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Options Editor

The Options Editor is used in many places throughout Sapphire/Web. It has a slightly different appearance, depending on where it is invoked from. Some versions have categories, while others don't. Some allow Options to be Added and Deleted while others don't. See How to Invoke the Interface subsection for where the Options Editor is used.

States of the Options Editor.

Figure 2-33 Options Editor

Area Description
Category This combo allows you to swap between option categories.
Revert Reverts the current value in the Option Value textField to its previous value. This is most useful if you are typing straight text, rather than options.
Submit Commits the changes made to the Option whose value is in the Option Value textField. This changes the value in the Options list. However, none of the Options are actually saved to the Project until the Ok button is pressed.
Option Value This changes based upon the type of Option selected in the Options list. The Option Value becomes a combo if the Option only allows a fixed set of values. Otherwise it is a textField. If it's a textField, there is an Editor button to the immediate right (...) which will invoke a sub-editor for choosing certain Options. Double-clicking the list will also perform this operation.
Options A list of all available Options for the selected category. They are listed in Name/Value pairs. If the names and values don't appear to be aligned, copy $SAPPHIRE/app-defaults/SapphireWeb to where your XAPPLRESDIR environment variable is set.
Help When this button is pressed, on-line help appears for the selected Option.

How to Invoke the Interface

1. Project Window's Edit Menu (Project Options)
2. Object Editor's Options button for FILE, EXEC, and FUNC Data Objects
3. Object Bind Editor's Edit menu (Data Object Options)
4. Object Bind Editor Options button for FILE, EXEC, and FUNC Data Objects
5. Results Detail Dialog Options button.

Saving Options

Options do not actually get saved until the Ok button is pressed. When Options are committed, they only get saved to the Options list. Auto-Commit means that the current changes to an Option get saved to the Options list, automatically. Auto-Commit takes place:



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