Creating ASL Selections

The Selections for Access, Stairs and Ladder application form is used to expose the relevant assemblies to the project, this functionality allows the Standard (Assigned Standard) and the Assemblies (Assigned elements) to be used in combination and manages the presentation of this data in the general users application such that the user can decide which standard and assembly to use. The form also allows new selections to be created, modified or deleted. It is then the responsibility of the system to manage the checking of the engineering criteria based on the graphical picks or selections or manual inputs from the user.

The figure above left shows how the Selections form manages the visibility of the Assembly elements and provides the functionality for the administrator to promote the Stair Flights and other ASL assemblies, to the Assigned elements grid. The elements visible in the lower potion of the form under the heading Assembly elements are not visible to the ASL Design application and hence the user. This form allows the administrator to assign only those assemblies that have been authorised for use on the project.

The Db structure on the Application Data World indicated above right shows the database explorer and the location and hierarchy associated with the Standards, Secondary standards and the Assembly data. Notice that both the standards information and the assembly data are located in adjacent APPDAR under the same APPLDW.

Create a New Setting

Creating a new ASL setting will display a form requesting both the Description of the setting and the Setting Type which updates the main menu toolbar to inform the user of the current selection available to use.

The application allows for both Project and User selection settings to be created and the Description gadget is autonamed based on the Setting type which can be either Project or User and the autoname is not a hard-coded naming convention so the administrator can edit the name to a more appropriate name.

The User and Project Selections are saved to the following directory and files;

The user settings are stored in the PDMSUSER directory and the Project settings are stored in the Project Default path directory, for example; SAMDFLT folder, BASDFLT folder.

Delete the Selected Setting

The user will be prompted to confirm the deletion of the selected setting which will update the main menu toolbar.