Associated Control ID
Caption property that identifies the field the caption is for.
Business Tier
Also called the application server, it acts as the go-between for the web server and database. It contains the business logic.
Button
Control that executes a method.
Caption
Text S3 will user as a label for an attribute whenever the user refers to the attribute in a form.
Cascading Drop Down
Series of drop downs whose available content depends on the user's entry in the prior drop down.
Chart
Control that displays a chart on the form.
Checkbox
Control that allows the user to indicate a record state is true or not true.
Checkbox List
Control that allows the user to select one or more options from a list.
Command Button
Control that allows the user to cancel out of the wizard without persisting any data.
Compare Validator
Checks if the user has entered invalid data into the control based on the defined data type or another control's entered value.
Control Type
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.
Data Format
Format of the column value.
Default Type
Identifies the source of the default value, which automatically populates when the form is opened in the application.
Dialog Panel
Opens a popup window where the user is able to view data or edit data.
Display Step Mode
Displays the wizard steps vertically.
Drop Down
Control that allows the user to choose one value from a list.
Entity
S3 file that contains XML properties for the table's C# and data objects: queries, methods, column properties, object properties, parent/child relationships, field constraints, rules, etc.
Entity Attributes
Displays the object 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 fields.
Form Name (ID)
Programmatic ID of the form.
Form Title
Form name that displays in the application.
Find Method
Method that uses the primary key of a table to find a particular record.
Finish Button
On a wizard step, button that closes the wizard and navigates to the maintenance form being created. It always saves data.
Grid
Control that displays a collection of objects.
HTML Control
Displays one of the following HTML elements:
- Horizontal Rule: Adds a horizontal line below the control.
- Break: Creates a break point.
Hyperlink
Control type that allows the user to navigate to the control's active form.
Image
Control that adds an image on the form. This image comes from the Image folder in the MVVM project in the .NET solution.
Label
Read-only text. In a panel or tab, it identifies the adjacent control. In a grid, it expresses a table column value.
Literal
Read-only text. Similar to a label, except you cannot format it.
Load Method
Method that creates a collection of all the child objects that share the parent object's primary key.
Lookup Form
In the application, a screen used primarily to search for and create records. Users may also be able to delete records or export a collection of search results to Excel.
Maintenance Form
In the application, a screen used primarily to CRUD data.
Metadata Cache
Represents XML files the application needs to access often.
Mode
Identifies the method(s) the business tier must call on the page.
Multiselect Drop Down
Series of drop downs where more than one value can be selected.
New Mode
Mode the form is in when the user creates a new record.
Next Button
On a wizard step, button that navigates to the next step. It may or may not also save data.
Previous Button
On a wizard step, button that navigates to the previous step. It may or may not also save data.
Progress Bar Caption
Displays the wizard steps horizontally.
Questionnaire Panel
Special control for displaying question sets.
Radio Button List
Control that allows a user to select only one state as true.
Range
Control that allows a user to search for a value between a from value and a to value.
Resource
Framework security table ID that controls who can access the form.
Retrieve Button
Button that opens a popup lookup screen so the user can search for a value to populate the related control.
Required Field Validator
Control that requires the user to enter a value in the control to validate in order to execute a button's method.
Tab Container
Panel container that logically divides the data into further parts.
Textbox
Control that allows the user to freely enter text as a value.
Title
On a wizard step, the text the user sees. From their point of view, this is the name of the step.
Update Mode
Mode the form is in when the user opens an existing record.
User Control
Reusable input control that allows the user to interact with an application.
Validation Rules
Property that applies defined rules to the form.
Visible Rule
Property that displays the control if it evaluates to true.
Wfm
Web form. Nomenclature for form XML files in S3. For example, wfmPersonLookup is the Person Lookup form.
Wizard Form
In the application, a series of sequential steps used to create a maintenance form.
Wizard Progress
Graphical user interface used to convey the progress of a task being executed.
Wizard Step
Container for controls on a wizard form. Each step displays one at a time in the finished wizard.
XML Business Object
S3 file that contains XML properties for the table's business and data objects: methods, object properties, parent/child relationships, field constraints, rules, etc.
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