Adding/Editing Panel Operations

This section describes how you can define “context” operations that can be invoked from the form. Note that this section is also relevant for queries – when the results of a query are displayed users can perform operations relevant to the query. The buttons representing operations are usually displayed in the toolbar at the top or bottom of the form/query, but they can also be displayed in the “tools area” in the default panel header (see “Panel Header”) or they can be temporarily added to the system menu. In the latter case buttons for the form or query are added to the system menu when the form/query is displayed and removed from the menu when the form/query is closed.

An instance of the object shown by the form is automatically added to the Context of the operation. For a query the Context is formed when the user selects one or more records shown by the query (provided that the operation is marked as Applicable to Multiple – see below)

To add/edit panel operations to a form or query:

  1. Begin adding or editing the business object or query – see adding elements and editing elements. If editing a business object select the required form on the Forms tab.
  2. The properties of the selected form will be displayed in the Selection Properties window, while the properties of the query will be displayed in the Element Properties window.
  3. Click on the “Panel Operations” property to bring up the “Panel Operations” dialog.

Add/Edit

These buttons let you add/edit an operation to the form or query (see below for more details)