You can customize the background color for the application. See the Technical Guide for more information.
Each type of application contains various fields, objects, and components. This section describes their characteristics.
The application background is the space within the application area where the application resides. When you run a Maintenance Application, the background starts approximately 50 pixels below the application options area. When you run a Process application, the background is centered on the application area. When you run the Timesheet application, the background consists of the entire application area.
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You can customize the background color for the application. See the Technical Guide for more information.
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A tab represents a page of information. Not all applications have tabs. The number of tabs, if any, may differ. The background color of the tabs will match the background of the application.
Tabs can be in one of three states:
An active tab is the tab whose information is currently displayed. There can be only one active tab in an application. The label for an active tab is black and bold.
Inactive tabs are tabs whose information is not currently displayed. To make an inactive tab active, click on the label area. The label for an inactive tab is black.
Disabled tabs do not display information and cannot be made active. Tabs may be disabled because you do not have rights to the tab or because, at this moment, the tab is not necessary. The label for a disabled tab is gray.
This field is a text label that displays the description/name of the record currently displayed. The record description is found primarily in maintenance applications.
Group boxes are boxed-off areas of the application where similar fields are located. A screen can have multiple group boxes.
Field labels identify a field. Field labels are always black. Required fields are bold.
You can enter a value directly into an edit field. Edit fields are surrounded by a 3D box and have a white background.
You cannot enter a value into a display field. Display fields are surrounded by a black outline and have the same background color as the application.
Lookup fields are like edit fields, but a Lookup button displays to the right of the field. You can enter a value directly or select a value from Lookup.
Date fields are like Lookup fields, but you cannot directly enter a value. Click the Calendar Lookup button to the right of the field to make your selection.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) fields are like edit fields. Click the URL edit button to the right of the field to edit the URL field. If you click on the URL field, the system will launch your browser to that URL.
An e-mail field is like an edit field. Use the E-Mail edit button to the right of the field to edit the E-Mail field. If you click on the E-Mail field, the system will launch your e-mail client.
You can select a value from a drop-down box by clicking on the arrow button and selecting from the list. No entry is allowed in the field. The button may be disabled if the field is read-only.
Check boxes have a true or false value. A true value is represented by a checkmark in the box.
Process applications and various popup dialogs have buttons. The button has a raised appearance. The background color for all buttons is gray. The text is black if the button is active, and light gray if it is disabled.
Combo boxes are fields where you can change a value by selecting the up or down arrow. Typically, these are numeric fields.
A multiple selection list displays a list of items from which you can select more then one. You select one item by clicking on it. Select multiple records using Shift Enter and Ctrl Enter. Typically, these lists also have buttons to Select All or Deselect All.
Several applications contain tables. The table can have one or more columns and more then one row.
The column headings are centered. You can customize the background color of the column headings. The text is always white.
Most tables have row headings to the left of the row. Select the row by clicking on these headings. Clicking on the heading again will unselect the row. You can customize the background color of row headings. The text is always white.
The table consists of a grid. Data displays in the grid. The grid usually has a white background and the text is usually black. The columns may be resizable and horizontal/vertical scroll bars are displayed, if needed.