Image Management

This screen allows you to maintain a library of Images, etc that are used across all areas of Ostendo.

 

List Tab

 

Display fields

 

Image Type: This denotes from where in Ostendo the Image link originated.  The options are:

Item

Descriptor

Labour

Company Asset

Employee

Customer Asset

Customer

Supplier

Project

Knowledge Base

Template Task

Job

Sales

Assembly

Purchasing

 

Image Name: The name of the Image as entered into the Details screen,

 

Linked To: This is the specific record identified by the Image Type to which this Image relates.

 

File Name: This is the full path name of the Image on your computer network.

 

Data Display Options

 

Field Position - On the List screen you can move the field position by dragging the column heading left or right to the position where you want it to appear.

 

Filtering and Sorting - If you ‘check’ the checkbox then the displayed data is available for filtering and sorting:

To sort the data in a selected column simply click on the column heading.  Clicking against will sort in descending order.

Click on the black ‘down arrow’ to the right of your selected column heading and you can either select a specific entry to display all records containing that entry, or you can select (Custom…) to enter detailed selection criteria.

 

Searching - If you enter some text into the ‘Search’ field and click on the ‘binoculars’ Icon then all records will be interrogated and those records that contain the entered text will be displayed.  To revert back to displaying all records click on the ‘Eraser’ Icon

 

Buttons

 

Close: This will close the Image Management screen.  If you have any unsaved data then you will be asked if you wish to save it before the screen is closed.

 

Add: This will bring up the ‘Detail’ tab for entry of a new Image.

 

Save: Not applicable to the List panel

 

Cancel: Not applicable to the List panel

 

Delete: This enables you to delete the selected Image from the Image Master

 

View: If you select a line and then this button the Image will be displayed on the screen.

 

 

Detail Tab

 

Entry and Display fields

 

 

Image Settings

 

Image Name: Enter the name if the Image that you are creating in this screen.  No checks are made on the entry.

 

Image Type: From the drop-down list select the Image Type.  These are already defined in Ostendo and show where this Image feature is used

 

Linked to: Dependent upon the Image Type selected this will show the relevant records from that source.  Therefore, from the drop-down list select the reference that uses this Image

 

Copy to Jobs: This will be visible dependant upon the Image Type.  When visible it can be ‘checked’ to indicate that the Image will be copied to all Job Orders raised against this ‘Linked To’ reference.

 

Copy to Sales: This will be visible dependant upon the Image Type.  When visible it can be ‘checked’ to indicate that the Image will be copied to all Sales Orders raised against this ‘Linked To’ reference.

 

Copy to Purchases: This will be visible dependant upon the Image Type.  When visible it can be ‘checked’ to indicate that the Image will be copied to all Purchase Orders raised against this ‘Linked To’ reference.

 

Copy to Assemblies: This will be visible dependant upon the Image Type.  When visible it can be ‘checked’ to indicate that the Image will be copied to all Assembly Orders raised against this ‘Linked To’ reference.

 

Display on Price List: This is displayed if the Image Type is Item.  If ‘checked’ then the image will be available for printing on the Standard Item Price List report

 

 

Image Details

 

Filename: locate the full path name of the Image.  It should be noted that the file extension must be an image format (I.e. .jpg, .bmp, .ico, .wmf, .emf)

 

Preview: Displays a preview of the image

 

Buttons

 

Close: This will close the Image Management screen.  If you have any unsaved data then you will be asked if you wish to save it before the screen is closed.

 

Add: This will bring up a blank ‘Detail’ screen for entry of a new Image record.

 

Save: This will save the current data without exiting the screen

 

Cancel: Any changes made to the current Image record or the last time the ‘Save’ Button was pressed will be lost.

 

Delete: Not applicable to the Detail panel

 

View: If you select a line and then this button the Image will be displayed on the screen.