RiverWare 6.1: Slot Description Enhancements
Phil Weinstein, 3-01-2011

These enhancements have been developed for user-supplied descriptions on Slots:

  1. Descriptions are supported on all Slots. They are no longer limited to Slots on Data Objects. Also, the description panel -- used in Open Slot Dialogs and Open Object Dialogs -- has been simplified. It is no longer necessary to click an "Edit" button to modify the description.
     
  2. New search function: Search for slots having any description, or a description containing specified text.
     
  3. Slot selections can be limited by slot description (in the GUS Slot Selector) -- either to Slots having any description, or to slots having a description containing specified text.
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Additional enhancements are also being considered. See this analysis of the Open Object and Open Slot dialogs for implementing additional "description" GUI controls. We would like to implement a visual indication that a user-supplied description is defined on the Object or Slot, and possibly easier access to description display and editing.

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