Application

1. General information

• NET Genium consists of a set of mutually interconnected applications that together form a coherent application ecosystem.
• Each application is built from two fundamental building blocks – edit forms and view pages.
  • An edit form is used to create and edit a single database record.
  • A view page displays multiple database records at once and is used for visualization, browsing, filtering, and searching data.
  • A view page also acts as an entry point to edit forms – either to create a new database record or to edit a specific existing one.
  • Both edit forms and view pages may contain buttons that trigger application events. Such an event can include opening another edit form or view page.
  • The most common way to open an edit form from a view page for the purpose of creating a new database record is by placing a button on the view page that triggers the opening of the edit form.
  • An application that contains only edit forms lacks a user interface through which users can access those forms. For this reason, even the smallest application must contain at least one view page.

2. Create a new application

• The option to create an application using the “New application” icon within an active application group is available to users with administrator permissions.
• After selecting the “New application” icon, a dialog with the basic parameters of the new application is displayed.
• When the dialog is saved, a new application is created in the current application group and placed at the end of the list. The order can later be adjusted using the “Sort order of applications” icon.
• Another method for creating a new application is using the “Create application with table” wizard. A detailed description of the wizard’s behavior is provided in the separate guide Quick application creation.

3. Application import

• Import of a new application is available through the separate “Import application” icon, which is intended exclusively for users with the highest permission level, i.e., the “Administrator” user with database ID 1.
• A detailed description of importing a new application is provided in the separate guide Import and export of applications.

4. Application order

• Changing the application order is available to users with administrator permissions.
• After selecting the “Sort order of applications” icon, a dialog is displayed in which the position of applications within the active application group can be changed.
• An application can be moved one level up or down, or placed at the first or last position using the double arrow buttons.
• The configured application order is reflected in how applications are displayed in the portal’s navigation area.

5. Application settings

• Application property settings are available to all users with administrator privileges.

5.1. “General” tab

5.1.1. Name

• The name of the application displayed in the NET Genium navigation area or in the menu on mobile devices.

5.1.2. Dictionary

• The dictionary displays a list of application group names, applications, categories, view pages, edit forms, and controls used throughout the application.
• Dictionary search is used to suggest the correct application name and to maintain consistency of nomenclature throughout the application.

5.1.3. Icon

• Application icon displayed in the NET Genium navigation area in front of the application name or in the menu on mobile devices.
• The first icon is used to display an inactive application, the second (reverse) is used to display an active application.

5.2. “Help” tab

• Help is the text displayed in the “Edit Forms (Export)” and “View Pages (Export)” reports. A detailed description of the reports is given in a separate manual Reports.
• Help is text displayed inside the overall help of the application within the server variable “#help#”. A detailed description of server variables is given in a separate manual Variables.

5.3. “Rights” tab

5.3.1. Rights

• Rights define a list of user groups and users who have permission to view the application.

5.3.2. Show summary…

• View an overview of the rights settings of all child objects – categories, view pages, edit forms and controls.

5.3.3. Options

• Replace rights in all child objects – Checking this box determines whether the rights settings in all child objects (categories, view pages, edit forms, and controls) will be overwritten to the same permissions as set in the application itself when the application is saved.
• Add selected rights to all child objects – Checking this box determines whether all selected user groups and users should be added to all child objects (categories, view pages, edit forms, and controls) when saving the application.
• Remove selected rights in all child objects – Checking this box determines whether all selected user groups and users for all child objects (categories, view pages, edit forms, and controls) should be removed when the application is saved.

5.4. “Administration” tab

5.4.1. Location

• Select the application group in which the application is located.
• The drop-down list contains all application groups.
• The “Settings” system application is the only one in the entire application that is permanently located in the “Settings” application group, and must not be moved or deleted anywhere else.

5.4.2. Import application

• A detailed description of updating an existing application using Import application on the “Administration” tab is provided in the separate guide Import and export of applications.

5.4.3. Report

• “Report” button – Downloads a text report containing the complete configuration of the application, including view pages and their controls, categories, edit forms, and their controls.

5.5. “Save”, “Delete” and “Close” buttons

• “Save” button – Save changes to application settings.
• “Delete” button – Permanently delete application.
• “Close” button – Close the application settings dialog without saving changes.

6. Application copy

• Copying an application is available to users with administrator permissions through the “Copy application” icon, which creates a duplicate of the current application.
• After this icon is pressed, a new application is created with the same structure, the same objects, and the same content as the original application.
• The name of the newly created application is automatically appended with the label “Copy” to clearly distinguish it.
• The copy preserves all internal objects (categories, view pages, edit forms, and controls), but their internal identifiers are newly generated and differ from those in the original application.
• This procedure is suitable for creating a variant of an application for further modifications, testing, or extensions without affecting the original application.

7. Application export

• Export of an application is available through the separate “Export application” icon, which is intended exclusively for users with the highest permission level, i.e., the “Administrator” user with database ID 1.
• A detailed description of exporting an application is provided in the separate guide Import and export of applications.