Overview tab

Use this tab to view and maintain the question properties.

General Information
Question
The name of the question, which uniquely identifies the question.
Allowed values:

This field is read-only.

You can only specify the question name when you create a new question. A question is uniquely identified by the combination of package code and question code. So, the entire question name you enter in the Question field must start with the code of the package for which the question is defined followed by a code for the specific question.

After a question is created, you cannot change its name anymore.

Description in (primary language)
The question put in the primary language of the application.
Note: The actual name of this field includes the primary language of the question. For example, if the primary language is English, the name of the description field is: Description in English. The primary language is determined by the Primary Language property of the application for the current software development project.
Allowed values:

A multi-byte text with a maximum length of 132 characters.

The question can contain codes that are substituted when the question is displayed. This table shows some examples:

%1$s Substitution of a string
%1$d Substitution of a digit
%1$e Substitution of an exponent

For details on substitution symbols, see the description of the sprintf$ function in the Infor ES Programmers Guide (Infor Customer Portal KB2924522).

Question Type
The question type indicates a categorization of the questions.
Allowed values:

To specify a value for this field, select one of the following question types:

Information All goes fine but there is something you may want to know.
Warning Something went wrong, but the process is still running.
Critical A fatal error occurred and the process is aborted.
Domain
The domain that determines the possible answers to the question.
Note: Click the Domain hyperlink to open the domain in the Domain Editor.
Allowed values:

Click Browse to select a domain. The domain must have the data type Enumerated.

Example:

A question is linked to the tcyesno domain. The domain consists of the enumerate constants Yes and No. The question is displayed with a Yes button and a No button.

Default Answer
The default answer to the question.
Allowed values:

Select one of the enumerate constants belonging to the specified domain.

Help Text
If this check box is selected, a help text is linked to this question.
Translation
Target Software Language
Select the language for input of a translation. You can only select a secondary language of the application not already used for a translation.

To add a new translation of a question to the Translations field, select a target software language. Click Copy and translate the question into the selected language.

Allowed values:

To specify a value for this field, select a language from the drop-down list. This list contains all the secondary languages of the application not already used for a translation in the Translations field.

Software Language
The language into which the question text is translated.
Allowed values:

This field is read-only.

The language used for the translation is one of the secondary software languages of the application. You can only specify this software language when you create a new translation for the question, see Target Software Language.

Description
The translated question.
Allowed values:

A multi-byte text with a maximum length of 132 characters.

The question can contain codes that are substituted when the question is displayed. This table shows some examples:

%1$s Substitution of a string
%1$d Substitution of a digit
%1$e Substitution of an exponent

For details on substitution symbols, see the description of the sprintf$ function in the Infor ES Programmers Guide (Infor Customer Portal KB2924522).