Types of Object Displays

Display Attributes

To view this display choose with the quick info text Display Attributes.

For each object attribute, the following information is displayed:

• Status

  For every superclass, the Status column displays one of the following:

  • If the superclass is expanded, with the quick info text Collapse.

  • If the superclass is collapsed, with the quick info text Expand.

  If you choose not to display superclasses, by choosing with the quick info text Superclasses On/Off, the Status column contains with the quick info text From Superclass for those attributes that are inherited from the superclass.

• Binding

  The column indicates the binding of the attributes.

  • For static attributes, the column contains with the quick info text Static Attribute.

  • For instance attributes, the column contains with the quick info text Instance Attribute.

• Visibility

  The visibility of an attribute can be one of the following:

  • Public, indicated by with the quick info text Public.

  • Protected, indicated by with the quick info text Protected.

  • Private, indicated by with the quick info text Private.

• Attribute

  This column contains names of the superclasses and attributes.

  By default, at the top of the list, the OBJECT superclass is displayed.

  You can filter out of the display attributes with certain properties.

  • To do this, choose with the quick info text Filter.

    A dialog box appears, where you can select the attributes you do not want to display.

  • To display all attributes again, choose with the quick info text Undo Filter.

• Value Type

  This column contains the type of the attribute's value.

• Value

  This column contains the value of the attribute.

• Change

  If column Change contains with the quick info text Change Field Content, then the value of the attribute can be changed.

  To change the value of the attribute, choose Change Field Content and enter the new value.

  • To disregard the changes, choose with the quick info text Display Field Content.

  • To save the your entry, choose Enter.

• Hexadecimal Value

• Technical Type

• Absolute Type

• Alias

• Full Name

• Read-only

  If the checkbox is selected, then the attribute is a constant.

Events and Handlers Display

To view this display choose with the quick info text Display Events and Handlers.

The system displays events in a tree.

• Event Type

  • Class events are indicated by with the quick info text Class Event.

  • Instance Events are indicated by with the quick info text Instance Event.

• Visibility

• Handler Methods

  If there are event handlers registered for the event, the event can be expanded.

  When you expand the event node, all event handlers are displayed. The handlers can be one of the following types:

  • A class method is indicated by with the quick info text Class-Bound Handler Method.

  • An instance method is indicated by with the quick info text Instance-Bound Handler Method.

References Display

To view this display choose with the quick info text Display References.

The system displays all references pointing to the object.

If you double-click an object from the list, it is displayed in the Object tool.

Inheritance Relationship Display

To view this display, choose with the quick info text Display Inheritance Relationship.

The system displays all classes and superclasses in a tree.

They are indicated by the following:

• A superclass is indicated by with the quick info text Superclass.

• A class is indicated by with the quick info text Class.

If a class or superclass node is expandable, then it contains interfaces.

An interface is indicated by with the quick info text Interface.