AIX Version 4.3 Differences Guide

configuration change tasks in which there is no predefined order of
steps for the user to perform.
TaskGuide Objects
TaskGuides are dialogs designed to assist the user in performing
complex tasks. Unlike property dialogs, TaskGuides lead the user
through a task in an ordered series of steps.
6.2.4.1 Container Objects
Simple objects are viewed and manipulated in container objects. Containers
consist of a view area, objects within the view, and a group of actions. Actions
apply to the container view area and individual objects in the view area.
Web-Based System Manager containers are specialized, that is, each type of
Web-Based System Manager simple object (for example, user) is viewed within
its own container type (for example, the Users container). The classification of
containers provides rules for actions to be applied to included objects and any
specialized views of objects within the container type.
Containers are viewed and manipulated in their own primary windows. Container
windows perform the functions of CDE and Windows NT file manager folders. All
the container windows support the following behaviors:
Open
Iconized containers may be opened to reveal their contents.
Close
Find
Reload Now
Stop Loading
Select All
Deselect All
Scroll
Containers may be closed, returning control to the parent
container (or in the case of the top-level container, exiting the
application).
Find an object by specifying its name.
Rediscover the objects and their current states.
Halt the loading, or reloading, of a container.
Select all objects in a container.
Remove selection from all objects in a container.
When containers are sized such that their entire contents cannot
be shown, they can be scrolled up/down and right/left.
6.2.4.2 Open Action
Opening a container causes the container view area to be populated with objects.
6.2.4.3 TaskGuides
TaskGuides are the IBM/Lotus equivalent of Wizards. Wizards are a Microsoft
tool for assisting users in performing complex tasks. They direct the user through
the task using questions, instructions, prompts, and controls specific to each step
in the task. TaskGuides are used for rarely-performed, and otherwise complex,
tasks, such as printer and queue configuration, installing software, and so forth.
Further information on the use and requirements for TaskGuides may be found in
the User Assistance section below.
6.2.4.4 Generic Dialogs
Generic dialogs are used to represent objects where notebook or TaskGuide
functions are not necessary.
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