Overview tab

Use this tab to specify the general properties for the session.

General Information
Session
The session name that uniquely identifies the session. The name must start with the package code and module code to which the session belongs.
Label Code
The name of the label that contains the session's description.

To edit or view the label in the Label Editor, click the hyperlink.

Description
The session's description, displayed in the title bar of the session's window at runtime.
Allowed values:
This field is read-only, because the description originates from a label. To edit this label, click Label Code.
Main Table
The session's main table.
Allowed values:

To select a main table, click Browse.

To edit or view the table in the Table Editor, click the hyperlink.

Session Status
The development status of the session.
Allowed values:
Developing The session is being programmed.
Testing The session is going through software testing.
Finished The session is fully programmed and tested.
Synchronized Dialog
The name of an overview session's details session. The details session starts when a user double clicks a record in the overview session.
Allowed values:

To select a details session, click Browse.

To edit or view the details session in the Session Editor, click the hyperlink.

Main Session
If this check box is selected, the session is a main session and can be placed in a browser menu.

If this check box is cleared, the session is a subsession and cannot be placed in a browser menu. Users can only start the session through an overview session, or by a specific form command.

InContext Model
The name of the InContext model for this session.

To open the InContext model in the Session Model Editor, click the hyperlink.

If no InContext model exists for the session, click the hyperlink to generate a model. The Session Model Editor is started.

Related topics:
  • InContext Modeling
  • Infor Enterprise Server InContext Modeling Development Guide
  • The online help of the Session Model Editor
Table Indices and View Fields
Table Indices and View Fields
Use this field to indicate which indices of the main table are used in the session.

The field displays a tree structure in which the nodes are represented by check boxes. The tree structure lists all indices of the session and, for each index, the session fields used for this index. By selecting or clearing check boxes, you indicate which index applies and which index fields are displayed as View fields.

The top level Index check boxes denote the available indices. Select an index check box to indicate this index is applicable for the session. If this check box is selected, you can activate the index at run time through the Sort by command in the session's View menu.

The subordinate View check boxes indicate which fields of a selected index are displayed on the form as view fields. When you select a particular index field as view field, the preceding index fields are displayed as view fields.

Click Up and Down to move indices up and down the list. The sequence of the indices in the list determines the order in which indices are displayed when you activate the Sort by command at runtime. The index at the top of the list is the session's start index.

Session Behavior
Start Command
The session's Start Command.

Specify the default start command or one of the standard commands available to the session (see Standard Commands field). Alternatively, indicate that the session will not have a start command.

Allowed values:

To specify this field, select a start command from the drop-down list. You can select on of the following values:

Default Start Command The session uses the default start command that is defined for the session type concerned.
No Start Command No command is carried out when the user starts the session.
<Standard Command> One of the session's standard commands, as displayed in the Standard Commands field.
Session Type
Specifies the session's type.
Allowed values:
Maintain For overview and details sessions (when not started in read-only mode), in which users can edit fields.
Update Type 4 session.
Print Type 4 session.
Display Maintain session type, except that users cannot edit fields in an overview session. Users can edit fields in a details session.
Update + Print Update session that produces a report.

This session type behaves in the same way as a Print session, but at runtime the Preview button is not generated.

Graph Type 4 session.
Conversion Type 4 session.
Window Type
Specifies the session's window type.
Allowed values:
Modeless window with menu Deprecated
Modal window with menu Deprecated
Dialog A modal secondary window, to display or to edit data.
No Window The window is not movable and does not contain a title.
Synchronized dialog Deprecated
List Window (default value) Starts a details window for a details session, and an overview window for an overview session. If a user zooms to the session, a browse list starts for the session.
Wizard A wizard window starts for the session. A wizard window usually consists of a sequence of dialog boxes in which you must enter the required details, and through which you can move forwards and backwards.

LN contains various sessions with a wizard window, for example:

  • Export Language Dependent Data to XML - Wizard (ttadv8910m000) and
  • Import Language-Dependent Data from XML - Wizard (ttadv8920m000)
Parameter A parameter window starts for the session.

LN contains various sessions with a parameter window, for example

  • Infor Data Navigator Server - Parameters (ttgfd4124m000) and
  • ART Parameters (ttaad6102s000)
Multi Main Table A Multi Main Table window starts for the session. Use this window type for Multi Main Table (MMT) sessions.

An MMT session is a combination of multiple sessions, each having their own main table, and is used to present data with a typical parent-child structure. For example: a Sales Order and the related Sales Order Lines.

The window of an MMT session consists of 2 parts:

  • The upper part shows parent information. For example, a Sales Order.
  • The lower part shows the child information. For example, the related Sales Order Lines.
Note: The child satellite sessions of a MMT session are maintained on the Satellite Sessions tab of the session editor.
Reports in several languages
If this check box is selected, you can print the session's reports in languages other than the runtime language.
Note: 
  • Dependent on software delivery (see the Import- / Export functions module). You can only print reports in the languages you select in the Languages to Deliver by Language (ttiex0101m000) session.
  • You can manage multilingual report printing in the session's UI script.
Standard Commands
Use this field to enable / disable the standard commands of a session.
Note: Click St. Command set to start a dialog where you can select a standard command set for the session. The commands of the selected command set are displayed in this field.

The field displays a tree structure in which the nodes are represented by check boxes. The tree structure lists all standard menus for sessions and the standard commands for each menu. Select or clear check boxes to indicate which standard commands and associated menus are used.

The top level Menu check boxes denote the standard menus. Select a menu check box to select all standard commands of this menu. Clear a menu check box to clear all commands of the menu. The menu check box shows a greyed out check mark if some commands of the menu apply and some do not.

The subordinate Command check boxes indicate which standard commands are used for the session. For every standard command a check box is available. Select a check box to enable the command at runtime. Clear a check box to disable the command at runtime. The command preferences set in this field can be overruled by the program script, DAL script, or the user authorization settings.

BFlows
List of BFlows that are linked to the session.

To add a BFlow using the Create a New Infor LN Software Component wizard, click the Add button next to the grid.