Client Usage

This document is the reference about the concepts of the graphical user interface (also known as Tryton client ) of the Tryton application framework.

Name

tryton - Graphical user client of the Tryton application framework

Synopsis

$ tryton [options] [url]

On startup the login dialog is displayed.

Options

--version

Show program version number and exit

-h, --help

Show help message and exit

-c FILE, --config=FILE

Specify alternate configuration file

-d, --dev

Enable development mode, which deactivates client side caching

-v, --verbose

Enable basic debugging

-l LOG_LEVEL, --log-level=LOG_LEVEL

Specify the log level: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL

-o LOG_OUTPUT, –log-ouput=LOG_OUTPUT Specify the file used to output logging

information

-u LOGIN, --user=LOGIN

Specify the login user

-s SERVER, --server=SERVER

Specify the server hostname:port

URL

When an url is passed, the client will try to find already running client that could handle it and send to this one to open the url. If it doesn’t find one then it will start the GUI and open the url itself.

The url schemes are:

tryton://<hostname>[:<port>]/<database>/model/<model name>[/<id>][;parameters]

tryton://<hostname>[:<port>]/<database>/wizard/<wizard name>[;parameters]

tryton://<hostname>[:<port>]/<database>/report/<report name>[;parameters]

parameters

the corresponding fields of actions encoded in JSON

Note

model is for window

Note

report must have at least a data parameter with ids, id and model name

Overview

On startup the login dialog is displayed. It allows to select a existing profile (or to manage them) or to enter the host and database information.

The following schematic illustration of the Tryton client shows the names of all important visual parts.

Figure: Tryton client application:

Client Window       ________________________________________________________________
                   |T| Search  | Favorites    Tryton                           _ o x|
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                   | +           |          ______                                  |
Tabs               | |-+         |  [Tab1] |[Tab2]| [Tab3]...                       |
                   | | |-        | +-------+      +--------------------------------+|
                   | +           | | Menu Tab2                                     ||
                   | |-+         | |-----------------------------------------------||
Tool bar           | | |-        | | New Save Switch Reload | Prev Next | Attach v ||
                   | | |-        | |-----------------------------------------------||
                   | +           | |        _______________________                ||
Search widget      | |-+         | | Filter |                    *| Bookmark <- -> ||
                   | | |-        | |-----------------------------------------------||
                   | | |-        | |                                               ||
                   | +           | |                                               ||
View               | |-+         | |                                               ||
                   |   |-        | |                                               ||
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                   |_____________| |_______________________________________________||
                   |________________________________________________________________|

Tabbed Main Frame

This part of the client contains all the related contents and functions provided by the Tryton server modules. All aspects inside the main frame depend at least on the individual set of activated modules.

The main frame provides a tabbed document interface to arrange different views side by side. New tabs are opened by special actions, like choosing a menu item or clicking some action buttons. All tabs include titles which show the name of the provided view.

Tabs can be arranged by Drag and Drop.

Note

Inside views there can be tabs, too.

Menu

The menu does not contain fixed menu items. All of them are dynamically provided by the actual set of the activated modules depending on the access rules of the current user. If a menu item is clicked, the appropriate action will open in a new tab.

A search field allows to quickly filter the menu items by name and to search in models for which the global search is enabled.

Application Menu

The following section describes the action of the application menu. A rule of thumb: All items of the menu bar that are suffixed by three dots (…) will open an intermediate dialog for setting up the provided menu action. Most dialog provide a Cancel button, used to stop the complete dialog process.

Preferences:

A preference dialog opens, where the actual user can show and edit his personal settings. All user preferences are stored server side. I.e. logging in with the same credentials from different computers always restores the same preferences.

Options

The Options menu sets up several visual and context depending preferences.

Toolbar:

• Default: Shows labels and icons as defaulted in the GTK configuration.

• Text and Icons: Shows labels and icons in the tool bar.

• Icons: Shows icons only in the tool bar.

• Text: Shows labels only in the tool bar.

Form:

• Save Column Width: Check box to enable saving of manually adjusted widths of columns in lists and trees.

• Save Tree Expanded State: Check box to enable saving of expanded and selected nodes in trees/lists.

• Spell Checking: Check box to enable spell checking in fields.

• Play Sound for Code Scanner: Check box to enable sound on success or failure of code scan.

PDA Mode:

When activated, the client display in a condensed mode.

