Adding a text box for comments

Complete this procedure to add text box controls to the Assets application and to the Work Order Tracking application. The text box in the Assets application lets you input or edit a comment value for an asset. You can view these comments in the text box in the Work Order Tracking application.

Before you begin

Before you start, verify that you have added the assetcomment attribute to the Asset object.

Procedure

  1. In the main tab of the Assets application in the Application Designer, click the section that holds the Asset field.
  2. Click Control Palette and drag a text box control into the Asset section.
  3. Open the Control Properties window for the text box control.
  4. Specify the following information to bind the control to the assetcomment attribute:
    Field input Value Description
    Default Label Defaults to Comment When you specify assetcomment in the Attribute field, this field defaults to the default label value of the attribute (if available). You can assign your own label value for this attribute that is specific to the application in the Label field. For example, you might enter Asset Comments.
    Label Comments The value you enter here, for example, Comments, overrides the Default Label setting within the application. The value you enter for Label is specific to the application and not stored in an object.
    Attribute assetcomment The name of the asset comment attribute in the Asset object.
    Input Mode DEFAULT The Default option configures the Input Mode for the Comment field to be Read/Write or Edit mode.
  5. Click Save.
  6. In the Application Designer, open the Work Order Tracking application and then select the Asset section of the application.
  7. Drag a text box control from the Control Palette to the workspace and position it between the Asset and the Parent WO fields.
  8. Open the Control Properties for the text box and specify the following values:
    Field input Value Description
    Default Label Defaults to Comment When you specify assetcomment in the Attribute field, this field defaults to the default label value of the attribute (if available). You can assign your own label value for this attribute that is specific to the application in the Label field. For example, you might enter Asset Comments.
    Label Comments The value you enter here, for example, Comments, overrides the Default Label setting within the application. The value you enter for Label is specific to the application and not stored in an object.
    Attribute asset2wolink.assetcomment Type the name of the asset comment attribute in the Asset object. You must preface the assetcomment attribute with the name of the database relationship that binds the Asset and Workorder objects and a dot. For example, asset2wolink.assetcomment.
    Input Mode DEFAULT or READONLY The Default option configures the Input Mode for the Comment field to be Read/Write or Edit mode. You can also configure the Comment field to be Read Only

Results

After this configuration, the Comments field is populated in the Work Order Tracking application whenever you add an asset record to a work order.



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