Associated Control ID
Property that applies to caption labels. ID of the field control the caption applies to.
Active Checkbox
Controls form availability in the application.
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.
Cascading Drop Down
Series of drop downs whose available content depends on the end-user's entry in the prior drop down.
C# Business Object
C# class that contains business logic for processing data in the associated tables.
Cdo
Custom data object. Nomenclature for data objects in S3. For example, cdoPerson is the Person data object.
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.
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.
Compare Validator
Checks if the user has entered invalid data in the control based on the defined data type or another control's entered value.
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.
Custom Button
Allows the user to add a button by providing the method name.
Create New Record
Method that creates a new record.
Data Format
Format of the column value.
Default Button
Button whose method executes when the user hits the Enter key while viewing the form. The default button for a lookup form is the Search button.
Delete Selected Records
Method that deletes the selected records.
Drop Down
Control that allows the end user to choose one value from a list.
Entity
S3 file that contains XML properties for the queries, methods, column properties, object properties, parent/child relationships, field constraints, rules, etc.
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.
Export To Excel
Method that exports the search results to an Excel spreadsheet. It exports all columns and doesn't allow the end user to select specific ones.
Form Name (ID)
Programmatic ID of the form.
Form Title
Displays at the top of the form; what the form is "called".
Generate Correspondence Selected Rows
Method that opens a popup window for selecting correspondence to generate for any record whose checkbox the user has selected.
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".
Image
Control that displays an image. This image comes from the NeoSpinMVVM project image folder.
Icdo
The object created by the cdo.
Label
Read-only text. In a panel or tab, it identifies the adjacent control. In a grid, it expresses a table column value.
Lookup Form
In the LOB 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 LOB application, a screen used primarily to CRUD data.
Max Count
The form displays this number of search results unless a search returns fewer results. The default value for lookup screens can be defined in the web.config file. If the setting is not there, then it defaults to 100.
Main Query
By default, the main query is blank. You can select a query defined in the entity if you won't want to execute the default query on clicking Search. The default query selects all the columns from the main table of the entity associated with the form.
Method Type
Method that executes when the user clicks the button.
Metadata Cache
Represents XML files the LOB application needs to access often.
Mode
Identifies the method(s) the business tier must call on the page.
Multiselect Drop Down
Control that allows the end user to choose one or multiple values from a list.
New Record for Update
Method that creates a new record and then saves it and displays its maintenance screen for editing.
Open Lookup
Method that opens a lookup screen with pre-populated search criteria.
Open Selected Records
Method that opens the selected record or records.
Open Word Document
Method that opens a correspondence template from the LOB application's Communication screen.
Operator
SQL element that compares data the user enters to data in the database. In a query, this determines the returned search results.
Panel
A logical division of information on a form. A Criteria panel contains all the search criteria the user can enter. A Search Results panel contains all the records that meet the criteria.
Results Grid
The grid on the lookup form's Search Results panel that is bound to the lookup business object. It contains that object's collection.
RadioButtonList
Control that allows the end user to select only one state as true.
Range
Control that allows the end 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 end user can search for a value to populate the related control.
Required Field Validator
Control that requires the end user to enter a value in the control to validate in order to execute a button's method. If the value is null, the application throws an error message.
Reset All Controls
Method that resets all controls in which the user has entered values to their default values.
Site Map
ASP.net file that describes the structure of the website. It includes all menu items, sub menu items, and the pages they open.
Sub Query
Query that adds an exist clause in the where condition of the main query. The system executes the sub query only when search criteria associated with the sub query is entered for searching.
Sub Query Plus Icon
Adds a sub query.
Sub Query Replace Icon
Replaces the existing sub query.
Sub Query Up Arrow Icon
Moves the query up in the execution order.
Sub Query Down Arrow Icon
Moves the query down in the execution order.
Tab Container
Within a panel, container that divides the data into further parts.
Text
Control 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.
Website
Element of the WebForm based architecture.
Width
Pixel width of the cell.
Wfm
Web form. Nomenclature for form XML files in S3. For example, wfmPersonLookup is the Person Lookup form.
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