selected Records

    Method that deletes the selected records.


    Dialog Panel

    Control that allows the user to enter and update grid data through a popup window.


    Display Step Mode

    Displays the wizard steps vertically.


    Drop Down

    Control that allows the end-user to choose one value from a list.


    Editable

    Grid and checkbox property that allows the user to edit the grid data and the checkbox value.


    Entity

    S3 file that contains the XML properties for the table's business and data objects: queries, methods, column properties, object properties, parent/child relationships, field constraints, rules, etc. It is a collection of similar objects. 



    Entity Attributes

    Displays the objects you can use to configure the object you have open (or are creating) in S3.



    Entity Field

    Displays the entity from which you can select and add the fields.


    Execute Method and Refresh Data

    Button that executes a method from the business object and then refreshes the data from the database.


    Filter Grid

    Button that allows the user to filter the grid data by executing the query on the application side. Used for server side filtering.


    Finish Button

    On a wizard step, whichever button closes the wizard and navigates to the maintenance form being created. It always saves data.


    Finish Popup Dialog

    Button that closes the popup dialog and saves the data entered.


    Form Name (ID)

    Programmatic ID of the form.


    Form Title

    Displays at the top of the form; what the form is "called".


    Grid

    A collection of objects bound to a panel or tab. The user sees a list or table of records or values in a panel or tab; they never use the term "grid".


    Grid Add New Item

    Button that adds a new row to the grid.


    Grid Delete Items

    Button that deletes selected rows from the grid.


    Grid Delete Last Item

    Button that deletes the last row from the grid.


    Grid Select Item

    Button that selects a particular grid row.


    Grid Update Item Data

    Button that updates the grid data.


    Hard Error Group

    Group of rules that, if evaluated to true, will not allow the user to save the record in the database.


    HTML Lookup Form

    XML lookup form of existing HTML forms.


    HTML Maintenance Form

    XML maintenance form of existing HTML forms.


    HTML Wizard Form

    In the application, a series of sequential steps used to create an HTML maintenance form.


    Htx

    HTML form. Nomenclature for form XML files in S3. For example, htxPersonHTMLLookup is the Person HTML Lookup form.


    Image

    Control that displays an image. This image comes from the MVVM project image folder.


    Initial Load Group

    Group of rules that executes when the form is loaded.


    Label

    Read-only text. In a panel or tab, it can identify the adjacent control. In a grid, it expresses a table column value.

    Linkable

    Property that links any control type to the method the developer wants to execute.


    Main Query

    Identifies the query the application executes.


    Metadata Cache

    Represents XML files the application needs to access often.


    Method Type

    Method that executes when the user clicks the button.


    Mode

    Identifies the method(s) the business tier must call on the page.


    New Popup Dialog

    Button that opens a new popup window for the user to enter a new record for the grid.


    Node

    In ASP.net, either a page in the website (if it contains a URL) or a hierarchy in the website (if it contains a description).


    Open Details Record

    Button that opens the details of the record.


    Open Popup Dialog

    Button that opens a grid record in a popup window.


    Operator

    SQL element that compares the data the user enters to data in the database. In a query, this determines the returned search results.


    Panel

    Control that allows the user to edit the grid through a separate panel on the same application page.


    Progress Bar Caption

    Displays the wizard steps horizontally.




    Radio Button

    Control that allows the end-user to indicate something is true.


    Radio Button List

    Control that allows an end-user to select one of multiple states as true.


    Related Control

    Property that identifies the button the developer wants to execute.


    Related Grid

    Property that identifies the grid the developer wants to affect.


    Remote Object

    Server object the business tier uses to call the logic in the hosted C# business objects in the absence of an entity.


    Reset All Controls

    Method that resets all controls in which the user has entered values to their default values.


    Resource

    Framework security table ID that controls who can access the form or control.


    Results Grid

    The grid on the lookup form's Search Results panel that is bound to the entity. It contains that entity's collection.

     

    Retrieve Button

    Button that opens a popup lookup screen so the end-user can search for a value to populate the related control.


    Save and New

    Button that saves the existing record and creates a new one.


    Save and Next

    Button that saves the existing record and navigates to the next one.



    Save Data

    Button that simply saves the data entered by the end-user.


    Selection

    Grid property that defines the ability to select records: no ability, single record, or multiple records.


    Software Link Button

    Opens a menu of buttons with defined methods.


    Sub Query

    Table of sub queries.


    Sub Query pus icon

    Adds a sub query.



    Tab Container

    Within a panel, container that divides the data into further parts.


    Text

    Property that displays for the user as the "name" of the control.


    Textbox

    Control that allows the end-user to freely enter the text as a value.


    Validation Rules

    Applies any defined rules to the form.


    Visible

    Property that makes a control visible or invisible.



    Visible Rule

    Property that controls when the control is visible.

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