My Checked Out Objects Tab, Form Control
The My Checked Out Objects tab has two primary purposes:
- To display a list of all
objects, both forms and global objects, that you currently have checked out.
Note: Form templates do not display in this list, and forms and global objects that you have created are displayed in this list only if you selected Enforce strict locking of forms and global objects in the user preferences, and you select Include Newly Created on this tab.
- To provide options to
check in or unlock objects that you have checked out.
For more information about these actions, see Actions Group.
Checked Out Objects
When you click , this pane displays all the forms and global objects you have checked out.
Display/Select My Checked Out Objects
Specify this information:
| Area/Option | Description/Comments |
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| Keep object(s) checked out | When selected,
specifies that when you check in the selected objects, Form Control is to keep
them checked out.
This option is enabled only when the Check in option is selected in the Actions group. This option allows you to have a working version that you trust, which you can later check in (and unlock) or go back and get the intermediate version. |
| Remove runtime changes from database | When selected,
specifies that Form Control is to remove all form run-time changes from the
selected forms in the specified database when performing the action.
This option is enabled only when the Check in option is selected in the Actions group. |
| To view a list of all the objects you currently have checked out (except form templates), click this button. | |
| To select only the new objects that you have created but not yet checked in, click this button. | |
| To select all
objects in the list, click this button.
Note: If you want to check in or unlock all but a small number
of the objects you have checked out, click this button, and then clear the
objects you do not want to check in or unlock at this time.
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| To deselect all objects in the list, click this button. |
Process Options
Specify this information:
| Area/Option | Description/Comments |
|---|---|
| Include Form Templates | To include any form templates associated with a form that you have checked out, select this check box. Note that, because the Checked Out Objects list does not display templates, you must know which form templates you have checked out. |
| Include newly created | To include any
forms or global objects that have been created but have never been checked in,
select this check box. This can include new versions of objects that are
derived from current objects in the master forms database.
Note: Forms and global objects that you created are only
displayed in this list if you selected the user preference
Enforce strict locking of
forms and objects. This setting marks these forms and global
objects as locked by you when you create them.
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| Overwrite unlocked forms and objects | When selected, forms and objects that are unlocked are overwritten
when you check in your forms.
When you select this option for the first time, you are warned about potential data loss. This option is enabled for check-in operations only. |
| To perform the selected action, click this button. |