Using the Additonal Features |
Most projects does not start afresh but tend to reuse existing database schemas.Applese provides an import option to reuse the existing tables & their columns.Using the import option a developer can map those existing database columns to Applese dataobject.
Select the Group node where the columns are to be added.
Click right mouse button and select import from popup menu or click the import button in floating tool bar.
Enter the DSN name , User name and Password if required to connect to the database. In case if you importing from a remote server enter the Transport Layer as Servlet and enter the IP Address. Click Configure button.
Now the tables in the specified database will be listed. Select the table from which columns are to be imported
Select the columns and click Ok button. The selected columns with be added under the Group with Properties ( DataType, ColumnType , Width)
Move tables from one Applese project to another Applese project.
Enter the path of the source project. ( Say C:\Apttutor ).
Select the Objects and click Ok button. This will copy the associated files from the Source Project.
Whenever the contents of a document is to be referred from another document only the critical columns of the document need be displayed.Such columns constitute the summary of that document.
If a customized summary DML file is required other than one generated while a DataObject is created , use the Model Factory to create a new summary simillar to DataObject.
While saving uncheck the checkboxes in Model tab sheet
Check DML and Servlet checkboxes in Summary Tab sheet.
Open a Dataobject in Form factory
Click DataPanel button in ObjectTree toolbar , Enter a name for the DataPanel and select the DML file from the file chooser dialog box. Click Ok button to set a entry in DataPanel tree node of Appdoc tree.
Click Swing Preview button to check whether a button is added in the toolbar to show the DataPanel.