About the Rules Inspector tool

Four menu settings set or remove rules inspection. When these menu items are set, a check mark appears before the menu item. Select the Run icon to access the Run menu.

• > Rules Inspector > HTML Rules to turn on marking of harnesses, sections, and flow actions with an icon. The icon appears above the visible presentation of the HTML in the rule. This menu selection also marks HTML rules with an H icon. The keyboard shortcut is CTRL+ALT+Y.
• > Rules Inspector > Property Rules to turn on the marking of visible properties. A small red P identifies each property reference. The keyboard shortcut is CTRL+ALT+X.
• > Rules Inspector > Declarative Rules to turn on the marking of properties computed by Declare Expression rules. A small red D   identifies such properties. The keyboard shortcut is CTRL+ALT+V.
• > Rules Inspector > Field Value Rules to turn on the marking of portal, harness, section, and flow action elements that are marked for localization and supported by field value rules (Rule-Obj-FieldValue rule types). This option is most useful when testing a localized application. See Localizing with the Field Values Inspector. The keyboard shortcut is CTRL+ALT+w.
• > Rules Inspector > Styles to turn on the Style Inspector, allowing you to determine which CSS styles apply to elements of a form, and experiment with style changes.

Rules Inspector settings affect all user forms presented after you turn on the settings.

To see the enhanced display for a form that's already displayed:

1. Right-click anywhere in the form.
2. Click the Refresh icon ( or ) on your portal. (If this icon isn't visible, save your work and choose Refresh from the right-click context menu presented by Internet Explorer.)

Rules Inspector settings affect all forms presented after you turn on the settings. The enhanced display contains up to four types of icons:

• A top-left yellow icon () identifies the harness. Additional icons identify the start of the visible presentation of a section or flow action.
• A small H identifies the visible presentation of an HTML rule or HTML fragment rule.
• A small red P identifies a property reference.
• A small red D identifies a property computed by a Declare Expression rule.
• Any of the following four globe icons may appear at points on a harness, section, or flow action for which the Localized checkbox (on the HTML tab) is selected and a language-specific RuleSet is in use:
  • — A field value rule exists for ToolTip text (in the language-specific RuleSet).
  • — No field value rule exists for ToolTip text.
  • — A field value rule exists for the text label, caption, or value.
  • — No field value rule exists for the text label, caption, or value.

You can use user forms while rules inspection is enabled. In addition, you can identify the rules that make up a user form:

• Place and hold your mouse pointer over the, H, D, or P to display in ToolTip text, the rule type and the full name of the rule.
• Click an H, P, or mark to open the referenced section, HTML, fragment, or property.
• Click a D mark to view the dependency network for that property. The network shows the current values of other properties that contribute to the current property computation. To understand the computation, you can alter selected input values to see the effect on the computation. Your changes do not alter the value on the form.
• Click any field value icon (,,, or) to access the Field Value Manager, which lets you review, add or update a language-specific field value to the current language-specific RuleSet. See Localizing forms and reports with the Field Value Inspector.

The Style Discovery toolbar appears whenever the Styles option is checked and a report display or user form is visible. Select > Rules Inspector > Styles again to disable the Style Discovery toolbar.

See Rules Inspector — Working with the Style Discovery tool.

Using this facility slows your session; enable it only when needed.

To turn off rules inspection, select each > Rules Inspector menu item again to remove the check marks.

• Some standard rules have Availability set to Final (and so cannot be overridden by your application). These rules are not marked when rules inspection is enabled.
• A few properties and HTML rules marked as "internal-only" are not marked when rules inspection is enabled.