Menu Options

This screen allows you to maintain which screens (options) are available on each sub-menu on the main menu. This defines how the menus and sub-menus all link together and what screens are called.

Warning: This is a system administrator function - if you change the settings here, this will affect all users of the system.

See also:

• Program Maintenance
• Menu Maintenance

You can query data by and/or choose to display data as follows:

• ID - a unique identifier.
• Menu Name - the name of the menu this menu option belongs to.
• Called Program - the program called.
• Available - controls whether this option is available.
• Is this a Menu - controls whether the option is itself a menu.
• Option Help - help displayed against this option.
• Option - a sequence.
• Menu Text - the text displayed.
• Active.
• Created By.
• Created Date.
• Last Updated By.
• Last Updated Date.
• Last Active Change By.
• Last Active Change Date.
• Last Process Id.
• Update Counter.

The following actions are available on the Details panel:

• New - create a new record.
• Save - save a new record or changes to an existing record.
• Delete - delete an existing record.
• Help - help on this screen.
• Undo - undo change made since last save.
• Clear - clear all fields.
• Toggle - toggle display of all accordion headers.

You can change or add the following:

• Menu Name - the name of the menu this menu option belongs to. You can look this up using the Lookup button to the right of the text field. The screen will display a pop-up window to select the menu name. You can maintain menu names using the Menu Maintenance screen.
• Is this a Menu - a check box controlling whether the option is itself a menu.
• Called Program - the program called. You can look this up using the Lookup button to the right of the text field. The screen will display a pop-up window to select the program. You can maintain programs using the Program Maintenance screen.
• Option Help - help displayed against this option.
• Option - a sequence.
• Menu Text - the text displayed.
• Available - a check box controlling whether this option is available.