Document administration  

In the ALS listed halls, machines, moulds, products, programs, orders, inspection plans etc. it is possible to create links to further documents. This is indicated by the icon    in the icon bar of the respective lists. You can see whether a link has been made to an entry in a list by the symbol which appears in the column 'ext. documents'.

In ALS only the link to a document is saved. Instead of a letter (e.g. "E") indicating the name of the drive, the name of the processor, on which the document is located, is specified in the link.  An ALS Client, on which you want to display a document, only receives this link. This means that you must have access rights to the document on the computer on which the ALS Client was started. Access rights are controlled via the system's user administration function, i.e. it will only be displayed when the currently registered user has access rights for this document. In addition, the software required for displaying the document ('MS Word', 'Adobe Reader', etc..) must also be installed.

Example: Your ALS Server has the designation 'ALSSERV'. On the ALS Server you have created a section for documents on the D: drive. The 'enable name' is 'PROD'. In this section you create a directory for 'MS Word' documents with the format indicator 'DOC'. The path for the document 'ORD4711.DOC' is then '\\ALSSERV\PROD\DOC\ORD4711.DOC'. (UNC Universal Naming Convention)

If the name of the server is changed, it must also be amended in the ALS data base. In this case please consult 'ARBURG ALS Support'.

'Document administration' dialog

	Close dialog.
	Display selected document. - Alternatively, the document can be opened by double clicking on the line of the respective document.
	Link one or more documents with the selected object.
	Change document link. Edit remarks. The dialog 'Change document administration' is displayed. If you want to change the path in the 'Document' field, use the file dialog  . This minimises the probability that the path is entered incorrectly.  If you want to use a picture to describe a machine, an item or a mould, you mark the picture with the check box ' use as master data picture file' in the dialog 'Change document link'. The picture formats  'GIF', 'JPEG', 'PNG' and 'BMP' are supported. It is only possible to have one 'Master data picture' per machine, item or mould!
	Delete link
	Print list.
	Save list.

Manage documents on the smartphone / tablet

Documents can now be displayed via the mobile terminals "Mobile Production", "Mobile Maintenence" and the "Machine Terminal".

You can find information on this on the relevant page of the mobile terminal.