Con-nect allows you to design menus to meet your individual needs. You can display and use any menu at any time during a Con-nect session, which means that you can always use the menu that best suits your requirements at the moment.
The first section of this section introduces the components of a menu, and shows examples of the types of menus you can create; it would be useful to read this information before you begin to create a menu of your own.
This document covers the following topics:
In this section the different components of a menu are illustrated by means of the Con-nect menu. The Con-nect menu contains each component of a menu.
The arrangement of the components of a menu is called the layout of the menu.
The following is a menu with text on the left, and calendar and mail information displayed on the right:
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Command Description February March
------- --------------------------- Mon 7 14 21 28 7 14 21 28
I Inbasket Tue 1 8 15 22 1 8 15 22 29
S Send Memo Wed 2 9 16 23 2 9 16 23 30
P Phonepad Thu 3 10 17 24 3 10 17 24 31
Fri 4 11 18 25 4 11 18 25
F Display Folder Sat 5 12 19 26 5 12 19 26
D Display Document Sun 6 13 20 27 6 13 20 27
W Write Document -------------------------------------
New phone messages: 1
N Notepad New mail items: 2
B Bulletin Boards -------------------------------------
C Calendar 4.Feb 10:00 AM Fiber
10:00 AM Visit Alec Jr.
T Desktop 10:00 AM Internal Training
5.Feb 3:00 PM Results
Enter a command, press a PF-key, or enter * to display commands
Command / /
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- Menu Text Lines
The left side of the menu contains menu text lines. Each menu text line can represent a Con-nect command, or can merely be informative text. A menu can have a maximum of 16 menu text lines.
You can define cursor-sensitive menu text lines for your own menus (see Defining New Menu Text Lines). The Con-nect menu does not have cursor-sensitive lines.
- Calendar and Mail Information
The right side of the menu contains the following information:
Month
A calendar of the current month and a calender of the next month.Inbasket
The status of your Inbasket, i.e. whether you received any new phone messages, invitations or mail items.Calendar
Current and upcoming reminders, appointments, meetings or todos.- PF-Key Lines
The bottom two lines of the screen list the names of the PF-keys and the commands assigned to them.
There is no limit to the number of menus you can create. You have a choice of three basic menu types:
text at the left, with optional calendar and mail information displayed on the right;
text in the center, with no calendar and mail information; or
free-form, with text in any position and no calendar and mail information.
The first two menu types consist of text lines that represent valid Con-nect commands which invoke a function. You can specify that these two menu types have cursor-sensitive menu text lines, which means that you can start a function by placing the cursor in the appropriate line and pressing ENTER.
The free-form menu type does not have to contain text which represents commands or functions - i.e. the text lines can be anything you want.
Examples of the three types of menus which you can create are shown below.
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4.Feb 10:00 AM Fiber
Mark with Cursor and press ENTER 10:00 AM Visit Alec Jr.
******************************** 10:00 AM Internal Training
5.Feb 3:00 PM Results
__ Review New Accounts 7.Feb 9:00 AM Workshop
__ Budgeting 8.Feb 10:00 AM HQ meeting
__ Update Balance 9.Feb 3:00 PM Conference
__ Provisions 10.Feb 10:00 AM Last Discussion
__ Involvencies 12:00 PM Lunch with Thomas
3:00 PM Call Thomas
__ Natural Library Maintenance 11.Feb 2:00 PM Book Flight to L.A.
15.Feb 10:00 AM Sales Meeting
22.Feb 12:01 AM Munich
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New phone messages: 1
New mail items: 2
To select a command, mark it with the cursor and press ENTER
Command / /
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This screen is an example of a menu with text at the left, and calendar and mail information displayed on the right.
The text lines in this sample screen are cursor-sensitive, which means that to start a function, you can select it with the cursor and press ENTER. A cursor-sensitive text line is characterized by the input field (__) to the left of the text line.
You can alternatively use the PF-keys, or you can start any other Con-nect function by entering the appropriate command or command alias in the command line.
Note:
You can also create menus with the text on the left and
without cursor-sensitive text lines.
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Cmd Description
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RA Review New Accounts
BU Budgeting
UP Update Balance
PR Provisions
IN Involvencies
LM Natural Library Maintenance
New: 1 phone messages, 2 mail items and 0 invitations
Command / /
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This screen is an example of a centered menu (i.e. with text in the middle) without cursor-sensitive text lines, which means that to start a function, you must either enter a command or command alias in the command line, or press a PF-key.
The command codes listed in a menu which does not have cursor-sensitive lines must be valid command aliases (see Command Aliases).
The number of new items in your Inbasket is displayed directly above the command line.
Note:
A centered menu displays no calendar information.
