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Notebooks
The notebook element enables you to organize and develop groups of panels for updating and creating information in a database. Notebooks are similar to wizards because there are many panels of information, organized in a table of contents. Notebooks differ from wizards because the panels are not displayed in a predefined sequence. The user can select and view any panel from the table of contents at any time. Notebooks are used for sets of information that are not necessarily sequential. The notebook is also used to update information created in a wizard, because users might want to skip directly to the panel containing the information they want to change. This feature is not appropriate for situations that require branching in the task flow because of its parallel, non-sequential nature. For example, a notebook is not appropriate for a task that requires changing subsequent forms based on earlier choices.
An image of a notebook follows:
- Add a notebook
- Notebook error code handling
- Notebook JavaScript functions
To use the following JavaScript functions, first write code for the functions that implement the business logic. Once the code is written you can use these JavaScript functions in the notebook. Your JavaScript file is specified in the notebook's XML file.
- Notebook navigation behavior
Notebooks present users with one or more navigation options, as well as finish and cancel options, which are presented as buttons in the navigation frame at the bottom of the content window. Notebooks also provide panel navigation using the table of contents frame. When included, the navigation controls behave according to the following guidelines.
- Notebook definition
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