Search Limit:

Open a dialog to set up the maximum number of records displayed on a list.

Check Version:

Check box to enable the check of new bug-fix version.

Help

Keyboard Shortcuts…:

Shows the information dialog of the predefined keyboard shortcut map.

• Edition Widgets: Shows shortcuts working on text entries, relation entries and date/time entries.

About…:

License, Contributors, Authors of Tryton

Tool Bar

The tool bar contains the functionalities linked to the current tab. Some operations are working with one record or with a selection of records. In form view the actual record is selected for operations. In tree view all selected records are used for operations.

New:

Creates a new record.

Save:

Saves the actual record.

Switch View:

Switches the actual view aspect to:

• Form view

• Tree view

• Graph view

Not all views provide all aspects.

Reload/Undo:

Reloads the content of the actual tab. Undoes changes, if save request for the current record is denied.

Duplicate:

Duplicates the content of the actual record in a newly created record.

Delete:

Deletes the selected or actual record.

Previous:

Goes to the last record in a list (sequence).

Next:

Goes to the next record in a list (sequence).

Search:

Goes to the search widget.

View Logs…:

Shows generic information of the current record.

Show revisions…:

Reload the current view/record at a specific revision.

Close Tab:

Closes the current tab. A Request Dialog opens in case of unsaved changes.

Attachment:

The attachment item handles the document management system of Tryton which is able to attach files to any arbitrary model. On click it opens the attachments dialog. The default dialog shows a list view of the attached files and links.

Actions…:

Shows all actions for the actual view, model and record.

Relate…:

Shows all relate view for the actual view, model and record.

Report…:

Shows all reports for the actual view, model and record.

E-Mail…:

Open an editor to send an email related to the actual record.

Print…:

Shows all print actions for the actual view, model and record.

Copy URL:

Copy the URL of the form into the clipboard.

Export Data…:

Export of current/selected records into CSV-file or open it in Excel.

• Predefined exports

  • Choose preferences of already saved exports.

• All Fields: Fields available from the model.

• Fields to export: Defines the specific fields to export.

• Options:

  • Save: Save export as a CSV file.

  • Open: Open export in spread sheet application.

• Add field names: Add a header row with field names to the export data.

• Actions:

  • Add: Adds selected fields to Fields to export.

  • Remove: Removes selected fields from Fields to export.

  • Clear: Removes all fields from Fields to export.

  • Save Export: Saves field mapping to a Predefined export with a name.

  • Delete Export: Deletes a selected Predefined export.

  • OK: Exports the data (action depending on Options).

  • Cancel

Import Data…:

Import records from CSV-file.

• All Fields: Fields available in the model (required fields are marked up).

• Fields to Import: Exact sequence of all columns in the CSV file.

• File to Import: File dialog for choosing a CSV file to import.

• CSV Parameters: Setup specific parameters for chosen CSV file.

  • Field Separator: Character which separates CSV fields.

  • Text Delimiter: Character which encloses text in CSV.

  • Encoding: Character encoding of CSV file.

  • Lines to Skip: Count of lines to skip a headline or another offset.

• Actions:

  • Add: Adds fields to Fields to Import.

  • Remove: Deletes fields from Fields to Import.

  • Clear: Removes all fields from Fields to Import.

  • Auto-Detect: Tries to auto detect fields in the CSV File to Import.

  • OK: Proceeds the data import.

  • Cancel

Widgets

There are a several widgets used on Tryton in client side. The follow sections will explains some of them.

Date/DateTime/Time Widgets

These widgets have several key shortcuts to quickly modify the value. Each key increases if lower case or decreases if upper case:

• y: by one year

• m: by one month

• w: by one week

• d: by one day

• h: by one hour

• i: by one minute

• s: by one second

The = key sets the widget value to the current date and time.

TimeDelta Widgets

This widget represent a duration using different symbol of time separated by space:

• Y: for years (default: 365 days)

• M: for months (default: 30 days)

• w: for weeks (default: 7 days)

• d: for days (default: 24 hours)

• h: for hours (default: 60 minutes)

• m: for minutes (default: 60 seconds)

• s: for seconds (default: 1 seconds)

The hours, minutes and seconds are also represented as H:M:s.

For example: 2w 3d 4:30 which represents: two weeks, three days and four and an half hours.

The value of each symbol may be changed by the context of the widget. For example, a day could be configured as 8 hours.

Search Widget

The search widget adds the ability to easily search for records on the current tab. This widget is visible only on tree view.

