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--- visionx:invoice_application [2020/06/08 11:13]
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+++ visionx:invoice_application [2020/06/10 10:37] (current)
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 ~~NOTRANS~~
-~~Title: Invoice application~~
+~~Title: Invoice Application~~
 Version: 5.0 / 2019-07-01
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 ===== Changing the Invoice Screen =====
-As the next step we are going to style our buttons. Starting off with the "Insert" and "Delete" buttons above our invoice table. To do that we press the "Edit" button (1) on our button and set the foreground color to white (2) and the background color to a nice blue (2) for the "Add" button and red for the "Delete" button. Additionally we are going to turn off the border of our button (3). We're also going to change the text from "Insert" to "Add"
+As the next step, we are going to style our buttons beginning with the "Insert" and "Delete" buttons above our invoice table. To do that, we press the "Edit" button (1) on our button and set the foreground color to white (2), the background color to a nice blue (2) for the "Add" button, and red for the "Delete" button. Additionally, we are going to turn off the border of our button (3). We're also going to change the text from "Insert" to "Add".
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:style-button.png?nolink|Styling the buttons}}
-The "Add Article" and "Add new item" buttons are getting a new style as well. Press the "Edit" button (1), uncheck "Show border" (2) and check "Border on Mouseover" (2). Additionally we set the foreground color to the same color of our "Add" button (3) and the background to transparent (3).
+The "Add Article" and "Add new item" buttons are getting a new style as well. Press the "Edit" button (1), uncheck "Show border" (2), and check "Border on Mouseover" (2). Additionally, we set the foreground color to the same color as our "Add" button (3) and the background to transparent (3).
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:style-button-add.png?nolink|Styling the add buttons}}
-Now we style the "Delete" button of the component table. We remove the text altogether (1) and set the foreground to the same red we used at the "Delete" Button (2). Uncheck "Show border" (2) and check "Border on Mouseover" (2) and as the last step select the "minus-circle" icon with a size of 24 for this button (3).
+Now we style the "Delete" button of the component table. We remove the text altogether (1) and set the foreground to the same red we used for the "Delete" button (2). Uncheck "Show border" (2), check "Border on Mouseover" (2), and, as the last step, select the "minus-circle" icon with a size of 24 for this button (3).
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:style-button-delete.png?nolink|Styling the delete button}}
-The last button we are going to style is the "+" button of the component table. We remove the text altogether (1) and set the foreground to the same blue we used at the "Add" Button (2). Uncheck "Show border" (2) and check "Border on Mouseover" (2) and as the last step select the "plus-circle" icon with a size of 24 for this button (3).
+The last button we are going to style is the "+" button of the component table. We remove the text altogether (1) and set the foreground to the same blue we used for the "Add" button (2). Uncheck "Show border" (2), check "Border on Mouseover" (2), and select the "plus-circle" icon with a size of 24 for this button (3).
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:stle-button-add-article.png?nolink|Styling the add article button}}
-To make the component table look like a real table we have to line up the labels with the editors. To do that you select the label in the editor and set the anchors to your desired positions. In the "Edit" menu of the labels we set them to bold as well. Next up we are going to add a title to the right side of the screen. To do that we change the type of our panel in its "Edit" menu. To do that we select the left side icon under the "Margins" of the panel. After that we add a label "Edit Invoice" and add an icon in front of it with the Font Awesome Icon "file-text-o".
+To make the component table look like a real table, we have to line up the labels with the editors. To do that, you select the label in the editor and set the anchors to your desired positions. In the "Edit" menu of the labels, we set them to bold as well. Next up, we are going to add a title to the right side of the screen. To do that, we change the type of our panel in its "Edit" menu. To do that, we select the left side icon under the "Margins" of the panel. After that, we add a label "Edit Invoice" and add an icon in front of it with the Font Awesome Icon "file-text-o".
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:web-preview-2.png?nolink|The current application}}
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 ====== Calculations in the Application ======
-As the last few steps we are going to add a "Sub Total" area under the component table. For this we have to add a "Total" column to our invoice table. We already added a column in this tutorial so we are going to skip this part. As the next step we are going to add a label "Sub Total" and the new editor "Total" from our table directly under the "Amount" column of our component table. We remove the border of our editor in the "Edit" menu to make it fit better.
+For the last few steps, we are going to add a "Sub Total" area under the component table. For this, we have to add a "Total" column to our invoice table. We already added a column in this tutorial, so we are going to skip this part. As the next step, we are going to add a label "Sub Total" and the new editor "Total" from our table directly under the "Amount" column of our component table. We remove the border of our editor in the "Edit" menu to make it fit better.
-As the next step we are going to make the table do the calculations when a row is changed. Select a component in our component table and press "Create Row Value Changed". In the following wizard we select "Calculate Value" specify that we want to "Write to" the invoice item amount column and add "[Invoice Item.Quantity] * [Invoice Item.Rate]" as the Formula. This is done to save the amount into the invoice item row. We add another command, select "Calculate Value" once more but "Write to" our total column in the invoice table now. The formula is "sum([Invoice Item.Amount])" in this case. To add columns to our formula we can press the button (1) next to the formula field. This way you can add the columns of our tables via dropdown (2).
