Recently added and updates Orixa Features and Help Pages
If you are curious about new and updated elements in the Orixa system, please have a look at the following links.
We are regularly adding to and extending Orixa, the following links show some of the newer features and pages which have been edited or extended.
Spreadsheet Editor: User Interface to hold Excel-spreadsheet-like data
"Exploring the "EditHistory" user-activity audit table"
The Resources Treeview: Accessing Resources and Reports
Using the "Resources" system-table to create reports, charts, data-cubes and dashboards
Decorating your table column definitions to add functionality to an App
Worksurfaces: Panels that show interlinked data in an intuitive way
Using Forecasts within an Orixa App
Using the "Resources" system-table to create PDF and Excel files
The Orixa "Memo" window for editing and viewing long sections of text
The "Comments" and "FileNotes" Edit Forms
Some recent feature extensions in Orixa
"WhoFrom" Linkage |
Lookup "View" button added to the "WhoFrom" field of Communications Edit Form |
New Scaling / Zoom track bar control |
Scaling of HTML Editor control is saved by the system, so users can set the Zoom to a size that works.
Similar "Zoom" features have been added to Worksurfaces and Dataviewers, standardizing how the user experience works across Orixa. |
New extensive "Hints" in work-surfaces |
Worksurfaces have been extended with a new "Hint" property which can be set by developers. The text returned by Orixa is then displayed when the user hovers with their mouse over the control as shown at 1., in the image. |
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Extensive improvements have been made to cope with High Definition displays and multi-monitor displays. |
Addition of "Speak Text" functionality |
Addition of "Text to Speech" feature in Memo Controls. Any Memo control can now "speak" its own content. Right click with the mouse and select "Speak the text in this window" as shown at 1., in the image. Note that if paert of the text is selected prior to clicking, only the selected section will be spoken. The playback speed of the speech can be altered by the user. |
Kanban / Status Board Control Fixed |
The Kanban Status Board component had a number of minor bugs. These were fixed enabling the component to work more fluidly. |
Worksurface Search / Filter |
"Search" and "Filter" were added features to the Worksurface Control. This allows users to location items if there are a large number present on the screen. |
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Search Capability in Memo has been improved. |
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TLS Security has been added to Email system. |
Lookup List in Edit Form |
IDList lookup functionality and speed has been improved. Larger lists should be returned more quickly and managed more fluidly in the application. |
Memo, addition of linkages in text |
Extension of Memo control to include "internal linkage" feature, allowing text in the memo to link to external Orixa data-records. Examples using the TableName followed by either the Record ID or "Name" field enclosed in double-quotes. [Products 342122] [Customers "Equal Exchange"] |
Token Edit Control |
Creation of new "Token Edit" Control This allows for the creation of lists within an Orixa App which can be auto-completed in multiple parts, as seen in email sending applications. |
Spreadsheet, cell formulae |
Addition of "Spreadsheet" control with Excel-like capabilities A spreadsheet can now be added to any Business Object Edit Form. |