Add to Menu


The Add to Menu feature is a convenient way to deploy your newly-created module. If you are happy with your screen and have done a Final Build, click the Add to Menu tab. A Final Build is required before deploying any application. You can elect to not add the module to a menu at this time. Simply record the name of the project, which is also the name of the class. You can go to System Maintenance later to add it to a menu.

Tip: If you want to use the Add to Menu screen to test the deployment of sensitive screens that must be kept secure or confidential, simply create a menu in System Maintenance that has restricted access only to authorized persons. Then you can add your modules to that menu from this screen without compromising security. Later, you can go into System Maintenance to set the access details for this screen module for other users.

Add to Menu. Choose the menu location for your module from the pull down. The menu, Main, is the top-level, default menu. The Main menu is the one you first see when you start JDesignerPro that has the Welcome, Screen Wizard and System Maintenance tabs. If you want it to be on a different menu that doesn’t exist yet, skip this step and create your new menu under System Maintenance.

New option number. In JDesignerPro a menu "option" is a simply a tab on that menu. JDesignerPro uses option numbers to determine the order of the tabs on a menu. Option number 0 appears farthest to the left. Menu option numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., will appear farther to the right, as will all options the higher the number.

Let’s say you have a menu with two options already on it, 1 and 4. You can place your new module to the left of both with option 0, between them, with option 2 or 3, and to the right of both with option 5 or higher. Option numbers need not be sequential.

Tab description. The tab description is the name that will appear on the tab at the top of the module. The Tab description on this menu is Add to Menu. You can use any character in the tab description and it can be of any length. JDesignerPro will automatically resize the tab to fit the name you assign the module.

Add New Option button. When you have set the option details, press this button. Your module will be placed in the menu hierarchy. You will be given a message to quit JDesignerPro and restart in order to see your new menu item installed.