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Defining Screens

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A screen is a collection or group of related views:

The screen represents a logical grouping of views pertaining to one business function.
All the views in a screen usually map to a single business object.

You access screens through the Site Map or the tabs in the Tab bar. The menu and tab that provide access to a screen are defined as part of an application object definition—one or both may exist for a given screen. Screen definitions specify the default view that appears when a tab is clicked.

Screens have a single child object type: Screen View. The screen view object type controls which views appear in the fourth-level navigation Show: combo box.

NOTE:  The Site Map is limited to visibility-level views only. Non-visibility level views, such as Account Profile View and Account Attachment View, do not show up on the Site Map.

See About The User Interface Navigational Paradigm.

To define a screen

From the Object Explorer, select Screen.

The Object List Editor opens.

Choose Edit > New Record to add a new Screen object definition.
Set the following properties for the new Screen record:
Name. (Required.) Name of the screen. All references to a screen are done through its name.
Default View. View that will be used when the user clicks on a page tab for a Screen.

NOTE:  A view must be added to the screen before it can be specified as a default.

Figure 164 shows the definition for the Accounts Screen.

Figure 164. Accounts Screen Definition

To define a screen view

From the Object Explorer, select the Screen object type. The Object List Editor opens.
Choose Edit > New Record to add a new screen object definition.
Set the following properties for the new Screen View object:
Menu Text. Both the Screen View Menu Text property and the Screen Menu Item display value show up in the Site Map. The former shows up as a subitem under the latter.
Sequence. Specifies the order in which the views will appear in the cascading menu for the Screen menu item.

If you want the view to appear in the View Category Show: combo box, set the following properties. Typically, Category Menu Text and Category Viewbar Text are the same value.

Category. This is a logical representation of what category the view belongs to.
Category Menu Text. The display value that appears within the combo box.
Category Viewbar Text. The last is the display text of the View tab under which it appears.

See About The User Interface Navigational Paradigm for more information.

Figure 165 shows the Account Address view definition in the Object List Editor and Properties windows.

Figure 165. Account Address View Definition

The Applets window shows only the available applets in either icon or list form. An applet is considered available if it is associated with a business component that is present in the business object for this view.

You can delete an applet on the layout by selecting it and pressing the DELETE key.

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