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This is my Personal Menu
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SHARK edit the document concerning feeding habits
PLAN edit the Marketing Plan
RS folder Research
CALL phone numbers personal address book
I Inbasket
O Outbasket
TRASH Wastebasket
New: 1 phone messages, 2 mail items and 0 invitations
Command / /
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This screen is an example of a free-form menu.
In addition, the text lines do not have to represent Con-nect commands or functions.
You start a function either by pressing a PF-key, or by entering a command in the command line.
The number of new items in your Inbasket is displayed directly above the command line.
Note:
A free-form menu does not have cursor-sensitive text lines and does
not display calendar information.
The following steps are required to create a menu:
You must define new menu text lines (if you know that all the text lines you want to use are already defined, you can proceed directly to the next step).
You must add the menu:
you must first define the layout definition criteria;
next you must define the menu layout (i.e. the text lines and the sequence in which they are to appear).
Con-nect contains a default set of menu text lines - the lines from the menu which is displayed each time you access Con-nect. Each time you create new menu text lines, Con-nect adds them to the default set of menu text lines and stores them in an "editor", i.e. the "Modify Menulines" screen.
The first step when you want to create new menu text lines is to access the "Modify Menulines" screen.
Issue the following command sequence from any point in Con-nect:
MODIFY Menu
As a result, the "Modify Menulines" screen appears. If you have not previously defined your own menu text lines, the default menu text lines of Con-nect are shown.
If you have already defined your own menu text lines, the "Modify Menulines" screen contains your last changes.
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Page 1 Line 1
Menu Text Line .................... Command......for a cursor-sensitive line
!Cmd Description>
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I Inbasket I
S Send Memo S
P Phonepad P
F Display Folder F
D Display Document D
W Write Document W
N Notepad NOTE
B Bulletin Board B
C Calendar C
T Desktop DESK
Enter a command, press a PF-key, or enter * to display commands
Command / / used 2 % Dir + Del ,
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The "Modify Menulines" screen contains two columns:
- Menu Text Line
The text of a menu line. You can enter a description, a command or any text.
A menu text line must not be more than 30 characters long (otherwise, it would not fit in the menu screen). If the text lines are not to be cursor-sensitive, it is helpful if they contain a code which denotes a command or command alias which can be used to start the function.
- Command ... for a cursor-sensitive line
The command associated with a menu text line.
Any valid command or command sequence is permitted, including: the special characters to designate QUIT (.) or LAST (*=); valid abbreviations; and defined command aliases. You can also include the name of an object as part of a command sequence.
If a menu text line does not have an associated command (e.g. if it is a heading line), the corresponding line in this column is left blank.
By default, all menu text lines are cursor-sensitive (see Adding a New Menu - Defining the Layout Definition Criteria for further information).
Add new menu text lines or modify existing menu text lines.
There is no limit to the number of menu text lines that you may define. You can:
type over the default menu text lines of Con-nect;
type over/delete all menu text lines, which you do not need any more;
use the editor line command ,W to open a window of 8 empty lines.
Caution:
Typing over/deleting the default menu text lines of Con-nect or
the commands in the "Modify Menulines" screen does not change or delete them.
Only the menu text lines and commands, which have been defined by yourself are
affected by this; you can no longer use them for further menu
layouts.
If the menu text line is to be cursor-sensitive, specify the command associated with it.
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Page 1 Line 1
Menu Text Line .................... Command......for a cursor-sensitive line
Mark with Cursor and press ENTER
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Review New Accounts perf appl account
Budgeting dis fol budget
Update Balance mod doc balance
Provisions logon prov
Involvencies send form overdraft
Natural Library Maintenance logon natmain
N Notepad NOTE
B Bulletin Board B
C Calendar C
T Desktop DESK
Enter a command, press a PF-key, or enter * to display commands
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To display another page of the "Modify Menulines" screen, you either press ENTER or issue one of the following positioning commands: TOP, BOTTOM or PAGE n l. You can also use the line command ,P.
You can use all line commands except ,J and ,S. You cannot set the X- and Y-markers within the same line. See Text Processing for further information.
Note:
All blank lines are automatically deleted when you press
ENTER in the menu editor. Thus the line commands ,W and ,I function
in the same way (in contrast to the "Modify
Document-name" screen).
Press ENTER after you have completed your entries, to include the new text lines in the "editor".
At this point, you can proceed to design the layout of your menu (see Adding a New Menu - Defining the Layout Definition Criteria), or you can start any other Con-nect function. The menu text lines are stored in the "editor" and are available anytime you want to use them.
If you want to reset the contents of the "editor" so that it contains only the Con-nect default set of menu text lines, erase all lines contained in the "editor" and press ENTER.
This does not affect menus which you have created using these menu text lines.
The next time you access the "editor" (with the "MODIFY Menu" command), only the Con-nect default set of menu text lines is shown.