The Syntax

A query is composed of search clauses. A clause is composed of a field name (with : at the end), an operator and a value. The field name is optional and defaults to the record name. The operator is also optional and defaults to like or equal depending on the type of the field. The default operator is = except for fields of type char, text and many2one which is ilike.

Field Names

All field names shown in the tree view can be searched. Field names must be followed by a :.

For example: Name:

If the field name contains spaces, it is possible to escape it using double quotes.

For example: "Receivable Today":

Operators

The following operators can be used:

• =: equal to

• <: less then

• <=: less then or equal to

• >: greater then

• >=: greater then or equal to

• !=: not equal

• !: not equal or not like (depending of the type of field)

For example: Name: != Dwight

Note

The ilike operator is never explicit and % is appended to the value to make it behaves like starts with.

Values

The format of the value depends on the type of the field. A list of values can be set using ; as separator.

For example: Name: Michael; Pam

It will find all records having the Name starting with Michael or Pam.

A range of number values can be set using ...

For example: Amount: 100..500

It will find all records with Amount between 100 and 500 included.

There are two wildcards:

• %: matches any string of zero or more characters.

• _: matches any single character.

It is possible to escape special characters in values by using double quotes.

For example: Name: "Michael:Scott"

Here it will search with the value Michael:Scott.

Clause composition

The clauses can be composed using the two boolean operators & (for logical conjunction) and | (for logical disjunction). By default, there is an implicit & between each clause if no operator is specified.

For example: Name: Michael Amount: 100

is the same as Name: Michael & Amount: 100

The & operator has a highest precedence than | but you can change it by using parenthesis.

For example: (Name: Michael | Name: Pam) & Amount: 100

is different than Name: Michael | Name: Pam & Amount: 100

which is evaluated as Name: Michael | (Name: Pam & Amount: 100)

RichText Editor

This feature create a rich text editor with various features that allow for text formatting. The features are:

• Bold: On/off style of bold text

• Italic: On/off style of italic text

• Underline: On/off style of underline text

• Choose font family: Choice from a combo box the desired font family

• Choose font size: Choice from a combo box the desired size font

• Text justify: Choice between four options for alignment of the line (left, right, center, fill)

• Background color: Choose the background color of text from a color palette

• Foreground color: Choose the foreground color of text from a color palette

Besides these features, it can change and edit text markup. The text markup feature has a similar HTML tags and is used to describe the format specified by the user and is a way of storing this format for future opening of a correct formatted text. The tags are explain follows:

• Bold: Tag b is used, i.e. <b>text</b>

• Italic: Tag i is used, i.e. <i>text</i>

• Underline: Tag u is used, i.e. <u>text</u>

• Font family: It is a attribute font-family for span tag, i.e. <span font-family=”Arial”>text</span>

• Font size: It is a attribute size for span tag, i.e. <span size=”12”> text</span>

• Text Justify: For justification text is used paragraph tag p. The paragraph tag is used to create new lines and the alignment is applied across the board. Example: <p align=’center’>some text</p>

• Background color: It is a attribute background for span tag, i.e. <span background=’#7f7f7f’>text</span>

• Foreground color: It is a attribute foreground for span tag, i.e. <span foreground=’#00f’>text</span>

CSS

The client can be styled using the file theme.css.

Here are the list of custom selectors:

• .readonly: read only widget or label

• .required: widget or label of required field

• .invalid: widget for which the field value is not valid

• headerbar.profile-<name>: the name of the connection profile is set on the main window

For more information about style option see GTK+ CSS

Appendix

Configuration File

General configuration

~/.config/tryton/x.y/tryton.conf

Accelerators configuration

~/.config/tryton/x.y/accel.map

Fingerprints

~/.config/tryton/x.y/known_hosts

Warning

When switching a connection from encrypted to non-encrypted vice-versa, make sure to remove the corresponding host line in the known_hosts file. Also check this file when the client cannot connect to the server.

Certification Authority

~/.config/tryton/x.y/ca_certs

Note

If the server is using a custom certificate authority, you must put all the certificates of the chain in the ca_certs.

Profile configuration

~/.config/tryton/x.y/profiles.cfg

Local user plugins directory

~/.config/tryton/x.y/plugins

Custom CSS theme

~/.config.tryton/x.y/theme.css

Note

~ means the home directory of the user. But on Windows system it is the APPDATA directory.