Solution Deployment – An overview
Introduction
Extension Development Kit is a Virtual Works component used for developing Business Process, Components, Activities, User Interfaces and to extend the screen functionality of already existing base screens.
This component is widely used by the customers, implementation team and pre-sales.
Feature Highlights
Develop user defined components
Extend the functionality of base screens
Transfer data
From one interface to another user Interface
From UI to base screens
From base screens to user Interface.
Design reports for the user interface
The following tasks can be performed:
User can define Business Processes
User can define Components
User can define new Activities for the Components
User can extend the Base Screen functionality through an UDS (User Defined Screen) link, by defining new user screen and attach it as extension to the Base screen.
User can define the pages and sections.
User Screen can have the following header controls:
Edit Box Control
Display Only Control
Combo Box Control
Check Box Control
Text Area Control
Horizontal Rule
Data Hyper Link
Link
Radio button
Enumerated combo
Filler
User Screen can have more than one Grid Control.
User Screen Grid Control Columns can have the following controls:
Edit Box Control
Display Only Control
Combo Box Control
Check Box Control
Text Area Control
Data Hyper Link
User can define his own functional activity task for his defined screen. Different types of tasks are:
Initialization Task
Fetch Task
Trans Task
Submit Task
Report Task
Link Task
Help Task
Data Hyper Link Task
UI Task
User can transfer data between the screens in the following possible ways:
Header control to header control in forward direction
Header control to grid control column in forward direction
Grid control column to header control in forward direction
Grid control column to grid control column in forward direction
Header control to header control in backward direction
Header control to grid control column in backward direction
Grid control column to header control in backward direction
Grid control column to grid control column in backward direction
User can attach Base screen as a link / help to the User Defined Screen.
User can attach UDS screens through base screen extension
User can define report details
List of Activities in EDK - User Defined Screens
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Define Process |
Creating user defined processes, components, activities and user interfaces |
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Specify Screens and Reports |
Specifying the screens and the reports for a selected component. |
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Generate Deliverables |
Generating the deliverables for a selected activity, component and business process |
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Base Screen Extension Access |
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