The second step when you want to add a new menu is to access the "Add Menu" screen.
Issue the following command sequence from any point in Con-nect:
ADD Menu
As a result, the "Add Menu" screen appears.
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Folder Work___________ File _______________
Menu Name ________________________________
Description ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Mark Menu Type X Text at Left with Info Display Month 1 Inbasket 2 Calendar 3
_ Text in Center
_ Free form Text
Mark to Define _ a set of PF-keys
Mark to Ignore _ cursor-sensitive lines
Private use _ or Security Read 7 Modify 7 Copy 7
Text has been edited and saved
Command / /
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In addition to the information which you enter in every "Add" screen (see The "Add" Screens), specify the following menu layout definition criteria:
- Menu Name
A unique name that must not exceed 32 characters.
The name of the Con-nect menu is "Menu", therefore you should not use that name for a menu you create.
- Menu Type
The type of menu which is to be added; the default menu type is "Text at Left". You alter the type by deleting the X and marking the type of your choice with any character.
- Calendar and Mail Information
Optional - if you choose the menu type "Text at Left", you can choose the sequence in which the month, Inbasket and calendar appear in the menu. Enter one of the following values adjacent to each item:
0 The information is not displayed. 1 The information is displayed first. 2 The information is displayed next. 3 The information is displayed last. - Mark to define a set of PF-keys
If you want to define a new set of PF-keys for the menu, you mark this field with any character to display the "Define PF-key Set" window appears. You define the PF-keys as described in section PF-Key Assignments and then press ENTER to close the window and to access the "Modify Menu Menu-name" screen.
This new PF-key set is visible and functional when you activate the new menu with the command sequence "USE Menu name".
If you define this menu as the main menu in your profile (see Menu and Overlay Calendar), the PF-key set you specified here is only visible and functional if you have not specified your own PF-key assignments for menus (with "MODIFY Pfkey").
- Mark to ignore cursor-sensitive lines
By default, the menu text lines are cursor-sensitive. If you don't want cursor-sensitive lines, mark the field with any character.
After you have completed your specifications, press ENTER.
The "Modify Menu Menu-name" screen appears, and you must specify which menu text lines (see Defining New Menu Text Lines) you want to include in the menu. This is described in section Defining the Menu Layout.
The following sections are specific to the type of menu you are adding.
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Seq Current Menu Text Lines Num Available Menulines
__ 1 Mark with Cursor and press ENTER
__ 2 ********************************
__ 3 Review New Accounts
__ 4 Budgeting
__ 5 Update Balance
__ 6 Provisions
__ 7 Involvencies
__ 8 Natural Library Maintenance
__ 9 N Notepad
__ 10 B Bulletin Board
__ 11 C Calendar
__ 12 T Desktop
__ 13 !Cmd Description>
__ 14 --- ------------------------------
__ 15 I Inbasket
__ 16 S Send Memo
Enter sequence numbers of desired lines - X removes a line
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The right side of the "Modify Menu Menu-name" screen displays the list of menu text lines which are available. Your own text lines are displayed above the default menu text lines of Con-nect. Each text line has a number.
If more than 16 menu text lines have been defined, you can scroll the display one page forward by pressing ENTER. When you reach the end of the list, the display will re-start at the beginning.
The left side of the screen contains blank columns labeled "Seq" (for sequence) and "Current Menu Text Lines".
The final step in designing the layout of the menu is to specify the menu text lines which are to be included, and the sequence in which they are to appear.
In the "Seq" column, enter the numbers corresponding to the text lines (shown in the right side of this screen) that you want to include in your menu.
You can enter up to 16 numbers. If you leave an input field blank, the corresponding line in the menu will also be blank.
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Seq Current Menu Text Lines Num Available Menulines
__ 1 Mark with Cursor and press ENTER
1_ 2 ********************************
2_ 3 Review New Accounts
__ 4 Budgeting
3_ 5 Update Balance
4_ 6 Provisions
5_ 7 Involvencies
6_ 8 Natural Library Maintenance
7_ 9 N Notepad
__ 10 B Bulletin Board
8_ 11 C Calendar
__ 12 T Desktop
__ 13 !Cmd Description>
__ 14 --- ------------------------------
__ 15 I Inbasket
__ 16 S Send Memo
Enter sequence numbers of desired lines - X removes a line
Command / /
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After you have completed your entries, press ENTER.
As a result, the menu text lines you chose are shown on the left side of the screen, in the order you specified.
The menu text lines which are available continue to be displayed on the right side of the screen. When you press ENTER again (and do not enter anything in the "Seq" column), the display of the available menu text lines is scrolled.
