ALPHA-VISION® visuNT: Sections

Sections

SUMMARY

Sections are structural elements for Data Objects.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Create Sections
3. Delete/ Modify/ Create/ Section entries
4. Toolbar Functionalities
5. Properties

Introduction

A Sections is a structural element.
Any Data Object type may be assigned to a Section.
A Data Object may be assigned to ONE Section only.

• Sections comprises of Section entries.
• Sections got the extension ".sec.xml"
• On selecting a Section the toolbar functionalities:
  • Insert multiple Objects
  • Up / down -(on a Section entry)
  becomes available.

• Create Sections.
• Import Sections.
• Export Sections.
  
  
• Create Section entries within Sections.
• Modify Section entries within Sections.
• Delete Section entries within Sections.

Create Sections

Recommendation:
Create a subfolder called "Sections" in the Project folder.

In the pull down menu ‘File’ of the toolbar - select "new".
In the opened window select the item “Section”.
Input the wanted name in the ‘Name’ –field and the wanted location below.

Finish with OK.



Information about entries in the fields you will find down below under the headline ‘properties’.

Delete/ Modify/ Create/ Section entries

Open the wanted Section via double-click.

• In the center window the Section entries of the Section are shown.
• The right window shows the properties of the Section itself.

In the toolbar are the actions ‘apply’, ‘reset’ and ‘new Object’ operable.

Select the wanted Section entry in the center window.

• The right window shows the definitions for that Section entry.
• The 'delete' symbol in the toolbar becomes operable.

Click the 'delete' symbol in the toolbar.

• In the center window the entry is deleted.
• The right window is empty.

If on closing the file the modification is confirmed, the deletion is final.

Select the wanted Section entry in the center window.

• The right window shows the definitions for that Section entry.

In the right window you may modify the definitions.

• The field name of a modified field is marked with an asterisk.
• If the symbol ‘Apply’ is clicked the asterisk disappears.

If on closing the file the modification is confirmed, the change is final.

Information about entries in the fields you will find down below under the headline ‘properties’.

Select ‘New Object’ in the toolbar.
A Section entry is created.

• The system does not create a default Name; if a Section name is marked, it is duplicated.

If on closing the file the modification is confirmed, the newly created Section is saved.

Information about entries in the fields you will find below under the headline ‘properties’.

Toolbar Functionalities

In order to support the assignment of Data Objects to sections few functionalities have been implemented.

After selecting a Section the button “Insert multiple Objects” becomes available; on selecting a Section entry the buttons “up” / “down” also.

If a Section list is displayed in the runtime and not sorted in any way the order of the lines are the same as on creating.

Via these buttons a marked entry may be moved up and down to the position wanted.

The functionality becomes available as soon as a Section entry is marked. wird.

The button opens a dialog window that allows defining multiple Section entries at once.

The left hand side of the window shows a list of the available Data Objects, the right hand side shows the selected ones. To add Data Objects to the Section use the button “Select all” or the Arrow button for single choices.

Accordingly Section entries may be deleted from a Section by the 'Delete All'-Button or the reverse arrow button.

Properties

List name:	Section
File extension:	.sec.xml
Objects:	Section entry

Field (Name in Refresh- Actionscript & XML-Files)	Description	assosiated VisuNT-Field (max.Lenght)
Name (Name)	Name of the Section	_sec.dbf, _dirsec.dbf: Secno (6)
Description (Descr)	free Text	_dirsec.dbf: Descr (30)
StartTime (StartTime)	StartTime in the Format hh:mm:ss	_dirsec.dbf: Strttim (8)
Interval Time (IntervalTime)	Interval Time in the Format hh:mm:ss	_dirsec.dbf: Intvtim (8)

Field (Name in Refresh- Actionscript & XML-Files)	Description	assosiated VisuNT-Field (max.Lenght)
Data Object (PointID)	Name of the Data Object	_sec.dbf: Pntid (22)
Layout typ (Layout)	Integer - Used to format the output in the runtime. 0 to 9 preallocated by the system, from 10 upwards user definable.	_sec.dbf: Lotyp (2)
Comment (Comment)	free Text	_sec.dbf: Comment (255)