This list is intended to assist users in communicating and identifying parts of the DTS 2.0 application.
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Check box |
Any search field in which the user can make single or multiple selections by clicking an empty box. A check box is differentiated and identified by its label. A check box is a square.
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Radio button |
Any search field in which the user can make an exclusive selection by clicking a radio button. A radio button is differentiated and identified by its label. A radio button is circular.
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Text box |
Any search field in which the user has to use the keyboard to type data. A text box is differentiated and identified by its label: Order text-box, Lot text-box, Plat 1st text-box (when Plat has 2 text boxes).
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List box |
Any search field in which the user can select one or multiple items from a list of available items.
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Drop-down |
Any search field in which the user has to select data. There are 2 types of drop-down: Combo and Date-control. Drop-down box has a single-point arrow. A drop-down field is differentiated and identified by its label: From date-control drop-down or Thru date-control drop-down.
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Combo drop-down |
A type of drop-down in which the user has to select one item from a list of available items.
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Date-control drop-down
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The type of drop-down in which the user has to select a date from a calendar. |
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Increment box |
A search field in which the user has to click the up or down arrow to increment or decrement the displayed value. Increment box has a double-point arrow. An increment box is differentiated and identified by its label: Bedroom increment box or Bathroom increment box.
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Button |
Any button or box outline, which the user clicks to open a dialog box or to execute a DTS 2.0 process. A button is differentiated and identified by a label and/or icon: Recall Order button, Submit button, and Go button.
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Group box |
A cluster of search fields in the Search screen that are virtually enclosed by a box outline. A group box is differentiated and identified by its label: Order group, Subdivision group, and Qualifier group.
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Panels |
Refers to the 3 sections arranged vertically on the left plane of the DTS 2.0 window. A panel is differentiated and identified by its label: Service panel, History panel, and Search Panels panel.
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Main window |
Refers to the right plane of the DTS 2.0 window where most of the user activities will take place.
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Description |
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DTS 2.0 window |
The entire DTS 2.0 application window as it appears on the computer desktop.
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Report |
Refers to a search result. There are 2 types of reports: Index and Detail. A single search can produce multiple online detail reports. Multiple online reports are printed as one printout report.
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Index report |
A report that contains a simple list of possible matches to the search criteria.
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Detail report |
A report that contains the actual match to the search criteria.
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Online report |
The search result that is displayed in the Result Screen.
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Printout |
The search result that is produced from a printer.
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Report header |
Online: Refers to the fixed top-most part of the online report. An online report header contains information about the search such as: Type of search, What was searched (Lot, Tract, etc.), Date of the search, Records retrieved, Company submitting the search, County that was searched, Plant Date. Depending on the search results, the online report header may include the Column Header. Printout: Refers to the top-most part of the printout report. A print-out report header contains similar information as the online report header with a slightly different arrangement: Company submitting the search, County that was searched, Date of the search, Type of search, Plant Date, What was searched (Lot, Tract, etc.), and What was entered.
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Column header |
Online: Refers to the labels assigned to each column of data in the report body. In some online report, Column header is part of the Report header. Printout: Column header is part of the Group header.
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Report body |
Online: Refers to the part of the report that contains the actual data retrieved from a search. The report body is scrollable. Printout: Refers to the rest of the report printed after the report header. The report body begins with the first Group header.
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Group headers |
Online: Refers to entries in the report body that are highlighted with a blue background. Group headers can be expanded or collapsed. Group headers are most often blue in color. Printout: Refers to entries in the report body that are enclosed with rectangular outline. Column header maybe included in this outline, or has its own rectangular outline. Group headers identify multiple online reports generated from a single search.
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Labels |
Entries in the online report body which are displayed in bold. |
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Record header |
Entries in the online report body, which are displayed in green.
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Data |
Entries in the report body that are displayed in normal text font.
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Tip: The best method to keep in mind when identifying any part of the DTS 2.0 application is the Object-in-object naming method. This means that if one object belongs to another object; the other object belongs to a bigger object. The bigger object also belongs to an even bigger object, and so on and so forth. In essence, the biggest object of all would be the DTS 2.0 window and every thing else falls within that object.