When using iFIX with Change Management and an Electronic Signature dialog box appears, if you create your own comment tables, operators can select from a drop-down list of predefined comments. Perform and Verify comment lists are stored in different tables. As such, you can configure different comments to appear from the drop-down list in the Perform Comments section and in the Verify Comments section of the Electronic Signature dialog box.
The table names you enter in the Perform Comments Table Name and Verify Comments Table Name fields can be the same as the ones you use for your other iFIX applications, or you can configure Change Management specific comment tables. If you click the button to create a table, Change Management specific tables are created:
- ChangeManagementPerformComments
- ChangeManagementVerifyComments
However, you can also enter the name of the table you want to use into the edit box for the Perform Comments Table Name and Verify Comments Table name fields from the User Preferences dialog box's Change Management tab. You do not have to use the button to create the table, if you already have one created. If not, you can create it by clicking the corresponding Create Default Comments Table button.
IMPORTANT: The operator can enter text in the Comment field regardless of whether you configure a comment table and create pre-defined comments. The custom tables are provided if you want to customize the drop-down list that displays. Custom tables are saved as part of the User.fxg file. If you choose to manage the User.fxg file, you must close the WorkSpace and restart it in order to save User.fxg locally. The User.fxg file is not saved until the WorkSpace restarts.
To create a comment table:
- In Classic view, on the WorkSpace menu, click User Preferences.
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In Ribbon view, on the Home tab, in the WorkSpace group, click Settings, and then click User Preferences.
- Select the Change Management tab.
- Optionally, rename the table(s) by entering text in the Perform Comments Table Name field and the Verify Comments Table Name fields, respectively.
- Click the corresponding button, either the Create Default Perform Comments Table button or the Create Default Verify Comments Table button, as appropriate.
A message box appears, confirming that the comment table was successfully created. If you do not rename the tables in step 3, these default names are assigned to the tables:
- ChangeManagementPerformComments
- ChangeManagementVerifyComments
The comment tables you create are listed in the System Tree of the WorkSpace, in the Globals folder, in the User category.
- Click OK in the WorkSpace message box.
- Once you create a comment table, you can fill it with comments you want to use in your application.
To customize the content of a comment table:
- From the iFIX WorkSpace, right-click the comment table, such as ChangeManagementPerformComments in the system tree, and select Custom. The Custom Lookup Table dialog box appears.
- In the Value column, enter a numeric value.
This value can be up to seven digits long. Sequence the numbers in this column in relative, ascending order. This value is used as an index for this comment and is not otherwise associated with the comment.
- In the String field, enter the comment.
The comment can be up to 168 characters long. Keep in mind that this comment can be combined with a free-text comment in the Electronic Signature dialog box, so you may want to conserve the length of this comment.
To rename a comment table to give it a more
descriptive name:
- From the iFIX WorkSpace, access the system tree.
- Select the comment table you want to rename in the system tree.
- Open the Properties window by right-clicking the comment table in the system tree and selecting the Property Window... option.
- Select the Name property, and enter the new table name.
- Close the Property window.
To delete a comment table:
- In the iFIX WorkSpace, access the system tree.
- Right-click the name of the table you want to delete, and click the Delete option.