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Seq Current Menu Text Lines Num Available Menulines
__ 1 Mark with Cursor and press ENTER
__ Mark with Cursor and press ENTER 2 ********************************
__ ******************************** 3 Review New Accounts
__ 4 Budgeting
__ Review New Accounts 5 Update Balance
__ Budgeting 6 Provisions
__ Update Balance 7 Involvencies
__ Provisions 8 Natural Library Maintenance
__ Involvencies 9 N Notepad
__ 10 B Bulletin Board
__ Natural Library Maintenance 11 C Calendar
__ 12 T Desktop
__ 13 !Cmd Description>
__ 14 --- ------------------------------
__ 15 I Inbasket
__ 16 S Send Memo
Menu has been modified
Command / /
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If you are not satisfied, you can modify the layout by repeating the process; enter the numbers in an altered sequence and press ENTER once more.
To remove a line from the menu, mark the "Seq" column with an X.
Issue the QUIT command to save the menu.
Since a free-form menu does not make use of pre-defined menu text lines, the "Modify Menu Menu-name" screen is simply a blank screen.
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Make all required changes and press ENTER to modify
Command / /
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Type the menu text lines as you want them to appear on the new menu.
Press ENTER to save the menu.
The following topics are covered below:
Access the "Modify Menulines" screen by issuing the following command sequence from any point in Con-nect.
MODIFY Menu
Proceed as described in section Defining New Menu Text Lines.
Caution:
Modifying the text lines does not mean that the menu itself is
automatically modified to include these lines.
Initially, the menu name and layout definition criteria are specified in the "Add Menu" screen. If you want to change any of these criteria, you must access the "Info" screen for the menu.
Issue the INFO command in conjunction with the menu you want to modify.
INFO Menu name
Make all required changes by typing over the current definition criteria and pressing ENTER.
You cannot change a menu with text lines at the left or in the center into a free-form menu; and you cannot change a free-form menu into a menu with text lines at the left or in the center.
Access the "Modify Menu Menu-name" screen by issuing the MODIFY command in conjunction with the menu you want to modify.
MODIFY Menu name
Specify menu text lines as discussed in section Defining the Menu Layout.
Access the "Modify Menu Menu-name" screen by issuing the MODIFY command in conjunction with the menu you want to modify.
MODIFY Menu name
Change the menu text lines of the free-form menu by typing over the current version and pressing ENTER.
The menu is modified to incorporate the modified menu text lines.
To use a menu, enter the USE command in conjunction with the menu you want to use.
USE Menu name
The menu is displayed (becomes active), and you can invoke a function in any of the following ways:
enter the command in the command line;
if the menu contains cursor-sensitive menu text lines, position the cursor on the menu text line and press ENTER; or
press the appropriate PF-key.
To leave a menu (i.e. deactivate it), and return to the default menu which has been defined in your user profile, issue the following command:
MENU
If you want to have your new menu displayed as the default menu (instead of the Con-nect menu), specify its name as the "Main Menu Name" as described in section Menu and Overlay Calendar. You must also specify the order for the calender and mail information; this must correspond to the order you specified when you added the menu. This menu is then displayed the next time you log on to Con-nect, and every time thereafter until you change your profile again.
Issue the following command sequence from any point in Con-nect to display a list of all available menus:
DISPLAY Menu
As a result, the "Display Menus" screen appears.
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Cmd Menu Name Folder File Date Filed
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__ Account Work 3.Feb.94
__ Account2 Work 3.Feb.94
__ Center Work 3.Feb.94
__ Main Work 3.Feb.94
__ Personnel Work 3.Feb.94
Cmds are 1 or 2 characters from the list below (FLIP for PF-keys)
Command / /
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The menus are arranged alphabetically. Your own menus are displayed first, followed by those created by the system administrator. The columns display the following information:
- Menu Name
The name assigned to the menu.
- Folder
The folder in which the menu is stored. Menus created by the system administrator are marked with (S).
- File
If the menu is stored in a file, its name is displayed in this column.
- Dated Filed
The date when the menu was first filed in the cabinet.
The command prompting line of the "Display Menus" screen shows all the commands which apply to menus. The commands are described in section Commands. The following exceptions apply when working with menus:
The DISPLAY command invokes a non-functional display of the menu text lines; calendar and mail information are not shown.
The INFO command accesses the "Info" screen, in which you can modify the layout definition criteria for the menu (see Modifying the Layout Definition Criteria).
The MODIFY command allows you to modify the sequence of the menu text lines or to choose other menu text lines (see Modifying the Menu Layout).
The SEND command sends a copy of the menu to any other Con-nect user.
When the new mail item is displayed in the addressee's Inbasket, the cover note is shown first. To display the menu, the addressee must issue the QUIT command.
To actually use the menu, the addressee must first FILE it and then issue the USE command with it.
The USE command activates the menu (see Using A Menu).