Help grid control

A help grid control contains HTML text that you can insert in the user interface, typically to provide brief instructions on how to enter data and perform tasks. For complex information, help grids can include hyperlinks to additional information in an Knowledge Center topic. You can place help grid controls within Section, Section Column, Tab, and Dialog controls.

General properties

Attribute name Description

Control ID

Each control in a presentation is assigned a unique Control ID that is read-only.

Label

You can specify a text value in this field if you want to associate a label with this control. This label is specific to the application and is not stored in the MAXATTRIBUTE or APPFIELDDEFAULTS tables.

HTML Content

You can add text and a More Information link to a help grid control. A help grid control can contain HTML text for the user interface, typically to provide brief instructions about how to enter data and perform tasks. For complex information, help grids can include hyperlinks to additional information in a Knowledge Center topic. You can place help grid controls within Section, Section Column, Tab, and Dialog controls:
  1. In Application Designer, select the help grid control to modify. Modify the HTML Content attribute to add display text.
  2. Optionally, link from that text to a Knowledge Center topic by specifying the URL for the topic in the morehelp attribute. The URL is in this format: <documentation plugin name>,<path and filename.extension>. For example, a link from an assets tab to an overview topic about assets could take this form: com.ibm.mam.doc,asset/c_asset_overview.html.

More information

You can add a More information button and link to field help. A more information button and link in field help can provide technical or contextual details that do not fit in field help.
  1. In Application Designer, select the control that you want to modify, such as a field or check box.
  2. In the More information property, specify the URL to the help topic. The URL is in this format: <documentation plugin name>,<path and filename.extension>. For example, a link from an asset check box to a topic about classifying assets could take this form: com.ibm.mbs.doc,assetcat/c_classify_item_desc.html.

Signature Option

You can specify a signature option to restrict access to this control or change the properties of this control based on a condition that you specify. To create a signature option, click Add/Modify Signature Options in the Select Action menu. To specify a condition, click Configure Conditional Properties.

Sig Option Data Source ID

A MBO must be used to evaluate whether a user has access to a signature option. Specify the value of the data source if it is different to the data source that is configured for this control.



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