CUI Shortcut

The CUI Shortcut project demonstrates how to add a keyboard shortcut to Aras Innovator.

History

This project and the following release notes have been migrated from the old Aras Projects page.

* The original shortcut this project demonstrated used Ctrl+A to select all items in a grid. This was added to standard product around 11.0 SP12, so it is not recommended that you use v1.

Supported Aras Versions

Though tested using Aras 12.0 SP14, this should support any version of 12.0

Installation

Important!

Always back up your code tree and database before applying an import package or code tree patch!

Pre-requisites

1. Aras Innovator installed (version 12.0 SPx preferred)
2. Aras Package Import tool
3. CUI Shortcut import package

Install Steps

1. Backup your database and store the BAK file in a safe place.
2. Open up the Aras Package Import tool.
3. Enter your login credentials and click Login
   • Note: You must login as root for the package import to succeed!
4. Enter the package name in the TargetRelease field.
   • Optional: Enter a description in the Description field.
5. Enter the path to your local ..\cui-shortcut\Import\imports.mf file in the Manifest File field.
6. Select aras.labs.CUI_Shortcut in the Available for Import field.
7. Select Type = Merge and Mode = Thorough Mode.
8. Click Import in the top left corner.
9. Close the Aras Package Import tool.

You are now ready to login to Aras and try out this new CUI Shortcut.

Usage

There are 9 shortcuts added in this project, showing off 3 different shortcut locations.

Main Window Shortcuts

1. Ctrl+Shift+C - Copy the currently selected item’s ID into your clipboard

Item Window Shortcuts

1. Ctrl+Shift+C - Copy the current item’s ID into your clipboard
2. Ctrl+R - Refresh the current item window from the dom
3. Alt+Ctrl+S - Open up the structure browser of the current item
4. Alt+Ctrl+W - Open up the where used of the current item

Item Window Relationship Shortcuts

1. Ctrl+Shift+C - Copy the currently selected relationship’s ID into your clipboard
2. Ctrl+C * - Copy the current relationship using Aras Innovator’s clipboard
3. Ctrl+V * - Paste the relationship onto the current item using Aras Innovator’s clipboard
4. Alt+Ctrl+V * - Uses a special paste functionality using Aras Innovator’s clipboard
   • This is equivalent to using “Paste Special”

* These shortcuts will not interfere with the default copy/paste functionality when you copy data from a cell in the relationship grid

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request

For more information on contributing to this project, another Aras Labs project, or any Aras Community project, shoot us an email at araslabs@aras.com.

Credits

Project written, documented, and published by Christopher Gillis at Aras Labs. @csgillis-aras

License

Aras Labs projects are published to Github under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for license rights and limitations.