Oracle E-Business Suite User Interface Standards for Forms-Based Products

Contents

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Preface

Introduction

Introduction to Oracle E-Business Suite User Interface Standards for Forms-Based Products
      User Interface Goals
      Runtime Environment
      Conventions
      Implementing These Standards

General Design and Layout

Overview
Elements of the Interface
Information Presentation Problems
Information Presentation Models
      Regions
      Single-Record Formats
      Multi-Record Formats
      Hybrid Formats
      Window and Block Relations
      Dynamic Layouts
      Wizards
Other Design Considerations
      General Layout Rules
      Context
      Retrieving Records
      Indicating Attributes
      Navigation and Function Invocation

Global Settings and Objects

Overview
Visual Attributes
Property Classes
Libraries
Menus
      File Menu
      Edit Menu
      View Menu
      Folder Menu
      Tools, Reports and Actions Menus
      Window Menu
      Help Menu
      Pop-up Menus
Toolbar
Status Bar
Calendar
Folder Objects

Container Objects

Overview
Modules
Windows
      General Look and Feel
      Non-Modal Windows
      Find Windows
      Modal Windows
      Semi-Modal Windows
Canvases
      Content Canvases
      Stacked Canvases
Blocks
      General Block Rules
      Context Blocks
      Dialog Blocks
      Single-Record Blocks
      Multi-Record Blocks
      Combination Blocks
      Folder Blocks
      Find Blocks
      Alternative Blocks
      Master-Detail Characteristics
Regions
      Frames in Single-Record Formats
      Overflow Regions
      Frames in Multi-Record Blocks
      Regions that Scroll
      Tab Regions

Widgets

Overview
General Properties
Text Items
Display Items
Poplists
T-Lists
Option Groups
Check Boxes
Buttons
Lists of Values (LOV)
Editors
Descriptive Flexfields
Key Flexfields

Text

Overview
General Properties
Properties of Prompts and Titles
Single-Record Block Prompts
Multi-Record Block Prompts
Conventions
Access Keys (Mnemonics)
Using Data as Prompts
Errors
Warnings
Questions
Information
Hints
Messages

Runtime Behaviors

Overview
Validation Models
Saving Changes
Navigation Within Forms
The Navigator
Linked Forms
      Open Form
      Zoom
      Call Form
Disabled Functions
Irreversible Actions
Running Totals
Field Ranges (From/To Field Pairs)
Currency
Multiple-Record Selection
Highlighting Information
Printing
Long-Running Processes
Ordering of Displayed Records
Record History...
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Definitions

Definitions

Approved Terminology

Overview
Abbreviations
      Oracle E-Business Suite Product Names
      Term Abbreviations
      Terms With No Abbreviation
      Acronyms

Index