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Subject:RE: Links and attachments continued From:Rose -dot- Wilcox -at- pinnaclewest -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:52:12 -0700
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Ilana writes:
I need the correct terminology to describe:
1. The "source" module in which the link/connection is made.
2. The field in the source module in which the data from the
linked/connected/referenced records are pasted.
3. The "target" module from which the records are linked/referenced.
The correct direction of the linking/connecting/referencing needs to be
clear to the user
4. A term that describes how the connection is made that also implies the
direction of the linking, ie. the source module attaches to the target
module, the target module ???attaches back to the source module.
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To be honest I think just calling the connection one word regardless of direction of the link will suffice, although it will require you to make sure the context is sufficiently clear about the source and target modules. I don't think you need two different words to describe the link.
As in:
Open the source module. You can link to any target module from the source module. To link to a target module, open it and press Add.
Note: If you want to change anything in a target module, you must open the module directly. You cannot edit the target module from the source module.
That might not be exactly what you would write, but...You get the drift...
Keep it simple...
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