+Next, we are going to make the table do the calculations when a row is changed. Select a component in our component table and press "Create Row Value Changed". In the following wizard, we select "Calculate Value", specify that we want to "Write to" the invoice item amount column, and add "[Invoice Item.Quantity] * [Invoice Item.Rate]" as the formula. This is done to save the amount into the invoice item row. We add another command, select "Calculate Value" once more, but "Write to" our total column in the invoice table now. The formula is "sum([Invoice Item.Amount])" in this case. To add columns to our formula, we can press the button (1) next to the formula field. This way you can add the columns of our tables via dropdown (2).
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:add-calculation-action.png?nolink|The calculation action}}
-After that we can add items and the calculations will be done. To make sure that the values are also changed when we delete an item we have to add a "Create After Deleted Row" event with the same commands as well. Our application should now look somewhat like this:
+After that, we can add items and the calculations will be done. To make sure that the values are also changed when we delete an item, we have to add a "Create After Deleted Row" event with the same commands as well. Our application should now look somewhat like this:
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:web-preview-3.png?nolink|The current application}}
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 ====== Creating a Report ======
-The last step of our tutorial is going to be a report of our invoice. For this matter we add a "Export Invoice" button under the "+ Add new item" button. This button will have the same style as the "Add" button but the icon we choose will be "download".
+The last step of our tutorial is going to be a report of our invoice. For this matter, we add a "Export Invoice" button under the "+ Add new item" button. This button will have the same style as the "Add" button, but the icon we choose will be "download".
-To add a report we press the "Reports" Button on the right side of the VisionX Designer. In the following wizard we select out "Invoice" Screen and press "Next".
+To add a report, we press the "Reports" button on the right side of the VisionX designer. In the following wizard, we select "Invoice" screen and press "Next".
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:create-report-step1.png?nolink|Create report step one}}
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 {{:visionx:invoice_application:create-report-step2.png?nolink|Create report step two}}
-We are going to create a "Document" and it will contain "A list with detail information".
+We are going to create a "Document," and it will contain "A list with detail information".
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:create-report-step3.png?nolink|Create report step three}}
-In the next step we select our invoice table, specify that we only want to "Show detail records only for selected master" and press "Finish".
+In the next step, we select our invoice table, specify that we only want to "Show detail records only for selected master" and press "Finish".
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:create-report-step4.png?nolink|Create report step four}}
-VisionX will now create our report and asks us how we want to add the report to our application. Select "Add "Show Report" automatically" in this step and select the "Export Invoice button". After pressing "Finish" our report will now be available when pressing the button. If we do that this is how the report is looking now.
+VisionX will now create our report and ask us how we want to add the report to our application. Select "Add "Show Report" automatically" in this step and select the "Export Invoice button". After pressing "Finish", our report will now be available when pressing the button. If we do that, this is how the report will look now.
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:export-report-1.png?nolink|The initial report}}
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 {{:visionx:invoice_application:report-design-1.png?nolink|The initial template}}
-The initial report doesn't really look like an invoice but you can change it with Microsoft Word/Open Office/Libre Office. You can find additional information on how to change a report [[:visionx:reports|in the VisionX report documentation]]. To download and later upload an alternative template for this report you press the "Reports" button on the left side of VisionX again. In the following wizard once again select our invoice screen.
+The initial report doesn't really look like an invoice, but you can change it with Microsoft Word/Open Office/Libre Office. You can find additional information on how to change a report [[:visionx:reports|in the VisionX report documentation]]. To download and later upload an alternative template for this report, you press the "Reports" button on the left side of VisionX again. In the following wizard, once again select our invoice screen.
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:create-report-step1.png?nolink|Change template step one}}
-Select "Edit an existing report", select our previously created template and press "Next".
+Select "Edit an existing report", select our previously created template, and press "Next".
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:change-template-step1.png?nolink|Change template step one}}
-In the following dialog press either the "Get Template" button to download the template or the "Change Template..." button to upload the changed template. If you decided to upload a template press "Finish" and your selected template will be used for the export.
+In the following dialog, press either the "Get Template" button to download the template or the "Change Template..." button to upload the changed template. If you decided to upload a template, press "Finish" and your selected template will be used for the export.
 This is how the changed invoice could look like:
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 You can download the changed template from [[https://doc.sibvisions.com/_media/visionx/invoice_application/InvoiceTemplate.rtf|here]].
-====== The finished application ======
+====== The Finished Application ======
-With this done this let's look how our application is looking in a web environment. For this we once again use the "Preview" Button in VisionX. This will start a browser window which shows our finished application:
+With this done, let's see at how our application looks in a web environment. For this, we once again use the "Preview" button in VisionX. This will start a browser window which shows our finished application:
 {{:visionx:invoice_application:web-preview-4.png?nolink|The master screen}}