Once you have created a custom property sheet, OfficeTalk lets you assign the property sheet to specific security profiles or to the workgroup as a whole. You can assign a property sheet to a specific security profile in the following way:
From Supervisor mode, select Security Profiles from the left hand list. Click the right mouse button on the relevant security profile in the right hand list and select Edit… from the context menu. The Security Profile property sheet is displayed.
Select the Property Sheet tab. The Property Sheet page will be displayed. From the Data Type drop down list, select the OfficeTalk data type corresponding to the property sheet that you wish to change for members of this security profile.
The Property Sheet drop down list will contain an entry called 'Workgroup Default'. Selecting this will assign, to the members of the security profile, the property sheet that is assigned to the workgroup. The list also contains an entry called 'OfficeTalk Default'. Selecting this will assign, to the members of the security profile, the standard property sheet for the corresponding OfficeTalk data type. The Property Sheet drop down list will also contain any user defined property sheets for the corresponding OfficeTalk data type. Selecting a specific property sheet from this list will cause the members of the security profile to use that property sheet when editing or creating data of the corresponding OfficeTalk data type.
Press OK to make the changes.
By default, all security profiles are assigned the 'Workgroup Default' property sheet for each OfficeTalk data type. Changing the workgroup default property sheet for a particular data type will change the property sheet for all members of those security profiles assigned with the workgroup default.
You can change the property sheet marked as the 'Workgroup Default' for a particular OfficeTalk data type in the following way:
From Supervisor mode, select Workgroup Details from the Edit menu. The Workgroup property sheet is displayed. Select the Property Sheet tab.
From the Data Type drop down list, select the OfficeTalk data type whose property sheet you wish to make the workgroup default.
The Property Sheet drop down list contains an entry called 'OfficeTalk Default'. Selecting this will assign the standard property sheet for the corresponding OfficeTalk data type as the workgroup default. The Property Sheet drop down list also contains any user defined property sheets for the corresponding OfficeTalk data type. Selecting a specific Property Sheet from this list will make that property sheet the workgroup default property sheet.
Press OK to make the changes.