The Attachments Dialog

The Attachments dialog box is a standard Valuemation tool for handling attachments. It gets displayed when the 'Attachments' action is called from a catalog context menu or an action button in an editor.

The 'Attachments' dialog box consists of the following elements:

• Icon

  Icon distinguishing the type of attachment, see 'Object Attachments' for information on attachment types.

• Name

  Attachment name.

• Type

  Attachment file type.

• Size

  Attachment size.

• Location

  Relevant for 'Link' (Rich Client only) and 'Hyperlink' attachments: location of linked file or URL of hyperlink attachment.

• Download

  Clicking the icon opens standard 'File Download' dialog.

• Date

  Date and time when the file was attached, actual attachment is done when dialog button 'OK' is clicked ('Attachments' dialog called from a catalog) or when the edited object is saved ('Attachments' dialog called from an editor).

• User

  Valuemation user who attached the file.

The 'Attachments' dialog box has the following control buttons:

• Open

  Opens the selected attachment. Valuemation Rich Client: the attachment opens in the associated application, Valuemation Web Client: tries to open the file in the default browser, if not possible - application selection dialog is presented. Hyperlink attachment opens in the default browser.

• Save

  For file attachments, opens the standard 'File Download' dialog. Disabled for link and hyperlink attachments.

• Add File

  Click to attach a file. Opens the 'Add File Attachment' dialog to browse for the file to be attached. The file will be stored in the database.

• Add Link

  Valuemation Rich Client only. Click to create a link attachment. Opens an 'Upload File' dialog to browse for a file to be linked. Use with caution - the file will not be stored in the database, only a reference to the local file will be saved. Consequently, the attachment will be useless on another machine and in Valuemation Web Client.

• Add Hyperlink

  Click to attach a hyperlink. Opens the 'Add Hyperlink Attachment' dialog where hyperlink descriptive name and URL can be specified.

• Remove

  Removes the selected attachment. Attention: no confirmation dialog gets displayed.

• Cancel

  Closes the 'Attachments' dialog without saving any changes.

• OK

  Saves changes made in the dialog and closes it. At this point the newly attached files are saved in the database.

• Filter Row

  The row at the top of the catalog can be used to dynamically filter catalog content. Typing in a column in the row automatically filters the list to contain only the attachments whose corresponding column contains the typed text.