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C H A P T E R 5

Direct to Web Applications

Figure 5-4

A list page

Note that each Movie enterprise object on the list page in

Figure 5-4

has an Edit

button, which indicates that Movie objects are read-write. The developer can
configure whether a type of enterprise object is read-only or read-write.

If the Movie objects are read-only, an Inspect button appears on each row instead of
an Edit button. If the user clicks the Inspect button next to one of the enterprise
objects, Direct to Web displays an inspect page for the object (

Figure 5-5

) that

reveals more detailed information about the object.

Figure 5-5

An inspect page

If the objects displayed on the list page are writable and the user clicks the Edit
button next to one of them, Direct to Web displays an edit page for the object (

Figure

5-6

). On the edit page, the user can edit the attributes for the object or click the Edit

button next to one of the relationships to edit the relationship.