r6629 - trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide

[reinhard]

Author: reinhard
Date: 2004-11-05 08:57:51 -0600 (Fri, 05 Nov 2004)
New Revision: 6629

Modified:
   trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/01-intro.texi
   trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/04-ui.texi
   trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/05-references.texi
   trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/devguide.texi
Log:
Documentation improvements.


Modified: trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/01-intro.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/01-intro.texi     2004-11-05 14:17:59 UTC 
(rev 6628)
+++ trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/01-intro.texi     2004-11-05 14:57:51 UTC 
(rev 6629)
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 @c $Date$
 
 @chapter Introduction
+
+This chapter still has to be written.

Modified: trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/04-ui.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/04-ui.texi        2004-11-05 14:17:59 UTC 
(rev 6628)
+++ trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/04-ui.texi        2004-11-05 14:57:51 UTC 
(rev 6629)
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 @example
 gnue-readgld address-C.gld
 @end example
address@hidden
+(please note the difference: address@hidden for GCD files and
address@hidden for GLD files)
 
 Now we can see how GNU Enterprise displays a much nicer form:
 @example

Modified: trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/05-references.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/05-references.texi        2004-11-05 
14:17:59 UTC (rev 6628)
+++ trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/05-references.texi        2004-11-05 
14:57:51 UTC (rev 6629)
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@
 country? Should the country code be displayed? The name of the country? Both of
 them? How will the user see what countries are valid?
 
address@hidden 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
address@hidden How References Are Displayed In Forms
+
 The most usual concept here is to display a dropdown in the form that lists all
 available countries, and to let the user select one of them. But still we have
 to define which property of the @samp{country} class should be listed in the
@@ -113,7 +117,13 @@
 and look at the result. Then, try the other way around. You will see how
 flexible this system is.
 
-Please note that this is defined in the GLD for the @emph{referenced} class, in
-our case the @samp{country} class. That means that @emph{every other class}
-referencing a country will show the @emph{same} dropdowns in the user
+If you want only the code to appear as a dropdown and the name to be just shown
+as a non-editable text field next to it, try @samp{search="100"} for the code
+and @samp{info="200"} for the name: @code{info} is handled just like
address@hidden, except that it doesn't show as a dropdown, but as a simple
+informative text.
+
+Please note that all this is defined in the GLD for the @emph{referenced}
+class, in our case the @samp{country} class. That means that @emph{every other
+class} referencing a country will show the @emph{same} dropdowns in the user
 interface.

Modified: trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/devguide.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/devguide.texi     2004-11-05 14:17:59 UTC 
(rev 6628)
+++ trunk/gnue-appserver/doc/devguide/devguide.texi     2004-11-05 14:57:51 UTC 
(rev 6629)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 @include 03-basicdb.texi
 @node Basic UI Features, References,        Basic DB Features, Top
 @include 04-ui.texi
address@hidden References,        (null),            Basic UI Features, Top
address@hidden References,        ,                  Basic UI Features, Top
 @include 05-references.texi
 
 @bye