Here you will find an overview of the additional features
of Intrexx that are available in the expert mode. In
the United Planet Support Center you can inform yourself about
available seminars from the United Planet Academy, which will allow you
to deepen your expert knowledge of Intrexx.
Applications can, under certain circumstances, be made
nonfunctional if incorrect settings are entered in expert mode. Please
note that United Planet cannot offer support if this occurs.
Menu Extras / Options
In the menu Extras / Options you can activate the expert
options.
Expert Options in the module Applications
Expert Tab
If you Enable expert options on this tab, you will
find the additional tab Expert in the properties
dialog of elements.
Attributes can be changed or defined here, which describe a
corresponding element in its XML application file. You can find the
documentation on individual expert attributes in the
United Planet Support Center.
You can change an existing attribute by clicking on the corresponding
line in the Value column.
Settings
Expert attributes facilitate control of the implementation in the web.
Settings, on the other hand, control the behavior of the server or of
the controls. The names of the settings are designed to make clear on
which elements the setting may be applied.
By clicking on the Settings button
in the lower part of the dialog box, individual
settings may be defined.
Details
The Details dialog is also available when expert
options are active, via the context menu of an element or by pressing
the F4 key.
Info
On this tab you will find the title, type, GUID, and name of the
currently selected element in XML. The GUID (Globally Unique
IDentifier) is a unique identification of each element in Intrexx. The
link to Show information allows you to reach
additional information for all elements that are superior to the
currently selected element (such as the page that contains an edit
field, or the grouping that contains an edit field).
XML
On this tab you will find an XML editor, in which the XML with the
current settings for the selected element will be shown. Click Edit
to change these attributes.
Filter Editor
Filters can also be directly edited in
expert mode. Click on Expert,
in the filter dialog in order to open the filter editor.
The source text for a filter that has been already defined in the
standard dialog will be shown in the Filter Editor
and can be further changed from there. The changes can be saved by
clicking Save Filter and Close
or via the File menu. The filter will be made
active after publishing the application.
Indexes
If the Expert options have been activated, in the properties dialogs of
data groups the additional tab Indexes will be available. Here indexes
for database fields can be defined, which will improve performance when
filtering or sorting tables in applications.
Conditional Display of Buttons and Groupings
In the expert mode, buttons and groups can be shown depending on a
value.
Expert Options in the Processes Module
Expert Tab
If you Enable options for experts on the Processes
tab, you will find the Expert tab in the properties
dialog of the most elements.
Details
The Details dialog is also available when expert
options are active, via the context menu of an element or by pressing
the F4 key.
Process Details
The details regarding a process itself will be presented if you
highlight the process tab and press the F4 key or
select Details from the context menu.
Here you will be informed of the Title and the GUID,
and have the ability to open the Temporary working directory.
The logfiles for the processes are saved to this directory as XML
files.
Expert Options in the Design Module
Details
If you Enable expert options for the Design
module, you will find the additional Details
dialog, which gives additional information about the properties of
elements.
Here you see the name of the layout and the name of the folder in which
it is saved.
Editing the Stylesheet
When expert options are active, you have via the menu Edit /
Edit stylesheet the ability to make changes directly to the
CSS files that contain the style classes within them.
Here provides for you a convenient Stylesheet Editor.
Expert Options in the Relations Module
If you Enable expert options for the Relationships
module, you will as well as in the module Applications
find the additional Expert tabin
the properties dialogs of relationship elements and the Details
dialog, which is available via the key F4 and gives
additional information about the properties of elements.
In the properties which can be shown here, edited expert attributes
will be listed. By clicking the link Open temporary working
directory the directory containing the XML files of the
relationship chart will be opened.
Expert Options in the Users Module
When expert options are active, you have the ability to change the
field lengths in the Schema Manager.