24 module

A module is a partial dialog within a comprehensive dialog. It is an independent unit and can be compared with the object dialog. It constitutes the brackets for all objects contained because these objects can be saved in a file. The module functionality represented by resources, rules, defaults, models or instances can be defined in a module.

Definition

module { <Identifier> }
{
  <standard attributes>
  <hierarchy attributes>
}

Such a part of a dialog can for example be used as a library

for standard resources which are to be implemented in a company (realization of company-specific style guides)
for models which go beyond the dialog or the project
for functionality which is needed again and again (e.g. search, calling a database…)

24.1 Attributes

Attribute	RLD	PID	Properties	Short Description
.child[integer]	object	object	S,G/-/C	accesses the I-th child object
.childcount	integer	integer	-,G/-/-	queries the number of child objects
.class	class	class	-,G/-/-	class / id of object
.document[integer]	object	document	S,G/-/-	accesses the I-th XML Document
.external	boolean	boolean	-,G/-/-	returns if the object class is an USW class
.external[integer]	class	class	-,G/-/-	returns the I-th registered USW class
.firstchild	object	object	S,G/-/C	accesses the first child object
.firstrecord	object	record	S,G/-/C	accesses the first record of an object
.index	integer	integer	-,G/-/-	current index of object in the child list of its parent
.label	string	string	S,G/D/C	name / identifier of object
.lastchild	object	object	S,G/-/C	accesses the last child object
.lastrecord	object	record	S,G/-/C	accesses the last record of an object
.record[integer]	object	record	S,G/-/C	accesses the I-th record of an object
.recordcount	integer	integer	-,G/-/-	queries the number of child records