• Description
• Windows
• Dialogs
• Frames
• Layout
• Panel
• How to use it
• 1. Create the Object
• 2. Select Layout Pattern
• Attributes

Description

Screens are containers that are used to place and organise other B1 Objects inside (e.g. Forms , Grid / Table) in a specific layout. There are three types of screens in Build.One.

Windows

Windows are handled in B1 with the SwatWindows object. sUsers can resize SwatWindows, minimise them or lose the focus of them (click outside)

Dialogs

Dialogs are handled in B1 with the SwatDialog object. Users can resize SwatDialogs, minimise them but no lose the focus of them (click outside)

Frames

Frame screen type is handled in B1 with the SwatFrame object. SwatFrame can not be launch alone, instead they can be placed inside other Screens to generate complex Layouts

Layout

Every Screen has a Layout. Layouts define the structure of a Screen. This means they specify the number of Panels contained in the Layout, and the way they are arranged.

Panel

Every space in the layout is filled with a Panel, which can contain objects like Grids or Forms. Also a Panel can contain a Frame with its own layout which allow any configuration of screen structure that is no possible with the Layout of a single Screen. Each panel can have a title, can be resized and can be collapsed.

How to use it

1. Create the Object

Screens can be created in the Design > Screens section of the sidebar. Using the Create Button will show the Screen Creation Dialog. In this screen, the basic attributes like name, description or module can be defined on the left. And on the right panel there is the option to select which type of screen needs to be created or select a template already defined.

SwatWindows can be used as desktops or as “Windows” with a task in the taskbar. That depends on how you define the menu function for launching a screen.

2. Select Layout Pattern

The number of panels and its organisation is defined with the Layout of the Screen. This attribute can be defined easily with the second tab of the attributes panel, where a select field will display the options available.

If you don’t know the layout designs, you can review them visually by clicking in the search icon of the field to display a dialog with all the options available.

Now you can specify the content for every panel just by dragging and dropping the desired object from the catalogue of objects

Dynamic Content in the title

For the attributes “Title” and “Short title” you can define static text and dynamic content. For the dynamic content use double curly brackets {{}}. You have access to all data which will be provided by a used BusinessEntity, for example: “Customer {{cust_no}} - {{cust_name}}”

Renaming Screens

When renaming screens, make sure to delete manually the old .smartrepo and .svg files in the development environment. These can be found here: /workspace/[REPO_NAME]/src/data/repository/[MODULE]

When not deleting them, it may happen that the old (not renamed version) will be displayed in the screen overview

This is a known issue and already placed in our internal backlog to optimize this process in the future

Attributes

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