I do not think so....but as usual can be added of course.....
On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 07:07 +0100, Christopher Snow wrote:
> Hi Hans,
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> Will this method using entity field description support i18n?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Chris
>
> Hans Bakker wrote:
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > the most ideal thing to make this happen if this description was first
> > copied into the data model in the entitymodel.xml files in the
> > description attribute.
> >
> > Then this description could be shown either in the help screens for the
> > fields shown in the related forms or as a mouseover popup from within
> > the screens.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Hans
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 21:36 +0100, Christopher Snow wrote:
> >
> >> As a user that is relatively new to the setup of ofbiz, I find that it
> >> is quite time consuming to work out the meaning of various settings.
> >> For example, in setting up a product store, the purpose of the field
> >> "Check Inventory" doesn't really mean much to me. However, looking
> >> through the 'Manager Reference : Catalog' by Undersun, I see the
> >> description for Check Inventory as:
> >>
> >> "This determines whether the system checks inventory levels when
> >> processing an order. If inventory IS checked (Y),
> >> the item cannot be ordered or rather the order cannot be fulfilled if
> >> there is insufficient QOH or ATP. If Inventory is not
> >> checked, however, the order may be accepted but items not available will
> >> be processed as a back-order. You need a
> >> system in place to track, replenish and fulfill back-ordered items if
> >> you set this flag to N."
> >>
> >> This description is exactly what I need to make a decision on the
> >> setting for my requirements. Ideally, this type of field information
> >> would be available as a popup (perhaps by hovering a cursor over a
> >> question mark icon) and also in the Help screen (a popup would be a way
> >> for a user to get a quick description of a fields purpose, yet the help
> >> could provide workflow type information).
> >>
> >> Question 1: is there any merit in the popup type approach (perhaps
> >> utilising the form tooltip attribute)?
> >> Question 2: until a popup approach is implemented (if ever), I would he
> >> happy to start copying the field descriptions from the 'Manager
> >> Reference' guides to the Help screens - if the Manager Reference
> >> copyright permits it. Can anyone provide any feedback on this?
> >>
> >> Many thanks,
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>
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