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Chapter 03 - Screen Painter
Chapter 03 - Screen Painter
Screen Painter
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Objectives
The participants will be able to:
Use the screen painter.
Recognize the element list.
Recognize field attributes.
Work with the graphical editor and know its functions.
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Screen Painter
Screen Attributes
Screen Layout
Field Attributes
Flow Logic
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Text
I/O Template
Check Box
Radio Button
Pushbutton
Tabstrip Control
Tabstrip(With Wizard)
Box/Frame
Subscreen Area
Table Control
Table Control(With Wizard)
Custom Control
Status Icon
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Graphical Elements
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Text field
Input/output template
Frame/Box
Check boxes
Radio buttons
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Pushbutton
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Radio Buttons
To create a radio button in the Fullscreen Editor use the radio button icon to drag
and drop the radio buttons where you would like them to appear.
You will need to define them as a group
in order to ensure that they are mutually
exclusive.
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Check Boxes
To create a check box in the Fullscreen Editor use the check box icon to drag and
drop the check boxes where you would like them to appear.
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Boxes/Frames
To create a box in the Fullscreen Editor use the Box icon to drag and drop the
frame where you would like it to appear.
Boxes are created with a title at the top of the box.
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Pushbuttons
To create a pushbutton in the Fullscreen Editor use the pushbutton icon to drag
and drop the pushbutton where you would like it to appear.
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Scrollable Fields
Input/output templates that are character-based (i.e., not data types DEC, INT1,
INT2, INT4, TIMS, DATS, QUAN, or CURR) can be made into scrollable fields.
scrollable field
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Lon Blake
Mike Eames
Search help is an attribute
of a field. It can only be used
on input/output templates.
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Holly Lieux
Denise McGarry
Noel Salt
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Demonstration
Create a screen using the different elements of the screen-painter to display
student profile of a university .
Testing the screen using F8 on the screen-painter.
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Practice
Create a screen using the different elements of the screen-painter to display
student profile of a university .
Testing the screen using F8 on the screen-painter.
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Summary
The Screen Painter is used to maintain all components of a screen.
To maintain field attributes, you can use the Element List.
Another way you can maintain field attributes is using the Attributes pushbutton.
With this option, you can maintain all of the attributes for one particular field on
the screen at a time.
The graphical screen painter is activated by the following menu path when in flow
logic: Utilities->Settings go to the tab called Screen Painter and check the
Graphical Layout Editor box.
To create a radio button in the Fullscreen Editor use the radio button icon to drag
and drop the radio buttons where you would like them to appear. You will need to
define them as a group in order to ensure that they are mutually exclusive.
To create a check box in the Fullscreen Editor use the check box icon to drag and
drop the check boxes where you would like them to appear.
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Summary (Contd.)
To create a box in the Fullscreen Editor use the Box icon to drag and drop the box
where you would like it to appear.
Boxes are created with a title at the top of the box.
To create a pushbutton in the Fullscreen Editor use the pushbutton icon to drag
and drop the pushbutton where you would like it to appear.
Input/output templates that are character-based (i.e., not data types DEC, INT1,
INT2, INT4, TIMS, DATS, QUAN, or CURR) can be made into scrollable fields.
An input/output template can be given a Search Help to have a display of possible
values.
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Questions
What are the different elements of the screen-painter ?
What is the menu path for activating the graphical screen painter ?
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