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Additional information on form import

When you import a form created in TotalAgility 5.5 or 6.0, or upgrade TotalAgility 5.5 or 6.0 installations to 7.0.

  • The form layout is closed but you can rework the form layout after upgrading to 7.0.

  • All form and control properties are populated.

  • TotalAgility adds all control level actions at the form level and associates the actions with the correct control.

  • Grid View control is replaced by tables.

  • Image buttons are replaced with buttons with the image path set.

  • BAM Charts are not added to the form.

  • Panel controls are replaced by a cell that contains all the controls on the panel and the corresponding actions, for example, display rule to expand and collapse.

  • Panel controls (multi-column) are replaced with a cell that contains the correct number of columns for the controls on the panel and the corresponding actions.

  • Sections controls are replaced with a row with all corresponding actions.

  • Entity controls are replaced with entity instance controls.

  • Work Queue Summary Control is not added to the form.

  • TotalAgility Controls like Login and Create New Job are not added to the form.

  • Header forms are imported and TotalAgility sets the corresponding header form property.

  • For forms with Resource Tree Control, the Supervisor property is Current.

When you import a solution package or upgrade a 5.5 or 6.0 installation to 7.0, the following solution-specific items are in effect irrespective of selecting the overwrite flag:

  • Each solution is created as a site in a newly created category with all corresponding artifacts like menus, variables, security tokens and forms.

  • TotalAgility ignores error handling settings.

  • Multiview Activity form menu navigation.

  • All folders are created as sub categories.

  • Themes are not imported automatically. The installation engineer must create the theme and associate the theme with the correct site.

  • The following items are overwritten when you select the overwrite flag:

    • Solution/Global variables

    • Security Tokens

    • Security Roles

    • Role Members

    • Navigations

    • Web Service References

    • Entities

    • Lookups

    • Languages