Besides editing the geometry of features it is important to give attributive information about what is being edited. The WebOffice flex client allows many different types of attributive editing which are explained in the following chapter. Attributive information can be entered into the edit tool form while using the edit actions Create or Edit. If you are creating a new object, attribute fields will be immediately available. In case you are editing an existing object you have to select the object first and edit attributes afterwards.

 

Types of input fields

The WebOffice flex client allows the user to enter attributive information with the following input field types:

•Text input

•Multiline text input

•Drop-down list

•Checkbox

•Date field

•Slider

•File name

•File path

•File upload

 

 

Mandatory Attribute Fields

An attribute field which is marked with a is a mandatory field. Therefore, the editing operation cannot be submitted as long as no value has been entered into this field.

 

Restricted Attribute Fields (read-only)

It is also possible to configure the editability of an attribute field. This can be used to prevent a user from changing the object afterwards or during certain editing actions.

 

 

 

Date field

If a field of type Date is configured, the WebOffice flex client offers a calendar function in the editing tool window. For the entry that Date format is used for the entry, which is defined in the Common Settings.

 

 

File Upload, File Path, File Name

Attribute fields of these input field types offer the button to open a file dialog and browse to a file in order to:

•upload the file to the server
(for this, the button must be clicked additionally)

•upload the file path

•upload the file name

Use the button to remove any entry from the attribute field.

 

Slider

Using the input type Slider is extremely useful when working with rotation fields that have to be edited.

 

 

 

Hierarchical Editing

The WebOffice flex client supports Hierarchical Levels for editing fields, usually in combination with subtypes/domains defined in ArcMap. This way, the user has to select a value for the field with the top hierarchical level (i.e. the topmost field and mandatory). The field with second hierarchical level will only provide the values which are valid for the topmost hierarchical field.

 

 

GPS Attributes

The WebOffice flexclient supports spatial position information retrieval and storage via an editing session.

 

In order to enable the automatic filling in of the coordinates, the point which was calculated by the location determination must be hit during editing. To hit this point it is recommended to activate snapping.

 

 

Thus the GPS fields are automatically filled with the current coordinates of the location. Depending on the configuration the form may look like this.

 

 

The automatically filled fields are grayed out and cannot be edited.

 

 

Integrated Editing Application

The WebOffice flex client supports the use of an integrated editing application, which is designed to edit the attribute data and relationships of an object created or edited with WebOffice 10.9 R4. The configured editing application appears directly after an editing operation. This means that after creating, editing or deleting an object, a new browser window with the contents of the external editing application will be visible.

 

 

In the same way, the integrated editing application can also be opened in the final window of the editing action. Next to the Close button, there is a separate button with the configured name of the application.