Action Request System 5.1 Developing AR System Applications ...

Action Request System 5.1Filter GuidesWhen the guide prompts a user for information, the user enters theinformation, and then clicks Continue (or presses the Tab key). Users canquit the guide at any time by clicking Stop Guide.A guide that walks users through a form depends especially on the Wait activelink action and the Prompt Bar in AR System Windows User Tool. To createthe typical steps in a navigation-style guide, you would use the followingactive links in this sequence:! Change Field (Set Focus)—Sets focus to a field and highlights the field.! Message (Prompt)—Provides the user with instructions and informationin the Prompt Bar.! Wait—Temporarily suspends the guide while waiting for user input.These first three active links should be set for every field in the form.! Commit Action—After the user enters all the information on the form,saves the information and then creates a request.Guides can also be used to set up an application environment. For example,you can create a guide that presets a form with tabs, specific colors, defaultfield values, and so on.Finally, you can create a guide that uses dialog boxes, much like a wizard.This is especially important in a web environment, because the Wait activelink action will not work in a web browser. Instead, you have to create dialogboxes for user-interaction within the guide. For more information aboutusing a display-only form as a dialog box, refer to the Developing AR SystemApplications: Basic guide.Filter guides are used to create re-usable components of filter workflow byadding computational subroutines within filter processing. This provides formore sophisticated workflow solutions and allows easier re-use offunctionality between forms.38 "Chapter 1—Defining Guides and Guide Actions