CygNet FMS PPA Control

Prior Period Adjustment Control icon The CygNet FMS PPA Control (Prior Period Adjustment) is an ActiveX control used to view and make adjustments to data that has already been closed. Each row of the data grid represents a record that has been closed. Each column represents a data field.

See Using the Prior Period Adjustment Control for more information about configuring and using this control.

See CxFmsPPACtrl Object in the Scripting section for more information about scripting this control.

Adding a PPA Control to a Screen

To Add and Configure a CygNet FMS PPA Control in CygNet Studio

  1. Create a new CygNet Studio screen.
  2. Click the ActiveX tool ActiveX on the Standard Tools palette.
  3. Click and drag the outline of a box on the screen. When the mouse button is released, an Insert OLE Control dialog box appears.
  4. In the dialog box, double-click on CygNet FMS PPA Control to place a Prior Period Adjustment control on your screen.
  5. Right-click the control to open its property sheet.
  6. On the ActiveX page, click ... or double-click (OCXProperties) to access the CygNet FMS PPA Control Properties dialog box.
  7. The CygNet FMS PPA control contains a General tab and a PPA tab.
  8. Configure the properties on each page as desired, click Apply, and then click OK.
  9. Close the property sheet, save, and then switch to Run mode to use the control.

General Properties

The General page of the CygNet FMS PPA Control Properties dialog box contains the following properties.

General Properties

General Properties
Property Description
General

FMS service

Type the name of the Site.Service to which to connect in the control's Chooser, or click ... to access the Select Service dialog box.

Use Point in Time mode

Click the check box to select/clear the option to use the Point in Time mode.

PIT (C)

If Use Point in Time mode is selected, do one of the following.

  • Type the desired date/time value into the text box.
  • Click ... to access the Select Date and Time dialog box, then enter the date/time, in Contract time (C), from which you want to view data.

Default value is T, date and time today.

See Using the Home Menu for more information about PIT mode.

Use Session options

Click the check box to select/clear the option to Use Session options instead of entering a time window and time format.

Default value is cleared.

Show Options pane

Click the check box to select/clear the option to display the Options pane in the control.

Default value is selected.
Date

Start

Date selections are in Contract days (C).

Enter the starting date (absolute or relative date) in the text box or click ... to access the Select Date dialog box.

Note: The configuration parameter type chosen must be the same for Start and End dates.

See Selecting Date and Time for more information.

End

Date selections are in Contract days (C).

Enter the ending date (absolute or relative date) in the text box or click ... to access the Select Date dialog box.

Note: The configuration parameter type chosen must be the same for Start and End dates.

See Selecting Date and Time for more information.

Format

Select the desired date/time format from the drop-down menu.

Options are as follows.

  • Device
  • Contract
  • Local

See Using the Prior Period Adjustment Control for more information about configuring these properties.

PPA Properties

The PPA page of the CygNet FMS PPA Control Properties dialog box contains the following properties.

PPA Properties

PPA Properties

See Using the Prior Period Adjustment Control for more information about configuring these properties.

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