A Fields record consists of all of the attributes of a single field within an Aptify entity. Fields records may only be created from the Fields Tab tab on an Entities record.
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Also, developers will find that working with embedded links will reduce code complexity; Aptify creates an embedded Generic Entity (GE) object within the current entity that simplifies set and get operations on records in linked entities. See Creating Embedded Objects for for details.
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This field appears when you set Link Type to Embedded. It specifies whether or not the embedded link in this entity is also shared by another entity. See Designing and Creating Shared Embedded Objects for for information on Shared Embedded objects. This attribute supports the following options:
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This link box specifies the stored procedure which defines the logic for updating the dynamic non-owner shared links specified in the Dynamic Sharing sub-type listing. See Designing and Creating Shared Embedded Objects for for more information.
Dynamic Sharing Relationships Sub-Type Area
This sub-type control stores the list of entities and their embedded links that can share an embedded record with this owner entity as a non-owner. Each sub-type record stores the Related Entity name, the Related Entity Field (this is the embedded link in the Related Entity that links to the shared embedded object), and a Dynamic Flowdown Filter (which you can use to filter the set of records to which this shared embedded object relationship applies). See Designing and Creating Shared Embedded Objects for for more information.
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General Tab
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The general tab of the Fields record allows the configuration of discrete database field type and size information. The values placed within this tab of the Fields record are automatically assigned to the supplied SQL Server's table schema. The General Tab also provides indirect linkage to other Aptify field types.
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If Help URL and Help Object are blank, Aptify opens the help page specified at the entity level. If not specified at the entity level, Aptify opens the online help file at the default introduction page.
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Options Tab
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The Options tab of the Fields record allows an administrator or developer to configure special Aptify Field attributes onto a field.
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When Virtual Field Type is set to Calculated, the text in the Calculated Field appears in the SELECT section of the base view once the entity is saved. When Virtual Field Type is set to Computed, the text in the Computed Field is stored in the field's specified base table.
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If you are adding a Computed field to an entity that has multiple base tables, the Computed field and all of the fields that are referenced in its calculation must be in the entity's primary base table. Refer to Microsoft SQL Server Books Online for more information on Computed Columns and their requirements. |
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