The Alternate Name Types Management Page
This screen is used to list, create, view, update and delete Alternate
Name Type records. "Alternate Name Types" appear as choices in a drop-down
select control on the Alternate Names Edition Page and allow the user to qualify the kind of
alternate name he's dealing with. Examples of alternate name types may include
alternative spelling, translations or pen names for instance.
The Project Hirtius application comes with a ready-made list of
Alternate Name Types, but you are free to modify this list as you see
fit.
Please note that contrary to most other object management screens, the
list and edition features have been implemented in the same screen in this
case.
The Alternate Name Types management screen is not available straight
from the Main Application Menu. To reach the Alternate Name Types list:
The Alternate Name Types Management Page supports the following actions:
- List: displays a table listing all existing Alternate Name
Type records. This is the default mode when you first reach the page.
- Add: the form to fill in and submit in order to create a new
Alternate Name Type record.
- Insert: creating the new Alternate Name Type record in the
database (post Add action).
- Edit: modifying an existing Alternate Name Type record
through a form populated based on the current database contents.
- Update: storing the modified data in the database, updating
the appropriate Alternate Name Type record (post Edit
action).
- View: display the current database contents for the selected
Alternate Name Type record. No form in this case.
- DelCon: first step when requesting the deletion of a record --
issues a prompt for confirmation.
- Del: the actual removal of the selected record from the database
(post DelCon action). Only Alternate Name Types that are
no longer referenced by any Alternate Name records can be deleted.
That action will be recorded: a new entry will be added to the Event
Log.
Of these, only List is an entry point (typically reached from
the Individuals List).
Here below are the fields that you can expect to find on the Alternate Name
Type Edition Page. The goal here is not to simply duplicate the database layout
information. If this is what interests you, please refer to the database
creation script or the database itself. The purpose is rather to explain
what each field is meant for [D], what format it is expected to follow
[F] and what are the conditions for its validity (if applicable)
[V].
A star (*) after the name of the field denotes a mandatory field (the
star is shown in red with the same meaning in the application user
interface).
| Object ID* |
D |
Sequential ID, automatically assigned by the DB during record
creation. Displayed read-only once available. |
| Name Type* |
D |
Name (description) for the alternate name type. Make it short, but as
explicit as possible. |
| F |
Free text. |
| V |
Has to be unique. |
| Name Code* |
D |
Mnemonic for the alternate name type. Will appear in lists, search
results, etc. |
| F |
Max. 4 characters. |
| V |
Has to be unique. |
In addition to these, when in 'list' mode, some extra computed columns are
displayed:
- #:
- The number of Alternate Name records that currently reference this
Alternate Name Type.
For each Alternate Name Type in the list, the first and last columns
of its row contain links that correspond to actions to be performed on the
Alternate Name Type object.
- object ID: the object ID (left-most column) is a link
that opens the Alternate Name Types Management Page in view mode for the selected Alternate Name
Type.
- Edit: opens the Alternate Name Types Management Page in edit mode for the
selected Alternate Name Type.
- Del: opens the Alternate Name Types Management Page in delete confirmation mode
for the selected Alternate Name Type. You can then confirm to proceed
with the deletion or cancel it and return to the list. If there are still
Alternate Name records that reference the selected Alternate Name
Type, the confirmation message says so and doesn't let you proceed with
deletion. You should first change the type on said alternate name, then try
again..
In addition to this, a global action is available on the last row
(bottom right corner) of the list:
- Switch to edit mode link
- Located at the bottom of the page, just above the footer. Click on this
link to edit the current object (switches the view from a R/O
rendering of the contents to an HTML form that allows you to modify that
contents and submit it afterward).
- Back to list link
- Located at the bottom of the page, just above the footer. Click on this
link to return to the list of defined Alternate Name Types.
- Submit button
- (Also in "Add" mode). Commits the locally
modified HTML form fields contents to the database that stores
Project Hirtius data. Use it to save your latest modifications.
- Reset button
- (Also in "Add" mode). Cancels any un-committed
change, and returns all HTML form fields to their initial value (i.e. the
one they had when the page was last loaded in the browser). Use this button
to revert any erroneous edit you might have done (Beware:
this only works on local changes that have not been saved to the
database yet, i.e. for which you've not clicked on Submit yet).
- Switch to view mode link
- Located at the bottom of the page, just above the footer. Click on this
link to view the current object (switches from the current HTML form that
allows you to modify the object contents and submit it afterward to a R/O
rendering of that contents).
- Back to list link
- Located at the bottom of the page, just above the footer. Click on this
link to return to the list of defined Alternate Name Types.
See also:
Project Hirtius, © Les Ateliers du Héron, 2012.
Last updated: Friday, Oct. 21, 2022.
). This gets you to the Individuals List.