GLOSSARY
- attribute
- In Web Applications Dictionary, the re-usable field that make up a flow. An attribute is not associated with a piece of data; for example, an attribute called "customer name" can be re-used any time a customer name field is displayed in a flow.
- flow
- A logical grouping of flow pages. It may be presented as a series of Web pages or as a hierarchy within Object Navigator's client interface.
- flow
- In Web Applications Dictionary, a flow describes an illustration of data relationships. A flow may be exhibited in the form of a series of web pages, each displaying data and its relationship to other data. In Object Navigator, a flow is the heirarchical representation displayed by the Visual C++ interface.
- flow page
- A logical grouping of data, this element is the highest-level component of a flow and is composed of regions.
- node
- A display of object attributes in Object Navigator. Nodes appear in a hierarchy which you can make fully or partially visible by hiding or revealing nodes. Nodes often contain only a selection of all attributes associated with an object. See property sheet.
- object
- In Object Navigator, an object corresponds to a database view.
- object attribute
- A re-usable element that results when you associate an attribute with an object.
- object navigator
- A data dictionary combined with a user interface that is used to populate the data dictionary. The data dictionary stores specific information about web application data, including prompts, language, security, validation, and defaulting. Object Navigator also includes a Visual C++ data viewer that exhibits flows derived from the dictionary.
- page
- See flow page.
- page region
- An element that results when you associate a region with a flow page.
- primary region
- The first region displayed on a flow page.
- property sheet
- A display of all the attributes associated with a node in Object Navigator.
- region
- Composed of region items, this element is based on exactly one object (database view) and logically groups the data displayed on a flow page. For example, one region on a page may contain customer address information, and another may contain customer order information.
- region item
- A re-usable element that results when you associate an attribute or object attribute with a region.
- view
- A customized presentation of data in a logical table. It does not contain or store data; instead, it derives data from underlying base tables, which can themselves be views or actual tables. Attempts to modify a view affect its base tables, not the view itself.
