Once you have created a custom property sheet, OfficeTalk lets you assign the property sheet to specific users or to the workgroup as a whole. You can assign a property sheet to a specific user in the following way:
From Supervisor mode, select Users from the left hand list. Click the right mouse button on the relevant user in the right hand list and select Edit… from the context menu. The User 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 this user.
The Property Sheet drop down list will contain an entry called 'Workgroup Default'. Selecting this will assign, to the user, the property sheet that is assigned to the workgroup. The list also contains an entry called 'OfficeTalk Default'. Selecting this will assign, to the user, 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 user 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 users 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 those users 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.