| GENERAL DESCRIPTION |
Parameter Tools is a generic method of handling
parameter definition, assignment, and retrieval. A parameter may be defined
for various entities where an entity is the level at which you want to allow
the parameter defined (e.g. package level, system level, division level,
location level, user level, etc.). A developer may then determine in which
order the values assigned to given entities are interpreted.
Parameter:
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A parameter is the actual name which values are stored under. The name of the
parameter must be namespaced and it must be unique. Parameters can be defined
to store the typical package parameter data (e.g. the default add order screen
in OE/RR), but they can also be used to store GUI application screen settings
a user has selected (e.g. font or window width). When a parameter is defined,
the entities that may set the parameter is also defined. The definition of
parameters is stored in the PARAMETER DEFINITION file (#8989.51). KIDS
exports them.
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