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New Features of the Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Entering dates

Folders are special blocks that allow you to:

Toolbar

Attachments

Multiple windows

On-line Help

Character Mode menus - GUI-Equivalents

Function Character Mode GUI-Equivalent
Main Menu Choices
Navigation \Navigate Action->Navigate to... or Navigator icon
Help \Help Help menu
  Field Help->Window Help or Help icon Note: Help is now task oriented, so specific field help may be unavailable.
  Zone
  Screen
  Error Help->Display Error
  Keyboard Help->Keyboard Help
  Version Help->About Oracle Applications...
  User
  Lamp Edit Help Pick Zoom Help for these features is available online in the User's Guide.
  Requests Help->View My Requests
Query \Query Query menu
  Enter Query->Enter
  Run Query->Run
  Count Query->Count
  Next Query->Get More Records
  Quit Query->Cancel
Field \Field Go, Help, and Edit menus
  QuickPick Edit->List of Values... or LOV icon
  Help Help->Window Help or Help icon
  Next Go->Next Field
  Prior Go->Previous Field
  Delete Use system functionality
  Copy Edit->Duplicate Field Above
  Edit Edit->Edit Field... or Edit icon
  Mode No longer applies
Row \Row Go, Help, and Edit menus
  Erase Edit->Clear Record or Clear Record icon
  Copy Edit->Duplicate Record Above
  Delete Edit->Delete Record or Delete Record icon
  Insert Edit->New Record or New Record icon
  Next Go->Next Record
  Prior Go->Previous Record
  Who Help->About This Record
Zone \Zone Go, Help, and Edit menus
  Help Help->Window Help or Help icon
  Erase Edit->Clear Block
  Next Go->Next Block
  Prior Go->Previous Block
Screen \Screen Action, Help, and Edit menus
  Help Help->Window Help or Help icon
  Refresh Action->Refresh
  Erase Edit->Clear Form
  Print Action->Print or Print icon
  Save Action->Save or Save icon
    Action->Save and Proceed or Save and Proceed icon
User \User Available in the Navigator Window only. Special menu
  Responsibility Special->Switch Responsibility or Switch Responsibility icon
  Menu No longer applies
  Password Special->Change Password
  Signon Special->Sign On Again
  Tools Can now be opened directly with your computers native system such as the Windows Explorer in Microsoft's Windows95.
Other \Other Action, and Help menus
  ZOOM Action->Zoom or Zoom icon
  Browse Navigator
  Calculate Use system calculator
  Utilities  
  Examine Help->Tools, Examine...
  Zoom This menu entry is no longer used
  HelpText Help->Window Help or Help icon
  UserExit No longer applies
  Debug Help->Tools, Debug
  Trace Help->Tools, Trace
  Memory No longer applies
Exit \Exit Action->Exit Oracle Applications

Architectual Changes

With the change to a graphical user interface many of the forms in Oracle Applications have been redesigned to make the business flow of the task more intuitive and easy to learn. In addition, by enabling one form to perform several functions, the number of screens required to accomplish a task have been reduced.


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