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COMMON FUNCTIONAL PRINCIPLES
4.1. GENERAL
This section explains generic principles, which the user should be familiar with, for proper
operation of the Administration, FMS and FHO applications and which will not be detailed in each
occurrence.
4.2. TERMINOLOGY
The FHO and FMS applications are user-friendly, window-based applications with a graphical
interface similar to other Windows applications. Common terms are used in this manual assuming
that their meaning is obvious, as depicted in Table 4-1.
Table 4-1. Common Terms (Examples from SiteOmat Application)
No. Name Appearance (Typical) Description
1. Cursor
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An indicator pointing where text is to be inserted.
2. Pointer Points where the mouse is located on the screen.
3. Text Box An element allowing the user to input text
information.
4. Checkbox An element permitting the user to enable/ disable
a specific option.
5. Combo Box An element allowing the user to choose one value
from a list. Clicking on the arrow-shaped button
in the combo box opens the list of values.
6. Radio
Buttons
An element allowing the user to choose only one
of a predefined set of options.
7. Grid A database consisting of columns (fields) and
rows (records). Grids are a common way of
displaying and handling data in the SiteOmat
application.
8. Scroll Bar A bar allowing continuous text to be viewed even
if it does not fit into the space in the window.
Clicking the arrow-shaped buttons in the ends
allows to move the body of the document.
Scroll bars may be either horizontal or vertical.
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