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Environment — Getting Started


Menu Items

Less commonly used modules of the Order Tracking System can be launched through menu options. The Order Tracking System has menu options for maintaining the product catalog, examining warehouse records, and setting the language in which the application displays.

Follow these steps to view the modules available from the menu:

  1. Choose View Item Maintenance. The Item Maintenance window opens:
  2. The Item Maintenance window is a SmartWindow with a SmartDataBrowser, a SmartDataViewer, a Navigation SmartPanel, and an Update SmartPanel.

    NOTE: Table 2–7 describes the important elements of this window.

  3. After examining this window, close it and return to the Order Tracking System main window.
  4. Choose View Inventory Transfers. The Inventory Transfer dialog box opens:
  5. The Inventory Transfer dialog box is a SmartDialog that is a child of the main window. The Inventory Transfer dialog box displays inventory records from the database. The fill-in fields enable you to specify search criteria to narrow the records shown in the SmartDataBrowser.

    Table 2–15 describes the major objects in the Inventory Transfer section of the Order Tracking System.

    Table 2–15: Components Of the Inventory Transfer Section
    Object Or File Name
    Object Type
    Function
    winvtrans.w
    SmartWindow
    Serves as a container for the objects in the Inventory Transfer section of this module.
    dinvtrans
    SmartDataObject
    Queries the InventoryTrans table for inventory information.
    binvtrans
    SmartDataBrowser
    Enables the user to select an inventory record.
    btn-search
    Button
    Uses any values in the fill-in fields to replace the WHERE clause in dinvtrans.

  6. Close the Inventory Transfer module and return to the main window.
  7. Choose System Defaults Set Application Language. The Set Application Language window opens:
  8. Progress applications can be translated into many languages using the Translation Manager tool. This module enables each user to choose among the available translations for the application.

    Table 2–16 describes the major objects in the Set Application Language section of the Order Tracking System.

    Table 2–16: Components Of the Set Application Language Section  
    Object Or File Name
    Object Type
    Function
    wlang.w
    SmartWindow
    Serves as a container for the objects in the Set Application Language section.
    SELECT-1
    Selection-list
    Lists the available languages in which the module can display. Selecting a new language sets it as the current language, if you have it installed on your machine.

  9. Close all the open windows to exit from the SportsPro sample application.
  10. You can leave the PRO*Tools palette open or close PRO*Tools by choosing the Close button in the upper-right corner of the PRO*Tools palette.

Now that you have worked with the sample application, you have a sense of how a user would interact with an application and how to build applications using the AppBuilder and the Progress SmartObject technology. For a better understanding of how to use the AppBuilder to assemble the sample application, see Assembling the Order Tracking System."

For an overview of SmartObject technology and information on fabricating your own SmartObjects, see An Overview Of SmartObject Technology."


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