Object Description

This documentation is organized under the following headings:

What's New? New features and enhancements.
Before You Start How to activate this plug-in and how to connect to the development server.
Introduction What is Object Description? Restrictions and benefits.
Elements of Object Description Menu commands, context menus and toolbar buttonsContext menus and commands that are available in the Natural Studio window when this plug-in has been activated.
Invoking an Overview of All Documentation Objects How to display the documentation objects in a tree view or list view window. How to filter or find the documentation objects, and how to display the properties for the nodes and objects.
Managing Natural Objects How to create documentation objects by redocumenting Natural objects or by opening the description for a Natural object or library. How to find out whether a Natural object or library has already been documented by displaying its description.
Managing Documentation Objects Information on the object type-specific windows. Information on the locking mechanism. How to view, modify, rename or purge documentation objects, and how to print/save reports for documentation objects.
Managing Associations and Links How to select a navigation model, display the links for an association, link/unlink objects, modify/display the attributes of a link, and print/save a report for the attributes of a link.
Managing External Objects How to generate external objects from documentation objects, compare documentation and implementation, administer external objects (refresh, disconnect and purge), and how to print/save reports for external objects.

Notes:

  1. Reference documentation is provided separately. See Predefined Object Types in Predict.
  2. Certain features concerning external objects (generation, comparison and administration) are documented in External Objects in Predict.